Good evening — It’s Tuesday and Primary Day.
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A quick look at news on elections that might interest you.
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☑️ What we know about New York’s top primaries with polls now closed
It was a tough night for incumbents and candidates considered to be tied to the establishment wing of the Democratic Party in New York.
But it was a great night for the Democratic Socialists of America and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Several candidates endorsed by the DSA, Mamdani or both toppled incumbents at both the state and the federal level. While that will mean new faces in Congress, it will have a larger impact in the state Legislature.
It’s another election cycle in which Democratic voters have favored candidates further to the left, including democratic socialists in several cases.
That will give the left wing of the party more power at the state Capitol, where progressive priorities can sometimes meet resistance from moderate lawmakers.
We know the results of many races at the time of this newsletter. Others haven’t been officially called but favor one candidate.
I’ve placed a ✅ next to the names of the winners to make them easier to read, placed a ⬆️ by the leaders in races that haven’t yet been called and added a 🌹 to the winners and leaders who are democratic socialists.
State Comptroller Democrat Primary
🔵 Incumbent State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli ✅ defeated Drew Warshaw and Raj Goyle
Races for Congress
🔴 NY-3 Republican Primary to take on U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D): Former Assemblyman Mike LiPetri ✅ defeated Greg Hach
🔴 NY-21 Republican Primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R): Anthony Constantino ✅ defeated Assemblyman Robert Smullen
🔵 NY-7 Democratic Primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D): Assemblywoman Claire Valdez ✅🌹 defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Julie Won and Vichal Kumar
🔵 NY-10 Democratic Primary: Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander ✅ defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman
🔵 NY-12 Democratic Primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D): Assemblyman Micah Lasher ✅ defeated Assemblyman Alex Bores, Jack Kennedy Schlossberg, George Conway and Nina Schwalbe
🔵 NY-13 Democratic Primary: Darializa Avila Chevalier ✅🌹 defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat
🔵 NY-17 Democratic Primary to take on U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (R): Cait Conley ✅ defeated Effie Guadalupe Phillips-Staley, Beth Davidson, Michael Sacks and John Cappello
Races for state Senate
🔵 SD-12 Democratic Primary to succeed Sen. Mike Gianaris (D): Aber Kawas ✅🌹 defeated Assemblyman Steven Raga
🔵 SD-13 Democratic Primary: Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas ✅ defeated incumbent state Sen. Jessica Ramos and former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate
🔵 SD-15 Democratic Primary: Incumbent state Sen. Joe Addabbo ✅ defeated Albert Baldeo
🔵 SD-27 Democratic Primary to succeed Sen. Brian Kavanagh (D): Assemblywoman Grace Lee ✅ defeated former Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou
🔵 SD-39 Democratic Primary to take on Sen. Rob Rolison (R): Lisa Kaul ✅ defeated Evan Menist and Gay Lee
🔵 SD-61 Democratic Primary: Assemblyman Jonathan Rivera ✅ defeated incumbent state Sen. Jeremy Zellner
Races for state Assembly
🔵 AD-38 Democratic Primary: David Orkin ✅🌹 defeated incumbent Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar
🔵 AD-54 Democratic Primary: Christian Celeste Tate ✅🌹 defeated incumbent Assemblyman Erik Dilan
🔵 AD-56 Democratic Primary: Eon Huntley ✅🌹 defeated incumbent Assemblywoman Stefani Zinerman and Michael Bailey
🔵 AD-59 Democratic Primary: Incumbent Assemblywoman Jaime Williams ✅ defeated Jibreel Jalloh
🔵 AD-65 Democratic Primary to succeed Assemblywoman Grace Lee (D): Illapa Sairitupac ✅🌹 defeated Jasmin Sanchez, Mariama James, Wei-Li Tjong, Lilah Mejia and Jay Jacky Wong
🔵 AD-66 Democratic Primary to succeed Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D): Jeannine Kiely and David Siffert are neck and neck and lead Ryder Kessler, Benjamin Yee, Corinne Arnold and Furhan Ahmad
🔵 AD-68 Democratic Primary: Diana Ayala ✅ defeated incumbent Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs, Tamika Mapp and William Smith
🔵 AD-69 Democratic Primary to succeed Assemblyman Micah Lasher (D): Eli Northrup ✅ defeated Stephanie Ruskay
🔵 AD-70 Democratic Primary: Incumbent Assemblyman Jordan J.G. Wright ✅ defeated Conrad Blackburn
🔵 AD-106 Democratic Primary: Incumbent Assemblywoman Didi Barrett ✅ defeated Samuel Hodge
🔴 AD-118 Republican Primary to succeed Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R): Heather Scribner ✅ defeated Charles Potter and Chanda King
🔵 AD-123 Democratic Primary to succeed Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D): Dan Norton ✅ defeated Dan Livingston
🔵 AD-129 Democratic Primary: Incumbent Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli is neck and neck with Maurice “Mo” Brown
🔵 AD-149 Democratic Primary: Adam Bojak ✅🌹 defeated Kevin Deese and Karen Hoak
The Times Union also has real-time results on primary races statewide for the state comptroller’s race, Congress, the state Legislature and other elections on the ballot.
