Zellnor Myrie was one of the first candidates to launch a campaign for mayor, but his head start in the race doesn’t have him in the front of a crowded field — at least not yet.

A son of Costa Rican immigrants, the 38-year-old has been a Brooklyn state senator since 2019, and is hoping ranked-choice voting could give him the political jolt he needs.

NY1 shadowed Myrie on the campaign trail in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens.

This Brooklyn native is working for votes ahead of the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary.

Knocking on the doors of potential Queens voters, Zellnor’s father Mel Myrie is a former public school teacher.

“He wants it, he wants to get the job done. He feels like he’s very capable of doing it. It just feels like there’s no one else to get this done but him,” Mel Myrie sai

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