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Even though things were in his favor on Primary Night, incumbent District 9 City Council Member Bill Perkins didn’t sustain the race of ranked choice voting.
At the end of the 13 rounds, Harlemite Kristin Richardson Jordan won the majority of votes in Central Harlem with 8,929 (50.3%) and Perkins only 8,829 (49.7%).
Trailing behind Perkins were Athena Moore, the Director of the Northern Manhattan Office of Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Cordell Cleare, Perkins’ former chief of staff.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12 | Round 13 | |
| Bill Perkins | 5349 | 5355 | 5384 | 5446 | 5602 | 5655 | 5802 | 5957 | 6331 | 6722 | 7120 | 7788 | 8829 |
| Kristin Richardson Jordan | 4824 | 4826 | 4857 | 4924 | 4959 | 5037 | 5203 | 5486 | 5972 | 5930 | 6534 | 7214 | 8929 |
| Athena Moore | 2780 | 2784 | 2828 | 2924 | 2980 | 3135 | 3343 | 3513 | 3788 | 4112 | 4699 | 5746 | eliminated |
| Cordell Cleare | 2528 | 2531 | 2545 | 2583 | 2620 | 2666 | 2748 | 2960 | 3128 | 3416 | 3791 | Eliminated | eliminated |
Kristin Richardson Jordan ran on several points including:
H. – Holding police accountable & Abolition
A. – Actually Affordable housing
R. – Redistributing wealth and resources to those most in need and most oppressed
L. – Living Longer: gun control and care for our seniors
E. – Education for all and Environmental Justice
M. – Meaningful Change
