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Thomas Kenniff
Thomas Kenniff (Republican Party) ran for election for Manhattan District Attorney in New York. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Kenniff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2021
See also: Municipal elections in New York County, New York (2021)
General election
General election for Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg Jr. defeated Thomas Kenniff in the general election for Manhattan District Attorney on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alvin Bragg Jr. (D) | 83.6 | 211,686 |
 | Thomas Kenniff (R)  | 16.3 | 41,211 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 397 | ||
| Total votes: 253,294 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Manhattan District Attorney
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Manhattan District Attorney on June 22, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alvin Bragg Jr. | 34.2 | 85,720 |
| Tali Farhadian Weinstein | 30.7 | 76,892 | ||
| Tahanie Aboushi | 11.0 | 27,458 | ||
| Lucy Lang | 7.5 | 18,910 | ||
| Diana Florence | 4.9 | 12,246 | ||
| Elizabeth Crotty | 4.6 | 11,453 | ||
| Eliza Orlins | 4.2 | 10,610 | ||
 | Dan Quart | 2.8 | 6,984 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 330 | ||
| Total votes: 250,603 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Kenniff advanced from the Republican primary for Manhattan District Attorney.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas Kenniff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kenniff's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Thomas Kenniff has dedicated his career to public service and the criminal justice system. As a young assistant district attorney, Thomas successfully prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases. As an Army officer serving in Iraq, he confronted the military’s then existing homosexual conduct policy while defending accused soldiers. Following his tour in Iraq, Thomas co-founded the law firm of Raiser & Kenniff, P.C. and established himself as one of New York’s preeminent criminal defense attorneys.
Thomas continues to serve as a Major in the Army National Guard with the storied Harlem Hell Fighters. Last year he was recalled to active duty for Operation COVID 19, and is now serving as legal officer at the Javits Center vaccine site. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Army Commendation Medal and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
- NYC, once the safest big city in America, is facing a humanitarian crisis. Violence and crime are devastating our communities. We have to restore law and order.
- Bail reform and other far left policies have drastically increased crime throughout Manhattan. Despite the resulting daily tragedies, my opponent - Alvin Bragg - wants to double down on them. We can’t allow him to drive our city further into crisis.
- Together we can build a justice system that not only holds people accountable, but improves lives.
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See also
2021 Elections
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