It was a long evening on election night for Manhattan borough president candidate Mark Levine and an even longer for the results to come in from the city’s Board of Elections (BOE), but the councilman told amNewYork Metro that he feels like he can safely say the race has been won.
On June 22, Levine waited and watched alongside his campaign staff as votes slowly but surely began to trickle in — yet it was clear from the beginning the path to victory would be a rocky one. Levine stood neck-and-neck with Senator Brad Hoylman until the councilman won out the night by three points. This lead would only grow over the preceding days until Tuesday, July 6, after the BOE released the updated tally showing his lead over State Senator Hoylman holding by 7.4 percent in the seventh and final round of ranked-choice voting tabulations.
