NY Primary Election Results: Here Are Where The Races Stand

NEW YORK CITY — New York City voters learned who'd likely be the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor Tuesday night, but not much else.

Tuesday ended with no projected winners from NY1 or the Associated Press for state Assembly races, although many candidates had sizable leads.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is projected to win the Democratic primary for New York's governor, NY1 reported.

Hochul had a sizable lead Tuesday night over Democratic challengers Jumaane Williams and Rep. Thomas Suozzi with 44.71 percent of the vote counted as of 10:29 p.m., according to NY1. She'll seek to become the first woman to serve a full term as New York's governor.

“To the women of New York: This one’s for you,” Hochul said, dressed in white.

Hochul's running mate Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado is also projected to win the Democratic primary for that position, according to NY1. Delgado likewise held a comfortable lead as of 9:49 p.m. over Ana María Archila, a Brooklyn-based advocate who ran alongside Williams as an unabashed progressive pairing.

Hochul will face off against Rep. Lee Zeldin, who NY1 projected to win over a crowded Republican field with Andrew Giuliani, Harry Wilson and Rob Astorino. Early results Tuesday night had showed a tight race between Giuliani and Zeldin.

But Zeldin pulled far ahead by about 10:35 p.m., when NY1 called the race for him.

Zeldin had 42.8 percent of the vote to Giuliani's 23.8 percent, according to NY1.

Meanwhile, voters cast ballots for state Assembly races under controversially redrawn maps from the recent redistricting process. It likely will be the first and last time they'll do so, as state judges tossed those maps.

And another decision to toss newly-drawn district maps for Congress and the State Senate moved those primaries until Aug. 23 — giving New Yorkers a second election to put on their calendars.

Patch has covered a wide swath of — though by no means all — Assembly and other local races throughout this primary.

Again, the results here are as of late Tuesday when few races were officially called.

Please refresh this page for updates.

Manhattan

66th Assembly District — West Village, Greenwich Village, NoHo, SoHo and Tribeca
The race is to secure the Democratic nominee for the 66th Assembly District, which includes the West Village, Greenwich Village, NoHo, SoHo, and Tribeca.

With 61.42 of the expected vote counted, Deborah Glick had a significant lead.

Glick held 69.9 percent of the vote against Ryder Kessler, who had 30.1 percent, NY1 reported late Tuesday.

Glick is a lifelong NYC resident who was elected to the State Assembly in 1990, becoming the first openly gay state legislator in New York.

"There is still much that I am fighting for in Albany that needs to be seen through, like passing Good Cause Eviction and legislation ensuring our state operates in the most environmentally sustainable way possible," Glick told Patch in an interview. "I have a passion for public service and am excited to continue this work!"

In the other corner is Kessler, who also is a native New Yorker, and previously founded a company to help service workers increase their earnings. More recently, the first-time candidate worked in campaign management and voter protection.

"New York is the greatest city in the world, but we are facing extreme challenges — and we need bold new leadership to take them on," Kessler told Patch in an interview.

68th Assembly District — East Harlem, Upper East Side
In the 68th Assembly District, which centers on East Harlem but includes a slice of the northern part of the Upper East Side, incumbent Edward Gibbs is being challenged by three fellow Democrats: Wilfredo Lopez, Tamika Mapp and John Ruiz Miranda.

With 34.91 percent of the vote counted, Edward Gibbs had the lead, according to NY1 results.

70th Assembly District — Harlem
In the 70th District, which also includes parts of East and West Harlem, five-year incumbent Inez Dickens is being challenged by two fellow Democrats: Delsenia Glover and Shawanna Vaughn.

Preliminary Board of Elections data had the following results as of 10:52 p.m. (94.62% of scanners reporting):

• Inez E. Dickens: 59.59% (6,159 votes)
• Delsenia Glover: 30.26% (3,127 votes)
• Shawanna E. Vaughn: 9.87% (1,020 votes)

Glover, a tenant advocate and former Deputy Public Advocate, said in her Patch profile that her top priorities included passing good cause eviction legislation, extending a housing voucher program and creating a new Mitchell-Lama program for middle-income New Yorkers.

Vaughn, a nonprofit director and activist who has spoken about having been born in prison, said she would focus on stopping gun violence through entrepreneurship programs and improved mental health services.

Both Glover and Vaughn criticized Dickens for her record on housing, with Glover noting the incumbent's strong opposition to the state's 2019 tenant protection laws. Dickens strongly defended her record in March, telling Patch that she opposed those laws out of fears that they would punish small landlords.

71st District — West/North Harlem, Hamilton Heights
This uptown district also includes a slice of Washington Heights and Inwood, and has been represented since 2017 by Al Taylor. Taylor is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Luis Tejada.

Preliminary Board of Election results as of 10:52 p.m. (94.95% of scanners reporting) were:

• Alfred E. Taylor: 70.63% (6,523 votes)
• Luis M. Tejada: 28.92% (2,671 votes)

Neither Taylor nor Tejada filled out Patch's candidate questionnaire.

On his campaign website, Taylor says his priorities include reforming rent laws by strengthening tenant protections; tackling gun violence by banning bump stocks and limiting firearms on school property; and improving public schools by decreasing class sizes.

Tejada, an electrical engineer and teacher, describes himself as a "champion of tenant's rights," saying he wants to "stop landlord abuse" and "take back" the neighborhood from developers.

He has run for a number of local offices in past years, including City Council last year, coming in sixth place in District 7. He also previously challenged Taylor in 2018, winning 34 percent of the vote.

72nd Assembly District — Inwood and Washington Heights
The 72nd Assembly race is between incumbent Manny De Los Santos, Nayma Silver-Matos, and Silvia Smith.

De Los Santos had 67.8 percent of the vote, as of late Tuesday, according to NY1.

Silver-Matos and Smith trailed with 24.6 percent and 7.6 percent, NY1 reported.

De Los Santos was elected in a special election in February, in which he won with 61 percent of the vote to replace Carmen De La Rosa — who had recently been elected to the City Council.

73rd Assembly District — Upper East Side
In the 73rd Assembly District, a bitterly-fought primary has seen four Democrats duke it out in an effort to succeed retiring incumbent Dan Quart.

Candidates included Kellie Leeson, a humanitarian advocate; Alex Bores, a data engineer; Russell Squire, an attorney and chair of Community Board 8; and Adam Roberts, a former aide to Councilmember Ben Kallos and current policy director at the American Institute of Architects.

Preliminary Board of Election data had the following results as of 10:55 p.m. (99% of scanners reporting):

• Alex Bores: 28.81% (3,020 votes)
• Adam E. Roberts: 24.54% (2,573 votes)
• Russell M. Squire: 20.05% (2,102 votes)
• May Malik: 6.35% (666 votes)

The highly competitive race was marked by heavy fundraising, vitriolic mailers, and a dispute over elevator accessibility.

76th Assembly District — Yorkville, Lenox Hill and Roosevelt Island
In Yorkville's 76th Assembly District, Rebecca Seawright officially defeated primary challenger by Patrick Bobilin, with NY1 calling her victory late Tuesday as she held about 85 percent of the vote to Bobilin's 15 percent.

It was a pseudo-rematch for the two: Bobilin previously challenged Seawright in 2020, though he was ultimately booted off the ballot for residency issues after a legal challenge by allies of Seawright.

State Committee
A normally-sleepy race for state committee was jolted this spring by an influx of money flowing to a pair of candidates who joined the primary at the last minute.

The 76th District race pits Erica Vladimer and Jeremy Berman against Joyce Short and Marc Jonas Block. (State committee is an internal party position that nominates candidates for office, among other party matters.)

Preliminary results from the Board of Elections showed Vladimer and Berman holding strong:

Female State Committee, 76th Assembly District

Results as of 11:55 p.m. (92.86% of scanners reporting):

• Erica A. Vladimer: 55.65% (5,224 votes)
• Joyce Short: 43.82% (4,114 votes)

Male State Committee, 76th Assembly District

Results as of 11:55 p.m. (92.86% of scanners reporting):

• Marc Jonas Block: 28.99% (2,730 votes)
• Jeremy Berman: 70.35% (6,624 votes)

Short and Block, both Roosevelt Island residents, benefitted from tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from the chair of the state Democratic Party, as well as two prominent real estate magnates and their wives, as Patch reported last week.

Allies of Berman and Vladimer decried the spending and accused Block and Short of being "astroturf candidates." Block and Short strongly refuted that notion, saying they had widespread support in the community.

Brooklyn

43rd Assembly District — Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Voters in the 43rd district — which includes parts of Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Prospect Lefferts Gardens — saw four names on their ballots on Tuesday.

The general primary included incumbent Brian A Cunningham, who beat out two candidates in the special election. One of those opponents, Jelanie Deshong, will appear on the ballot Tuesday, along with new candidates Pierre Albert and Tim Hunter.

Cunningham — who took office after a special election earlier this year — held 58 percent of the vote with nearly all of precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from the city's Board of Elections. The race had not been called as of 11:30 p.m.

His opponent, Jelanie Deshong, held nearly 20 percent of the vote, according to the unofficial results. Candidates Tim Hunter and Pierre Albert had received around 14 and 8 percent, respectively, according to the results.

55th Assembly District — Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Brownsville
Voters in the 55th District — which includes an eastern portion of Bed-Stuy as well as parts of Crown Heights and Brownsville — found incumbent Assemblymember Latrice Walker and newcomer Tracey Cashaw on the ballot on Tuesday.

Walker held about 90 percent of the vote as of 11:30 p.m. with nearly all of precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from the city's Board of Elections.

Her opponent, Tracey Cashaw, had received around 9 percent of the vote, according to the unofficial results.

Walker has been in office since 2015 and is most well known as an architect of the state's bail reform laws, which she went on a hunger strike to protect from revisions earlier this year. Not much is known about Cashaw, who does not have a campaign website or social media presence. Records show she lives in Brownsville.

57th Assembly District — Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, Prospect Heights and Crown Heights
First-term incumbent Phara Souffrant Forrest declared victory in the race for District 57's State Assembly Democratic primary nomination.

The State Assembly race in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill pitted Souffrant Forrest against longtime activist Olanike Alabi.

At the time of Souffrant Forrest's statement, shortly before midnight, she was leading unofficial Board of Elections results with 67.1 percent of the vote from 99 percent of district-wide scanners.

The race, though, hadn't been confirmed by major outlets as of late Tuesday.

Both candidates are running on platforms centering affordable housing and COVID-19 recovery, but Souffrant Forrest has the bulk of progressive endorsements, including the Working Families Party. The primary winner will run unopposed in November, since the Republican primary for the district was canceled.

60th Assembly District — East New York
The Brooklyn primary is a rematch of a special election held for the seat in February. On the ballot, voters found Assemblymember Nikki Lucas and Keron Alleyne, who ran on the Working Family Party line in the February race.

Lucas — who took office after a special election for the seat in February — held 72 percent of the vote around with nearly all precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from the city's Board of Elections. The race had not been called as of 11:30 p.m.

Her opponent Keron Alleyne held 27 percent of the vote Tuesday, the preliminary results show.

As with the special election, primary day will be especially significant for the the 60th District, which stretches over East New York and Starrett City.

This year marks the first time since 2009 that someone other than former Assemblymember Charles Barron or his wife, Inez Barron, will hold the seat in the state legislature. Barron resigned the seat last year to join City Council.

Alleyne had been backed by the Barrons, who he used to work for, while Lucas has positioned herself as a critic of the couple's political dynasty.

In February, Lucas received nearly 80 percent of votes to Alleyne's 18 percent, according to BOE results. A third conservative candidate received the remaining 2 percent.

Queens

Assembly District 26 — Bayside
Voters in Bayside will not see an Assembly race on their ballots, as longtime incumbent Edward Braunstein is running unopposed in the 26th District.

Baysiders, though, get to cast a ballot in the more-obscured Queens Civil Court judge race, where four candidates are vying for two county-wide positions.

Assembly District 28 — Forest Hills
In Forest Hills’ District 28, labor lawyer Ethan Felder is facing off against longtime incumbent Andrew Hevesi, who's represented the district since 2005.

At about midnight, Hevesi was leading unofficial Board of Elections results for the State Assembly race in District 28 with 68.8 percent of the vote from 99 percent of district-wide scanners.

The race, though, which pitted Hevesi against labor lawyer Ethan Felder, hadn't been confirmed by major outlets as of late Tuesday.

In November, the primary winner will face off against the district's sole Republican candidate, Michael Conigliaro, who lost a bid to represent Forest Hills in the City Council last year.

Assembly districts 36 (Astoria, Dutch Kills) and 34 (Ditmars, east Astoria)
Meanwhile, the outcomes of Astoria's two Assembly races have already been decided, with both Zohran Mamdani and Jessica González-Rojas winning their primaries unopposed in districts 36 and 34, respectively.

Both socialists who toppled incumbents in 2020, Mamdani and González-Rojas are now all but assured to win second terms in November, with neither facing any Republican opponent.

Mamdani's district changed under the recent redistricting round, shifting to the southwest to encompass the Astoria waterfront while losing most of its territory in Ditmars. González-Rojas, whose district formerly centered on Jackson Heights, is now representing the Ditmars area.

Assembly District 37 — Long Island City, Sunnyside, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Fresh Pond
This highly-competitive race played out in a newly-redrawn district that runs from the Long Island City waterfront in Hunter's Point all the way to Fresh Pond — touching on all or parts of Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth and Ridgewood along the way.

Incumbent Cathy Nolan announced plans to retire in February, triggering a mad dash to replace her. Four Democrats entered the race; Juan Ardila, a Legal Aid Society staffer and former Department of Education employee; Johanna Carmona, an attorney and community board member; James Magee, a defense attorney; and Brent O'Leary, an attorney.

Results as of 11:50 p.m. (99% of scanners reporting):

• Juan Ardila: 43.61% (3,355 votes)
• Brent O'Leary: 26.24% (2,019 votes)
• Jim Magee: 10.28% (791 votes)
• Johanna Carmona: 19.73% (1,518 votes)

Queens Civil Court
Voters across Queens also cast ballots in the county-wide Civil Court primary race, where four people are running for two judge seats. Civil Court judges serve 10-year terms, ruling on cases involving disputes of $50,000 or less.

Candidates were Devian Daniels, an attorney reportedly with city judiciary experience; Maria T. Gonzales, an attorney; Karen Lin, a former housing court judge with experience in the Surrogate's Court and State Supreme Court; and Thomas Medardo Oliva, a Bronx prosecutor turned private attorney.

Notably, both Daniels and Gonzalez were considered unqualified for the job by the New York City Bar Association, while Lin and Oliva were both "approved."

Patch writers Nick Garber, Kayla Levy, Anna Quinn and Gus Saltonstall contributed to this report.