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The 2021 Manhattan District Attorney election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the Manhattan District Attorney. The incumbent, Cyrus Vance Jr., had announced in March 2021 that he would not seek a fourth term. [1]
The Democratic primary election was held on June 22, 2021. Despite the introduction of ranked-choice voting for other elected positions in New York City, this race used plurality voting, as it is a state position, rather than a city position. [2]
A key issue in the election was which candidate would be best equipped to criminally prosecute or civilly sue former President Donald Trump. [3] [4]
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Tahanie Aboushi | Alvin Bragg | Liz Crotty | Tali Farhadian Weinstein | Diana Florence | Lucy Lang | Eliza Orlins | Dan Quart | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data For Progress (D) [57] | June 18–20, 2021 | 451 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 10% | 34% | 2% | 25% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 6% | 14% [a] | – |
| Data For Progress (D) [58] | June 7–13, 2021 | 642 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 7% | 26% | 5% | 26% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 21% [a] | – |
| Benenson Strategy Group (D) [59] [A] | April 16–21, 2021 | 390 (LV) | – | 5% | 6% | 2% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 44% |
| Tulchin Research (D) [60] [B] | April 6–11, 2021 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.38% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 11% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 5% | – | 57% |
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||||||||
| Tahanie Aboushi | Alvin Bragg | Liz Crotty | Tali Farhadian Weinstein | Diana Florence | Lucy Lang | Eliza Orlins | Dan Quart | |||||
| 1 | May 13, 2021 | Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College | Rachel Smith | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
| 2 | Apr. 15, 2021 | NYU Wagner Students for Ending Mass Incarceration | Khalil Cumberbatch | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
| 3 | New York City Bar Association | Nicholas Turner | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
| 4 | PoliticsNY | Skye Ostreicher Steve Witt | YouTube | P | N | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alvin Bragg | 85,720 | 34.2% | |
| Democratic | Tali Farhadian Weinstein | 76,892 | 30.7% | |
| Democratic | Tahanie Aboushi | 27,458 | 11.0% | |
| Democratic | Lucy Lang | 18,910 | 7.5% | |
| Democratic | Diana Florence | 12,246 | 4.9% | |
| Democratic | Liz Crotty | 11,453 | 4.6% | |
| Democratic | Eliza Orlins | 10,610 | 4.2% | |
| Democratic | Dan Quart | 6,984 | 2.8% | |
| Write-in | 330 | 0.13% | ||
| Total valid votes | 250,603 | 93.7% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 16,908 | 6.3% | ||
| Total votes | 267,511 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas Kenniff | |||
| Total votes | 100.00% | |||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Alvin Bragg | Thomas Kenniff | |||||
| 1 | MNN NYC | Ben Max | YouTube | P | P | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alvin Bragg | 211,686 | 83.6% | |
| Republican | Thomas Kenniff | 41,211 | 16.3% | |
| Write-in | 397 | 0.1% | ||
| Total votes | 253,294 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
… state Sen. Jessica Ramos endorsed Tahanie Aboushi for Manhattan district attorney
{{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; January 23, 2026 suggested (help)Elsewhere, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union announced their endorsement of... Alvin Bragg for Manhattan district attorney.
Ms. Farhadian Weinstein, who has been endorsed by Hillary Clinton and Eric H. Holder Jr.
Farhadian Weinstein has also earned endorsements from prominent Democrats, including... Reps. Ritchie Torres, Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat
DSA is staying out of the [Manhattan] district attorney race