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Campaign watchers observe the canvass of ballots at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall on June 28, 2021. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
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City Council District 25 (Elmhurst, Jackson Heights)
Shekar Krishnan currently holds the top spot
among Democratic candidates after receiving 53.4
percent of the vote (5,547 votes) following seven
rounds of RCV counting. Yi Andy Chen finished second
with 46.6 percent of the vote (5,547 votes). Other
candidates include Fatima Baryab, Liliana Melo,
Manuel F. Perez, Alfonso Quiroz, William Salgado
and Carolyn Tran.
City Council District 26 (Sunnyside, Woodside, Long
Island City, Astoria and Dutch Kills)
Julie Won currently holds the top spot among
Democratic candidates after receiving 56.7 percent
of the vote (6,820 votes) following 15 rounds of RCV
counting. Amit Bagga finished second with 43.3
percent of the vote. Other candidates include Jonathan
Bailey, Lorenzo Brea, Julia Forman, Glennis
Gomez, Badrun Khan, Denise Keehan-Smith, Hailie
Kim, Jesse Laymon, Sultan Maruf, Brent O’Leary,
Steven Raga, Emily Sharpe and Ebony Young.
City Council District 27 (Cambria Heights, Hollis,
Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Village, and Springfi eld
Gardens)
Nantasha Williams currently holds the top spot
among Democratic candidates after securing 72.9
percent of the vote (11,807 votes) following 13 rounds
of RCV counting. James Johnson finished second
with 27.1 percent of the vote.
Other candidates include Marie Adam-Ovide,
Kerryanne Burke, Jason Myles Clark, Leroy Gadsden,
Linda Guillebeaux, Esq., Rene Hill, Al-Hassan
Kanu, Harold C. Miller Jr., Anthony Rivers and Jermaine
Sean Smith.
City Council District 28 (Jamaica, Richmond Hill,
Rochdale Village, South Ozone Park)
Democratic incumbent Adrienne E. Adams holds
the top spot among Democratic candidates, having
secured 53.4 percent of the vote (7,485 votes). Because
Adams secured more than 50 percent of the
vote, a ranked-choice voting recount was not triggered
in this race. Other Democratic candidates in
the race include Japneet Singh and Ruben Wills.
City Council District 29 (Rego Park, Forest Hills,
Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill)
Lynn Schulman currently holds the top spot
among Democratic candidates after receiving 60
percent of the vote (7,228 votes) following eight
rounds of RCV counting. Aleda Gagarin finished
second with 40 percent of the vote. Other candidates
include David Aronov, Avi Cyperstein, Sheryl Fetik,
Eliseo Labayen, Douglas Shapiro, Edwin Wong and
Donghui Zang.
City Council District 30 (Ridgewood, Glendale,
Maspeth, Middle Village, Woodhaven and Woodside)
Incumbent Councilman Robert Holden received
54.6 percent of the vote (5,245 votes) with Juan Ardila
trailing behind at 45 percent (4,3226 votes), according
to Tuesday night’s results from the city’s
Board of Elections. Since there are only two candidates
in the race, a ranked-choice voting count was
not triggered.
City Council District 31 (Averne, Brookville,
Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Rosedale and
Springfi eld Gardens)
Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers breezed
to a primary victory in District 31 in the Rockaways,
a seat she first captured during a special election in
February to replace Donovan Richards. Brooks-Powers
received 67.4 percent of the vote (10,770 votes) as of
Tuesday night, July 6. Other candidates include Nicole
S. Lee (19 percent of the vote) and Nancy J. Martinez
(12.8 percent of the vote). Ranked-choice voting
was not be implemented in this case, as Brooks-Powers
received more than the 50 percent requirement to
win the seat outright.
City Council District 32 (Parts of Belle Harbor, Breezy
Point, Broad Channel, Howard Beach, Lindenwood,
Neponsit, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Rockaway Park,
Roxbury, South Ozone Park, West Hamilton Beach and
Woodhaven)
Felicia Singh currently holds the top spot among
Democratic candidates after receiving 52.5 percent of
the vote (4,684 votes) following three rounds of RCV
counting. Michael G. Scala finished second with 47.5
percent of the vote (4,243 votes). Other candidates include
Kaled A. Alamarie, Bella A. Matias, Shaeleigh
Severino and Helal A. Sheikh.
As for the Republican primary, Joann Ariola secured
82 percent of the vote, according to the BOE’s
results. Angelo King trailed with 17 percent of the
vote. Because Ariola secured more than 50 percent of
the vote, a ranked-choice voting recount was not triggered
in this race.
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