Several key races across the nation remained undecided hours after polls closed on election night in the battle over control of Congress. Republicans needed to pick up just five seats to flip the House and just one seat in the Senate. GOP candidates appeared poised to ride a wave of national anxiety around inflation and violence.
Even Democratic stronghold states found themselves playing defense, including in New York, after a Quinnipiac University poll showed the gubernatorial race between Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin had unexpectedly tightened weeks before the election.
So far, that red wave hasn't happened-- at least not as widely as predicted, and certainly not in New York, where Governor Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James and Senator Chuck Schumer all held onto their seats.
Nor were there any huge upsets across Brooklyn, where even Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP incumbent, also held onto her seat.
Still, some races in Brooklyn-- including the one for the newly carved 17th Congressional District between Republican Vito LaBella and Democrat Iwen Chu-- remain too close to call.
Below are the early results in contested races, according to the New York State Board of Elections.
Governor:
Gov. Kathy Hochul (Democratic, Working Families)
Hochul: 52.11%
Zeldin: 47.06%
State Comptroller:
Thomas P. DiNapoli (Democratic, Working Families)
DiNapoli: 54.96%
Rodriguez: 41.95%
Attorney General:
AG Letitia James (Democratic, Working Families)
James: 52.61%
Henry: 44.83%
U.S. Senate:
Sen. Charles Schumer (Democratic, Working Families)
Schumer: 55.01%
Pinion:42.58%
Sare: 0.45%
Candidates for the House of Representatives
District 7:
Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (Democratic, Working Families)
Velazquez: 77.64%
Pagan: 18.82%
District 8:
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (Democratic)
Jeffries: 69.37%
Dashevsky: 26.38%
District 9:
Rep. Yvette Clarke (Democratic, Working Families)
Clarke: 70.61%
Raitport: 15.34%
District 10:
Daniel Goldman (Democratic)
Goldman: 79.35%
Hamdan: 14.48%
District 11:
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (Republican)
Malliotakis: 61.07%
Rose: 37.26%
Candidates for NY State Senate
District 17:
Vito J. LaBella (Republican, Conservative) Vito LaBella is running on the platform of Restoring Law & Order; Advocating for Children, Protecting Seniors and the Economy; Tax Reform
Iwen Chu (Democratic, Working Families) Iwen Chu’s career experience includes working as a public servant and community activist.
LaBella: 47.7%
Chu: 48.3%
Blank: 3.72%
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District 21:
Sen. Kevin Parker (Democratic)
Parker: 66.39%
Alexis: 16.07%
District 22:
Sen. Simcha Felder (Democratic, Republican, Conservative)
Felder: 91.9%
Brown: 4.36%
District 23:
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is a public safety and anti-gun violence advocate.
Joseph Tirone (Rep, Conservative) is a Dad, Business Owner and NYC native whose family owned Tirone's Shoe Store.
Scarcella-Spanton: 49.01%
Tirone: 46.38%
Blank: 4.39%
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District 26:
Sen. Andrew Gounardes (Democratic, Working Families)
Gounardes: 77.02%
Fox:20.08%
Rowen: 0.72%
Candidates for NY Assembly
District 41:
Assemblymember Helene E. Weinstein (Democratic, Working Families)
Weinstein: 59.8%
Johnson: 17.33%
District 44:
Assemblymember Robert C. Carroll (Democratic, Working Families)
Carroll: 83.81%
Horton: 13.03%
Tomaszewski: 0.60%
District 45:
Michael Novakhov (Republican, Conservative)
Novakhov: 58.2%
Cymbrowitz: 38.25%
District 46:
Alec Brook-Krasny (Rep, Conservative) is an entrepreneur who has served on Community Board 13.
Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus (Dem, Working Families) is the incumbent candidate.
Brook-Krasny: 49.11%
Frontus: 46.32%
Blank: 4.34%
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District 47:
Assemblymember William Colton (Democratic)
Colton: 52.79%
Kugel: 44.07%
District 48:
Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein (Democratic, Conservative)
Eichenstein: 77.6%
Holmes: 3.72%
District 49:
Lester Chang (Republican, Conservative)
Chang: 50.29%
Abbate: 45.61%
District 51:
Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes (Democratic, Working Families)
Mitaynes: 75.34%
Peterson: 20.5%
District 52:
Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (Democratic, Working Families)
Simon: 89.99%
Wynkoop: 7.77%
District 54:
Assemblymember Erik M. Dilan (Democratic)
Dilan: 81.01%
Chowdhury: 12.73%
District 55:
Assemblymember Latrice Monique Walker (Democratic, Working Families)
Walker: 90.58%
Jackson: 4.39%
Jones: 2.28%
District 58:
Assemblymember Monique Chandler-Waterman (Democratic, Working Families)
Chandler-Waterman: 92.07%
Allen-Davy: 4.83%
District 60:
Assemblymember Nikki Lucas (Democratic)
Lucas: 84.44%
Alleyne: 5.57%
