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Election 2020
And the leaders are...
BY ZACH GEWELB AND JACOB KAYE
editorial@qns.com
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Polls have closed on Election Day in Queens and early
results have started to trickle in.
Polling places across Queens were open one last time
on Nov. 3 from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. Although over 250,000
voters in Queens cast their ballot early – accounting for
about 22 percent of all the early votes cast in New York City
– the results of both national and local races will likely be
unknown for some time, as thousands of absentee ballots
must still be counted.
While a fi nal picture was not clear as Election Day came
to a close Tuesday night, here are the early, unoffi cial results
from the city’s Board of Elections as of Wednesday morning.
In addition to the presidential election between Donald
Trump and Joe Biden, a handful of other races also appeared
on the ballot in Queens. Here is a full list of every candidate
running for offi ce in the borough, with early results as of
Wednesday morning, Nov. 4.
Queens borough president
While the borough may not know defi nitively who
the next Queens borough president is for days or weeks,
Councilman Donovan Richards holds an early lead in the
race.
Richards, a Democrat from southeast Queens, received
about 67 percent of the vote, or about 380,449 votes as
of Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, with around 96 percent of
scanners reported. His Republican opponent, Joann Ariola,
had 173,056 votes, while third party candidate Dao Yin
held 11,696 votes.
Richards beat out four challengers to win the Democratic
primary for Queens borough president in June and has
served in the City Council since 2013.
Running on the Republican, Conservative and Save Our
City party lines, Ariola is the chairwoman of the Queens
County Republican Party.
Third Congressional District
Incumbent Tom Suozzi leads the race against Howard
Rabin (Libertarian) and George Devolder-Santos
(Republican) with more than 54 percent of the vote, with
nearly 96 percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday
morning. Devolder-Santos is trailing Suozzi with more than
45 percent of the vote, followed by Rabin. Suozzi was fi rst
elected to Congress in 2016. He beat out a Republican challenger
in 2018, earning 59 percent of the vote. Rabin is running
against Suozzi on the Libertarian party line. This is his
fi rst bid for public offi ce. Devolder-Santos is challenging
Suozzi on the Republican and Conservative party line. This
is his fi rst bid for public offi ce.
Fifth Congressional District
Incumbent Gregory Meeks (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has garnered 99 percent of the vote with 97 percent
of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning. He’s
held his seat in southeast Queens since 1998. Meeks also
serves as the chairman of the Queens Democratic Party.
Sixth Congressional District
Incumbent Grace Meng (Democrat) is leading Thomas
Zmich (Republican), having recorded nearly 63 percent
of the vote with 97 percent of precincts reported
as of Wednesday morning. Meng is vying for her fi fth
term in Congress. She is the fi rst and only legislator of
Asian descent to represent New York in the U.S. House of
Representatives. She won 90 percent of the vote in 2018.
Seventh Congressional District
Incumbent Nydia Velazquez (Democrat) is leading Brian
Kelly (Republican) and Gilbert Midonnet (Libertarian) with
nearly 83 percent of the vote and 98 percent of precincts
reported as of Wednesday morning. Velazquez is a longtime
congresswoman, having served in the legislative body
since 1993. Kelly previously ran for City Council in 2017,
state Senate in 2010 and 2016 and state Assembly in 2014.
He has never won a general election. Midonnet is a software
developer from Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
Eighth Congressional District
Incumbent Hakeem Jeff ries (Democrat) is leading
Garfi eld Wallace (Republican), having recorded nearly 83
percent of the vote with 94 percent precincts reported as of
Wednesday morning. Jeff ries has served in Congress since
2013. Jeff ries won over 94 percent of the vote in 2018.
12th Congressional District
Longtime Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
(Democratic) is leading Carlos Santiago-Cano (Republican)
and Steven Kolln (Libertarian) with nearly 79 percent of
the vote, with 98 percent of the precincts reported as of
Wednesday morning. Maloney faced a tough challenge
during June’s Democratic primaries, eking out a victory
over three progressive challengers. One of the top
Democrats in Congress, Maloney has served in the body
since 1993.
14th Congressional District
Incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat)
is leading John Cummings (Republican) and Michelle
Caruso-Cabrera (SAM), having recorded nearly 69 percent
of the vote with 99 percent precincts reported as of
Wednesday morning. Cummings trails with more than 30
percent of the vote. Progressive star Ocasio-Cortez, who
shocked the Queens Democratic party by defeating its leader
in 2018, aims to win her second general election. This is
Cummings’ fi rst time running for public offi ce.
10th State Senate District
Incumbent James Sanders Jr. (Democrat) is running
unopposed and has recorded 99 percent of the vote, with
98 percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning.
Sanders has served in the state Senate since 2013 after previously
serving in the New York City Council.
11th State Senate District
Incumbent John Liu (Democrat) is leading Elisa Nahoum
(Republican) with nearly 58 percent of the vote as of
Wednesday morning, with 98 percent of precincts reported.
Liu is seeking his second term in the New York State
Senate. Liu previously served as the city’s comptroller and
as a councilman. Nahoum, who has been endorsed by the
Police Benevolent Association, is running for public offi ce
for the fi rst time.
12th State Senate District
Incumbent Michael Gianaris (Democrat) is running
unopposed and has 99 percent of the votes with 93 percent
of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning. Gianaris
was fi rst elected to the state Senate in 2010 and currently
serves as the deputy majority leader.
13th State Senate District
Incumbent Jessica Ramos (Democrat) is leading Jesus
Gonzalez (Republican), having recorded more than 76 percent
of the vote, with 99 percent of precincts recorded as of
Wednesday morning. Ramos is seeking her second term in
offi ce. She was elected to the state Senate in 2018 as part
of the progressive wave that disbanded the Independent
Democratic Conference, a group of Democrats in the state
Senate who voted with Republicans. Gonzalez ran for the
seat in 2016, winning 13 percent of the vote.
14th State Senate District
Incumbent Leroy Comrie Jr. (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has recorded 99 percent of the vote, with 98
percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning.
Comrie has served in the state Senate since 2015.
15th State Senate District
Incumbent Joseph Addabbo Jr. (Democrat) is leading
Thomas Sullivan (Republican), having recorded nearly 54
percent of the vote as of Wednesday morning, with 99 percent
of precincts reported. Addabbo has served in the state
Senate since 2009. He formerly served as a New York City
councilman. Sullivan ran against Addabbo in 2018, winning
nearly 36 percent of the vote.
16th State Senate District
Incumbent Toby Ann Stavisky (Democrat) is running
unopposed and has secured nearly 99 percent of the vote,
with 99 percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday
morning. Stavisky has served in the state Senate since 1999.
23rd Assembly District
Incumbent Stacey Pheff er Amato (Democrat) is leading
Peter Hatzipetros (Republican) with more than 58 percent
of the vote as of Wednesday morning, with 99 percent
of precincts reported. Pheff er Amato is seeking her third
term in the state Assembly. She was fi rst elected in 2016.
A Howard Beach native, Hatzipetros is running for public
offi ce for the fi rst time.
24th Assembly District
Incumbent David Weprin (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has recorded 99 percent of the vote, with 99
percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning.
Weprin has served in the state Assembly since 2010. He
previously served in the New York City Council.
25th Assembly District
Incumbent Nily Rozic (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has secured nearly 99 percent of the vote, with 99 percent
of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning. Rozic
has served in the state Assembly since 2012.
26th Assembly District
Edward Braunstein (Democrat) is trailing John-
Alexander Sakelos (Republican, Conservative and Save
Our City) with nearly 97 percent of precincts reported as
of Wednesday morning. Sakelos leads with 52.36 percent
of the vote, with Braunstein close behind at 47.57 percent.
Braunstein has represented northeast Queens since 2011.
He won 65 percent of the vote against a Republican challenger
in 2018. This is Sakelos’ fi rst bid for public offi ce.
27th Assembly District
Incumbent Daniel Rosenthal (Democrat) is running
unopposed and has approximately 99 percent of the vote,
with 92 percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday
morning. Rosenthal was fi rst elected to the state Assembly
in 2017.
28th Assembly District
Incumbent Andrew Hevesi (Democrat) is leading
Danniel S. Maio (COVID19 Stories), having secured more
than 83 percent of the vote, with 97 percent of precincts
reported as of Wednesday morning. Hevesi was fi rst elected
to the Assembly in 2005.
29th Assembly District
Incumbent Alicia Hyndman (Democrat) is running
unopposed and has 99 percent of the vote, with 99 percent
of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning.
Hyndman has represented her southeast Queens district in
the Assembly since 2015.
30th Assembly District
Incumbent Brian Barnwell (Democrat) is running
unopposed and has nearly 99 percent of the vote as of
Wednesday morning, with 99 percent of precincts reported.
Barnwell was fi rst elected to the Assembly in 2016.
31st Assembly District
Khaleel Anderson (Democrat) is leading Joseph Cullina
(Republican), having secured more than 88 percent of the
vote, with 99 percent of precincts reported as of Wednesday
morning. Anderson is aiming to become the youngest
Assembly member in the legislative body. The 24-yearold
activist from Far Rockaway won a crowded Democratic
primary over the summer to fi ll former Assemblywoman
Michelle Titus’ seat. This is Cullina’s fi rst bid for public offi ce.
32nd Assembly District
Incumbent Vivian Cook (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has 99 percent of the vote as of Wednesday
morning, with nearly 96 percent of precincts reported. The
longtime legislator has been in the Assembly since 1991.
33rd Assembly District
Incumbent Clyde Vanel (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has secured 99 percent of the vote, with 97 percent
of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning. Vanel
is seeking his second term in the Assembly, having fi rst
been elected fi rst in 2016.
34th Assembly District
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (Democrat) is leading William
Marquez (Republican, Conservative) with nearly 76 percent
of the vote as of Wednesday morning, with 99 percent
of precincts reported. Gonzalez-Rojas beat out incumbent
Michael DenDekker and three other challengers in the
Democratic primary over the summer. Both Gonzalez-Rojas
and Marquez are running for public offi ce for the fi rst time.
35th Assembly District
Incumbent Jeff rion Aubry (Democrat) is leading Han-
Kohn To (Conservative), having recorded nearly 76 percent
of the vote, with almost 93 percent of precincts reported as
of Wednesday morning. Aubry fi rst assumed offi ce in the
Assembly in 1992. He beat out convicted felon and former
state Senator Hiram Monserrate in the Democratic primary
race over the summer. This is To’s fi rst run for public offi ce.
36th Assembly District
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has more than 98 percent of the vote as of
Wednesday morning, with 99 percent of precincts reported.
Mamdani beat out incumbent Aravella Simotas during
June’s Democratic primary. The Democratic Socialist is seeking
his fi rst seat in public offi ce.
37th Assembly District
Catherine Nolan (Democrat) is running unopposed and
has secured nearly 99 percent of the vote as of Wednesday
morning, with 99 percent of precincts reported. Nolan beat
two challengers in the Democratic primary earlier this year.
38th Assembly District
Jenifer Rajkumar (Democrat) is leading Giovanni Perna
(Republican) as of Wednesday morning, with more than
70 percent of the vote and 99 percent of precincts reported.
Rajkumar ousted Assemblyman Mike Miller during June’s
Democratic primaries. Both candidates are seeking their
fi rst seat in public offi ce.
39th Assembly District
Incumbent Catalina Cruz (Democrat) is running unopposed
and has 99 percent of the vote as of Wednesday
morning, with 95 percent of precincts reported. Cruz, who
was elected to the Assembly in 2018, is seeking her second
term in offi ce.
40th Assembly District
Incumbent Ron Kim (Democrat) is leading Steven Lee
(Justice & Peace) with more than 82 percent of the vote
as of Wednesday morning, with 95 percent of precincts
reported. Kim was fi rst elected to the assembly in 2012.
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