“I’m so proud of what we’ve done, and I’m so proud to have run on a slate with two amazing, progressive leaders,” she said during her concession speech. Update, 10:36 p.m.: Cynthia Nixon has conceded the governor’s race to Gov. Update, 10:59 p.m.: The lieutenant governor’s race has been called for Kathy Hochul by NY1 and the New York Times. Nixon is part of a growing crop of progressive candidates who have used their distance from Albany, and from the special interests-including New York’s powerful real estate industry-that have an undue influence over state politics as a selling point.Īnother big issue in this primary has been the IDC challengers: Every single Democratic senator who was once associated with the Independent Democratic Conference-a group of Democrats who once caucused with Republicans, effectively giving the latter control of New York’s state Senate-is up for re-election, and progressive candidates are now seeking to unseat them in their districts. The New York state primary election has garnered an unusual amount of national interest this year, thanks, in part, to the biggest race: Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo faces a challenge from actor and activist Cynthia Nixon, who has positioned herself as a more progressive alternative to the incumbent on issues like education, prison reform, and housing.

Lee Zeldin, incumbent U.S.Read our recap of Thursday’s primary results.

He was re-elected to a second term with 58% of the vote in 2016. The incumbent was Republican Lee Zeldin, who had represented the district since 2015. The 1st district is located in eastern Long Island and includes most of central and eastern Suffolk County.

See also: New York's 1st congressional district Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York by district: DistrictĭistrNew York's 1st congressional district election United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2018

Most news outlets report election results using only the primary affiliation of party registration of candidates rather than by the party nominees who are elected, and most pollsters group candidates the same way. As a result, New York ballots tend to list many political parties. New York is near unique among the states in that it allows electoral fusion (cross-endorsement). Nationally, the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives on election day. ĭemocrats won a total of 21 New York House seats, while Republicans won six. Chris Collins (R-27th District) was narrowly re-elected despite having been arrested on insider trading charges in August 2018. Claudia Tenney (R-22nd District) (defeated by Democrat Anthony Brindisi). John Faso (R-19th District) (defeated by Democrat Antonio Delgado), and Rep. Dan Donovan (R-11th District) (defeated by Democrat Max Rose), Rep. The defeated Republican incumbents were Rep. On November 6, 2018, the Democratic Party held the open seat in District 25 and defeated three Republican incumbents with the exception of Crowley, all Democratic incumbent members of Congress in New York were re-elected. In the JDemocratic primary in District 14, insurgent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upset longtime incumbent Rep.

Louise Slaughter (D-25th District) on March 16, 2018. Prior to the 2018 elections, one New York House seat was vacant due to the death of Rep. Elections were held in all 27 of New York's congressional districts in 2018.

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