Your Guide to the 2025 Election, Starting with the Democratic Primary

OpenCitizen has created a dedicated page with information about each candidate running for mayor of New York City. In the next few weeks, we'll add details about what each candidate wants to do for our city.

The Democratic primary is on June 24, 2025. Check vote.nyc to find out when you can vote early. Remember to learn about ranked choice voting before you go to the polls!

Explore Our Mayoral Candidates Page

Visit the Mayoral Candidates page on OpenCitizen to learn about each person running for mayor. For each candidate, you'll find:

• Basic information about who they are

• What jobs they've had before

• Who supports them

Soon, we'll add simple summaries of what changes they want to make in New York City.

What You Need to Know About the June 24th Primary

The Democratic primary on June 24th, 2025 will decide which candidate will represent Democrats in the main election on November 4th, 2025.

There is only one Republican candidate this year, Curtis Sliwa, so there will not be a Republican primary.

Eric Adams is running as an independent in the General Election. Independent candidates do not have primaries and will participate in the main election in November.

Ranked Choice Voting

The June 24th Democratic Primary uses ranked choice voting. This means you can rank up to 5 candidates in order of who you like best. Number 1 is your top choice, and number 5 is your last choice. If you do not want a candidate to receive any of your votes, do not put them on your ballot at all.

Want to learn more about ranked choice voting? Go to this link and look out for a detailed explanation in a future post.

Who's Running in the Democratic Primary?

• Adrienne Adams

• Dr. Selma Bartholomew

• Michael Blake

• Andrew Cuomo

• Brad Lander

• Zohran Kwame Mamdani

• Zellnor Myrie

• Paperboy L Prince

• Jessica Ramos

• Scott Stringer

• Whitney Tilson

Compare The Candidates Policy Proposals

Soon, you'll be able to compare each candidate’s policy proposals. We'll add information about:

• How their ideas would affect the entire city

• What their plans mean for each borough

Stay tuned to OpenCitizen for these updates as the election gets closer!

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