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2020 Primary Preliminary Results: We'll Get Back To You

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Primary Day in New York was unlike anything in recent years for a majority of races, given the roughly 760,000 absentee ballots mailed across the five boroughs as a result of the pandemic—leaving winners undetermined for several races until at least a few weeks. Voting in person at poll sites involved sadly familiar problems like missing ballots, malfunctioning machines, and more. Here's what we know:

There's one very clear probable winner tonight: Former vice president Joe Biden. He was running in the Democratic presidential primary, which was initially canceled by the state Board of Elections in May but later forced to reinstate it following a court decision. While Biden clinched the Democratic nomination earlier this month, the real spoils of the race are the delegates.

Several races are not being called across the city this primary. One of the most anticipated races is in the South Bronx, the battle for race for the 15th Congressional District is still up in the air. But so far, Councilman Ritchie Torres leads with the most in-person and early votes over the candidates. Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., the father of the current Bronx borough president, was considered the frontrunner in the race, battling it out with 11 candidates, including Torres. But Torres raised the most cash, giving him a great advantage over the rest of the candidates, which include former New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and community organizer Samelys Lopez.

In the 14th Congressional District, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now an incumbent over challengers Michele Caruso-Cabrera, a former journalist for CNBC; Sam Sloan; and Badrun Khan. And in a contest that pitted establishment versus progressive Democrats, Congressman Eliot Engel is running for a 17th term representing the 16th Congressional District in the Bronx and parts of lower Westchester, against challenger Jamaal Bowman, an educator who received major backing from the New York Times, Ocasio-Cortez, and Cynthia Nixon.

In other parts of the city, Representatives Jerry Nadler, Carolyn Maloney, Adriano Espaillat, and Gregory Meeks are seeking reelection. Here are Congressional results across the state:

Incumbents in the Albany legislature, including state senators who had replaced members of the now defunct Independent Democratic Conference, had a will continue representing their districts, with preliminary results showing the following,

State Senate

State Senate 12th District

• State Senator Michael Gianaris leads Ignazio Terranove, 14114 votes to 4989 (99% scanners reporting)

State Senate 14th District

• State Senator Jessica Ramos leads Diana Sanchez, 11998 votes to 2245 (93.20% scanners reporting)

State Senate 18th District

• State Senator Julia Salazar leads Andy Marte, 18101 votes to 3394 (99% scanners reporting)

State Senate 19th District

• State Senator Roxanne Pesaud leads Keron Alleyne, 15510 votes to 5373 (99% scanners reporting)

State Senate 23rd District

• State Senator Diane Savino leads Rajiv Gowda, 8193 votes to 2989 (99% scanners reporting)

State Senate 25th District

• Jabari Brisport leads Tremaine Wright, 17113 votes to 13301 (92.56% scanners reporting)

State Senate 27th District

• State Senator Brad Hoylman leads Elizabeth Glass, 11914 votes to 6210 (99% scanners reporting)

State Senate 31st District

• State Senator Robert Jackson leads Tirso Santiago Pina, 13144 votes to 3909 (95.15% scanners reporting)

State Senate 32nd District

• State Senator Luis Sepulveda leads Pamela Stewart-Martinez, 9716 votes to 6390 votes (99% scanners reporting)

State Senate 34th District

• State Senator Alessandra Biaggi leads James Gisondi, 14214 votes to 2387 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly

State Assembly 24th District

• Assembly Member David Weprin leads Mahfuzul Islam, 2144 votes to 1359; Albert Baldeo has 1108 votes (98.63% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 31st District

• Khaleel Anderson leads Richard David, 2888 votes to 2113 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 33rd District

• Assembly Member Clyde Vanel leads Oyster Bryan, 8333 votes to 1334 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 34th District

• Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas leads Assembly Member Michael Dendekker, 2514 votes to 1417 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 35th District

• Jeffrion Aubry is leading Hiram Monserrate, 3355 votes to 1808 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 36th District

• Zohran Kwame Mamdani leads Aravella Simotas, 4228 votes to 3639 (91.3% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 37th District

• Assembly Member Catherine Nolan leads Mary Joabida, 4314 votes to 2711 (95.59% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 38th District

• Jenifer Rajkumar leads Assembly Member Michael Miller, 2624 votes to 1300; Joseph de Jesus has 1108 votes (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 39 District

• Assembly Member Catalina Cruz leads Ramon Ramirez, 3232 votes to 597 (92.11% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 40th District

• Assembly Member Ron Kim leads Steven Lee, 2112 votes to 923 (96.88% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 43rd District

• Assembly Member Diana Richardson leads Jesse Hamilton, 8885 votes to 3516 (91.55% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 50th District

• Emily Gallagher leads Assembly Member Joseph Lentos, 6608 votes to 4845 (98.67% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 51st District

• Assembly Member Feliz Ortiz leads Marcella Mitanyes, 2391 votes to 1927 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 56th District

• Stefani Zinerman leads Justin Cohen, 6976 votes to 5353 (95.83% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 57th District

• Assembly Member Walter Mosley leads Phara Souffrant Forrest, 7482 votes to 6894 (94.12% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 65th District

• Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niu leads Grace Lee, 4440 votes to 2741 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 68th District

• Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez leads Tamika Mapp, 4681 votes to 3519 (96.92% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 71st District

• Assembly Member Al Taylor leads Guillermo Perez, 6944 votes to 2498 (93.15% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 73rd District

• Assembly Member Dan Quart leads Cameron Alex Koffman, 2673 votes to 1757 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 78th District

• Assembly Member Jose Rivera leads Francisco Spies, 3854 votes to 660 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 79th District

• Chantel Jackson leads Cynthia Cox, 2222 votes to 1982 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 81st District

• Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz leads George Diaz, 5630 votes to 3750 (89.66% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 82nd District

• Assembly Member Michael Benedetto leads Egidio Sementilli, 8817 votes to 1422 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 85th District

• Kenneth Burgos leads William Russell Moore, 3541 votes to 2365 (99% scanners reporting)

State Assembly 87th District

• Assembly Member Karines Reyes leads Garfield Holland, 5922 votes to 1573 (99% scanners reporting)

On the city level, the biggest race of the year this election cycle was the special election for Queens Borough President, which was originally scheduled for March 24th. Five candidates, New York Council Members Costa Constantinides and Donovan Richards, along with former New York City Council member Elizabeth Crowley, Anthony Miranda, and Dao Yin. With 96.53% of the scanners reporting, Richards leads with 41,915 votes, followed by Crowley at 31,781; Constantinides, 17,164; Miranda, 16,613; and Yin, 5,028.

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