Dianne Morales Concedes In NYC Mayoral Race

NEW YORK CITY — As New Yorkers bemoan the Board of Election’s recent counting flub and await preliminary ranked-choice voting rounds from the June 22 primary election, another mayoral candidate officially conceded Friday.

In a statement released early Friday, Dianne Morales said, “I am sending you this message to officially concede in my race to become Mayor of New York City - but rest assured I will never concede on our work because the journey toward equity and justice is far from over!

“Our campaign was a historic one - and it was each and every one of you who made it possible. And you made it possible for me and for my name to appear on the ballot for New York City Mayor so tens of thousands of New Yorkers could rank me on their ballot as the first Afro-Latina candidate.”

Morales was considered by many as the most progressive mayoral candidate as she pushed for defunding the NYPD and refunding the working class, Black and Brown families and immigrants. Her campaign was most recently tainted by a scandal involving accusations made by some of her campaign staff.

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Morales' concession is the latest in a string of low-profile acknowledgements by several mayoral candidates that their campaigns fell short.

Andrew Yang conceded on primary night June 22.

And Scott Stringer sent supporters an email Tuesday that stated his campaign "came up short."

“This campaign may be over, but I haven’t given up on our shared vision for a stronger, fairer city. I know you haven’t, either,” Stringer wrote.

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you’ve done, and look forward to being in the trenches with you in the important fights to come.“

Morales garnered 27,018 votes, or 3.3 percent of the votes made across the 13 candidates, before she was eliminated in preliminary rounds of ranked-choice voting, according to Board of Elections results.

Former Comptroller Stringer showed promise as front-runner of the mayoral campaign for some time with a platform proposing policy recommendations across a wide swath of areas. In late April, Stringer's campaign was rocked by allegations of sexual harassment by one of his former campaign staffers and another by a former waitress and bartender who had worked at Stringer’s bar.

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Stringer left the race with 44,990 votes, or 5.5 percent of the votes made across the 13 candidates.

Currently, the round nine results are:

• Eric Adams — 358,521 votes (51.1 percent)
• Kathryn Garcia — 343,766 votes (48.9 percent)

But the results are still preliminary and could change when roughly 124,000 absentee ballots are counted July 6.

Maya Wiley was just 374 votes behind Garcia in the eighth round, according to Board of Elections results.