Maya Wiley isn't conceding. 

She may be trailing Eric Adams by about 75,000 votes. That said, she says this race isn't over. 

What You Need To Know

  • Eric Adams has a solid lead after early Primary Night results

  • But his two rivals still standing are not conceding

  • Both the Wiley and Garcia campaigns claim they can still win

"We're gonna wait, but wait patiently until every vote is counted so every New Yorker counts," Wiley said on Wednesday outside of the Parkside subway station in Brooklyn. 

Both Wiley and Kathryn Garcia, who is in third place according to preliminary election night results, are saying they can still win this race — potentially surpassing Eric Adams when the Board of Elections tabulates ranked-choice voting picks next Tuesday. 

Both of their paths to victory are unclear and incredibly narrow. We asked Wiley how exactly she will come from behind to win.

"So much of what people have been gauging this race on has been polls and the only thing that matters are people,” she told NY1 Wednesday. “And I can tell you being out here talking to people we know we have a path. We know it is a strong one."

In order to win, voters whose first choice candidate is eliminated during rounds of ranked choice voting would have to have disproportionately selected one of these runner-ups versus Eric Adams. 

It's possible, but experts say it's exceptionally rare for a runner-up to surpass a leading candidate after the first round of ranked-choice voting, especially when the lead of the top candidate is this large. It's only happened a handful of times across the country. 

Ranked-choice voting expert Rob Richie told NY1 in 96% of races the first place candidate wins. When candidates do come from behind to win, the margin between the top two candidates us typically less than 5%.

Kathryn Garcia was off the campaign trail on Wednesday. But sources in the campaign told NY1 Andrew Yang's votes will be crucial for their candidate. They hope his voters opted for Garcia after the two formed an alliance in the final days of the campaign. 

On top of that, they are keeping a close eye on the absentee ballots, hoping they favor their candidate. According to the city's Board of Elections, there are more than 100,000 absentee ballots that have to be counted, with more potentially coming in over the coming days.