Overview

• Weiner garnered approximately 10.5% of first-choice votes, placing him fourth in the five-candidate field
• State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein led early returns with nearly 40% of first-choice ballots, followed by Sarah Batchu and Andrea Gordillo at just over 20% each
• Weiner ran on a moderate platform that included increased police presence and immigrant protections while stressing personal accountability for his sexting scandals
• The primary’s ranked-choice system will eliminate the lowest-ranked candidates in rounds and reallocate their votes to determine the district’s next councilmember
• Weiner’s result underscores the lasting political fallout from his 2011 misconduct, 2017 prison sentence and requirement to register as a sex offender