Seson Adams

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Seson Adams

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Republican Party

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Seson Adams (Republican Party) ran for election for Manhattan Borough President in New York. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in New York County, New York (2025)

General election

General election for Manhattan Borough President

Brad Hoylman-Sigal defeated Seson Adams and Rolando Gomez in the general election for Manhattan Borough President on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D / Working Families Party)	80.8	385,046
	Submit photo	Seson Adams (R)	17.1	81,281
	Submit photo	Rolando Gomez (Unity Party)	2.1	10,123

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 476,450
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jared Trujillo (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Manhattan Borough President

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Brad Hoylman-Sigal in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Brad Hoylman-Sigal	54.7	140,279	8,158	Advanced (3)
		Keith Powers	45.3	115,944	11,976	3
		Calvin Sun	0.0	0	-34,339	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Brad Hoylman-Sigal	48.9	132,121	193	Advanced (3)
		Keith Powers	38.4	103,968	321	3
		Calvin Sun	12.7	34,339	83	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Brad Hoylman-Sigal	48.6	131,928	0	Advanced (3)
		Keith Powers	38.2	103,647	0	3
		Calvin Sun	12.6	34,256	0	2
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.6	1,691	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 271,522
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Manhattan Borough President

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Seson Adams in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Seson Adams

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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Primary for Manhattan Borough President

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jared Trujillo in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Jared Trujillo

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Adams in this election.

2024

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 70

Jordan Wright defeated Seson Adams in the general election for New York State Assembly District 70 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jordan Wright (D)	90.9	41,529
	Submit photo	Seson Adams (R)	8.7	3,989
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	144

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,662
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 70

Jordan Wright defeated Maria Ordonez, Shana Harmongoff, and Craig Schley in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 70 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jordan Wright	48.3	4,199
		Maria Ordonez	29.8	2,589
		Shana Harmongoff	16.6	1,443
		Craig Schley	4.9	427
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	29

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,687
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alpheaus Marcus (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Seson Adams advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 70.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Adams in this election.

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2024

Seson Adams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Seson Adams campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	New York State Assembly District 70	Lost general	$0	$0
Grand total			$0	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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