Aaron Judge edged Kristaps Porzingis in New York City mayoral race, but only because some voters can't spell 'Kristaps Porzingis'

• Aaron Judge and Kristaps Porzingis were among the athletes who received votes for New York mayor.
• Judge had the most votes among the athletes, receiving ten write-in nods.
• Porzingis would have had the most if voters would have spelled his name correctly each time.

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Aaron Judge was the unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year Award and runner-up in Most Valuable Player voting. He also received ballots in another election: for New York City mayor.

The New York Yankees right fielder was listed on 10 ballots as a write-in candidate for mayor, according to final totals released late Tuesday by the New York City Board of Elections.

Judge narrowly edged out New York Knicks star center Kristaps Porzingis among New York-centric athletes receiving write-in votes. However, the Latvian player would have edged out Judge if all the voters knew how to spell "Kristaps Porzingis."

Porzingis, a Latvian player, received nine write-in votes. There was an additional vote for each of two misspelled variations of his name: "Kristaps Porzinais" and "Kristops Porzingis."

Former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and former Yankees captain Derek Jeter, now CEO of the Miami Marlins, got two write-in votes apiece.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who was benched this week, got one vote.

Judge received three votes in New York County (Manhattan and the Marble Hill section of the Bronx), four in Brooklyn, two in Queens and one in Staten Island.

He was far behind Bill de Blasio, who won re-election with 713,634 votes on the Democratic line and 46,478 on the Working Families line.