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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. It's Wednesday, July 7th. I'm Ruggumana Vallin,

and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

While President Joe Biden did not endorse in the race, and he wasn't a major issue in the election,

in some ways, the victor of the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race was the most

Biden-like candidate, someone who avoided the leftmost lane on difficult issues like crime,

who bucked the white progressive establishment that he saw as out of touch with the party's multiracial base,

who was in some ways a throwback to the old machine politics,

a candidate who alleged political experts underestimated,

and who emerged victorious after voters floated with flasher alternatives.

We got a couple must reads in today's playbook

on the results. The postgame report comes from Politico Sally Goldenberg, quote,

Eric Adams narrowly won the New York City mayoral primary, defeating second place rival

Catherine Garcia by 8,426 votes in the first citywide race to utilize ranked choice voting.

Adams, the Brooklyn Borough president who retired as a police captain in 2006 to become a state senator,

wrote an anti-crime wave to clinch the Democratic spot in November.

Garcia's spokesperson Lindsey Green said she is currently seeking additional clarity on outstanding ballots

and is committed to supporting the Democratic nominee.

The city's Board of Elections set up to 942 absentee ballots that contained voter mistakes

can still be fixed, making it impossible for Garcia to overtake Adams as the numbers stand.

All right, the legacy angle comes from Maggie Astor at the New York Times with this story,

why New York's election debacle is likely to feel conspiracy theories.

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