For the first time in two decades, the Mayor of New York City will be a Democrat.

Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio completed his campaign on Tuesday afternoon in Crown Heights and patiently awaited the results of an election that was already lopsided entering the day. De Blasio, a Democrat, was the candidate favored by 65 percent of voters as of yesterday.

De Blasio's Republican counterpart, Joe Lhota, faced an uphill battle from the beginning.

"It was a good fight and it was a fight worth having," Lhota said after the election. "Despite what you might have heard, we are all one city," Lhota said. "We want our city to move forward and not backward, and I hope our mayor-elect understands that before it's too late."

De Blasio celebrated his victory at a YMCA in Brooklyn.

"Today you spoke loudly and clearly for a new direction for our city," he said. "We are united in the belief that our city should leave no New Yorker behind. The people of this city have chosen a progressive path, and tonight we set forth on it together as one city."

De Blasio gained a great deal of support because of the way he has put pressure on the city to change the controversial Stop-and-Frisk law. This topic was one of the major differences between the stances of De Blasio and Lhota as the Republican often warned that the city's crime rate would skyrocket if it did away with Stop-and-Frisk.

De Blasio also gained support from President Barack Obama, who was seen meeting de Blasio's son, Dante, at a New York City event a few weeks ago.