Some had hoped to call Eric Adams the presumptive Democratic nominee in the race to be NYC’s next mayor, but the candidate seemed baffled by the results. “The vote total just released by the Board of Elections is 100,000-plus more than the total announced on election night, raising serious questions,” announced the Adams campaign. “We have asked the Board of Elections to explain such a massive increase and other irregularities before we comment on the Rank Choice Voting projection.” The botched estimate had Adams edging out Kathryn Garcia, while absentee ballots were finally able to begin the counting process. The count had 941,832 votes cast for mayor, an increase of more than 140,000 from the 799,827 announced on election night.