Election results, 2021: Minor-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
In elections held on November 2, 2021, there were five minor party candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory in their election.[1] This article contains information on these candidates organized by level of government.
The partisan affiliation of these candidates is as follows:
- 2 Conservative Party candidates
- 1 Green Party candidate
- 1 Libertarian Party candidate
- 1 Public Service Party candidate
Ballotpedia covered more than 800 elections in 2021. Virginia and New Jersey held elections for state executive offices and for a total of 220 state legislative seats. We also covered municipal elections in 22 counties and 70 cities, including 40 mayoral elections. For more on our 2021 election coverage, click here.
State elections
| Minor party state-level candidates receiving more votes than the MOV, 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Minor party candidate | Minor party candidate affiliation | Winning candidate[2] | Second place candidate[3] | Vote margin between winning and second place candidate | Minor party votes | ||
| New Jersey General Assembly District 11 |  Dominique Faison |
Green Party |  Kim Eulner |
 Joann Downey |
347 | 1,152 | ||
| Virginia House of Delegates District 91 |  Charles West |
Libertarian Party | Aijalon Cordoza |
Martha Mugler |
94 | 417 | ||
Local elections
This section includes local races within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.
| Minor party local candidates receiving more votes than the MOV, 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Minor party candidate | Minor party candidate affiliation | Winning candidate[2] | Second place candidate[3] | Vote margin between winning and second place candidate | Minor party votes | ||
| Erie County sheriff |  Theodore DiNoto |
Public Service Party | John Garcia (Republican Party/Back the Blue Party/Guardian Party) |
Kimberly Miller-Beaty (Democratic Party/Justice and Peace Party) |
2,588 | 13,805 | ||
| Erie County sheriff | Karen Healy-Case |
Conservative Party | John Garcia (Republican Party/Back the Blue Party/Guardian Party) |
Kimberly Miller-Beaty (Democratic Party/Justice and Peace Party) |
2,588 | 7,836 | ||
| New York City Council District 19 | John-Alexander Sakelos |
Conservative Party/Save Our City Party | Vickie Paladino (Republican Party/Independent Party) |
Tony Avella |
1,653 | 1,729 | ||
Election analysis
Hundreds of elections took place in 2021 across the United States, including primary and general elections at the state and local levels and special elections at the federal, state, and local levels. You will find Ballotpedia's research and curation on 2021 elections in the United States below.
- Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection report
- Incumbent win rates by state
- Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections
- Minor party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
- Number of state legislators by party
- Partisan balance of governors
- Results of elected officials seeking other offices
- State government trifectas
- State government triplexes
- State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes
- State legislative seats that changed party control
- State legislative veto-proof majorities
- Partisan balance of mayors of the 100 largest cities by population
See also
- Election results, 2020: Minor party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
- Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2021
- Ballotpedia Email Updates
- Contact us
Footnotes
- ↑ The margin of victory refers to the difference in the votes received by the winner and the runner-up in a single-seat election, or between the bottom-finishing winner and the top-finishing loser in a multi-seat election.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 In multi-seat elections, this refers to the winning candidate with the least votes.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In multi-seat elections, this is the top-placing candidate who did not win instead.
