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Brad Lander: “Four years earlier, when Eric Adams won, that was the first…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 19:56

But by June, it seemed like, all right, maybe there's a race here. It was clear to me at that point that I wasn't winning it. And Four years earlier, when Eric Adams won, that was the first time we had ranked choice voting. And there were two candidates, either of whom would have been a lot better mayor than Eric Adams, Maya Wiley and Katherine Garcia. (19:56–20:02)

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Asserts that Eric Adams' election was the first time ranked choice voting was used.

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