New York City closed the book on its 2022 primary season when polls closed in State Senate and Congressional races on the ballot Tuesday evening.
There were only four contested races in Queens – two in the State Senate and two Congressional races.
Early and unofficial results show that Queens’ most hotly contested race – the race to choose a Democratic nominee for its newest State Senate Seat – has followed in the trend that was set by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018 when she upset Queens County Democratic Party Leader Joe Crowley.
In the State Senate District 59 race between Democratic Socialists of America-backed Kristen Gonzalez, former City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley and Mike Corbett, a former staffer to City Councilmember Costa Constantinides, Gonzalez was on top by around 6,000 votes – holding around 59 percent of the vote – with 91 percent of scanners reported.
Crowley, who had the backing of the Queens County Democratic Party and whose fundraising numbers far exceeded those of any other candidates in the race, held around 32 percent of the vote.
There remain around 2,220 absentee ballots from Queens voters in the district left to be counted, according to the Board of Elections, but they won’t do much to help Crowley.
Crowley conceded to Gonzalez shortly after 10 p.m., marking her fourth consecutive losing election.
“We put everything into this campaign that we could and sadly tonight have come up short,” Crowley said in a statement. “I can’t thank my supporters, volunteers, and my team enough for their tireless efforts. I congratulated Kristen on her win and wish her all the best.”
Should Gonzalez win in November, a group of voters in Astoria will be represented by DSA-backed officials in every legislature except the U.S. Senate. The rise to power for the DSA in the area that has taken less than five years. Astoria voters helped propel Ocasio-Cortez to office in 2018, elected Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani in 2020 and City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán in 2021.
“We have this opportunity to set an example for the rest of the city, the rest of the state and the rest of the country,” Gonzalez told the Eagle Tuesday afternoon before the results began to come in. “It’s not only about creating Democratic Socialists at every level of government, but those Democratic Socialists are accountable to the larger community, and for the first time working class people will have a voice at every single level.”
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This is what happens when only zealots and maniacs vote.
Tina Forte wins in New York
https://twitter.com/TinaForteUSA/status/1562238928404779008
"You Broke It, You Bought It" Astoria.....you are effed.
If you think sheeple will get it right now then you are beyond help.
Everything Woke Turns to Shite !
As expected Crowley no longer has the vote from the Irish, Hispanics control that districts vote now. All you got to do is offer socialists, the lazy stupid free stuff to win.
Almost all the schools and colleges promote socialism, so you get all the young people as well.
AOC and Governor stupid will win again also, NY voters are dumbed down to rocks in 2022.
The re-distracting was designed to take advantage of this, its not rocket science.
Look how many white people stayed home from voting saying "to tired from a long day at work" "Naa thats never gonna happen" now this morning they say "It is what it is"
I noted only 1 in 10 people at the voting room looked educated, all the rest looked like inner city poverty slobs who looked at me as if to say "why are you even here, your votes outnumbered"
Republicans are also stupid, Marc Molinaro lost the special election to a socialist by simply opening his mouth and siding with the Catholic church and state constitutions on abortion.
Again no separation of church & state, another catholic politician on the churches remote control.-- Republicans never learn to keep religion, especially the catholic churchs agendas out of politics because you will lose every time.
-If the current jackass woke governor wins the November election, I'm gonna move. Luckily I parked the $$ from the sale of a house in Manhasset and Ridgewood and rented on City Island to see if NYC had a chance at coming back before buying, but now its seems Naaa, not a chance.
No throwing money away !
It seems voters are simply too lazy, brainwashed, old and easily manipulated or stupid.
I predict home prices are going to fall like rocks as crime soars and people who need to have kids in school flee.
Nobody I know wants their kids going to school in whats gonna be 60-80 seat classrooms 3rd world or gangsta kids and rapists, they said "F_ This" (and a couple other things)
School teachers have started quitting in numbers higher then the cops, they seem to know whats coming!!
It is weird how the overwhelming majority of socialists and social justice advocates come from wealth. I wonder why that is? Do they see injustice magnified from their perch atop the social order?
New York Democrat… ‘Today we proved that Socialism wins!
https://youtu.be/eDuWqUZomeI
We really proved that socialism wins! We are not going anywhere, and we will not stop until we see a socialist slate across this city!"
Yep, even this piece of garbage can win
I can feel the rage from the Q-Anon clones…
Great news. Of course right wingers will whine that he has money. Is that because they are really anti capitalism at heart? Or maybe they just like to whine.
@I can feel the rage from the Q-Anon clones…
What's up droid? Your sponsor disowned you?
Once he realized how stupid you are?
Good points Joe !
This city is just continuing to deteriorate Joe is right.
The only country on the planet where illegals are met with a handshake from an "official", free housing, a loaded debit card, and a new prepaid phone. Sickening!
New York is a lost cause, it's a 3rd world un-American DemoRat Shitehole and will just get worse. Fence it off and forget about it.
Oh, c'mon, the Irish marry Mexicans and their kids marry Arabs. Even John Ellis "JEB" Bush) knows that! Irish dudes don't marry shrill shrews like Liz, who turn them into drunks.
New rule. All socialists must be poor! Does this mean that all right wing nuts must be rich?
What is the word from Tucker Putin, Lumpy Hannity and the right wing intelligentsia ?
Elections have consequences!
I will be leaving NYC very soon and taking my tax money, savings(401K/NYC Pension) and the over priced Middle Village house sale money ($950,000) with me to Florida. You can have all the illegals, the crime, and the poor quality of life here in NY and stick it where the sun don't shine. Peace Out...
She’s upper class now, but is a child of immigrants who grew up in Elmhurst. She did get a scholarship to a private school in Manhattan though. At least she’s a real NYer and not a transplant.
Remember when the most horrifying thing we could think of was a connected Crowley winning an election? How naive we were.
Democrat voters…you made yer bed, no lay (lie) in it. Like the old TV show..,You Asked For It !
Here is your daily reminder that Barack wanted Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Funny how the some young voters are all about the economy/it's all about the money yet they generally want socialism/communism. Brainwashed into a cult...
How did monkeys become people and then the people turned into sheep?
Wake Up Sheep said...
Step one, train the people only to consume.
Step two, infiltrate adults with the fake news.
Step three, indoctrinate the children through the schools.
(And the music and the apps on the phones that they use)
Step four, separate the right from the left.
Step five, separate the white from the black.
Step six, separate the rich from the poor.
Use religion and equality to separate 'em more.
Step seven, fabricate a problem made of lies.
Step eight, put it on the news every night.
Step nine, when people start to fight and divide
Take control, this is called a situational design.
They can't stop us, 'cause we're ready to Vote this November !
Thank you @step one two three … guy.
You are obviously going to vote for Kirsten Gonzalez and other likeminded worthwhile candidates in November.
Keep up the good work.
@I can feel the rage from the Q-Anon clones…
Can you now TA Commie? You will end up like all commies and socialist scum before you.
@New rule. All socialists must be poor! Does this mean that all right wing nuts must be rich?
What is the word from Tucker Putin, Lumpy Hannity and the right wing intelligentsia ?
Maybe is your rule, but the current crop of socialist degenerates are paid by Soros and crew.
The rest of your remarks are just as stupid as you are TA Commie.
The Nazi droid.
"Here is your daily reminder that Barack wanted Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court of the United States."
Hussein did get him into DOJ, after all he is running the show with Michael, not the Biorobot Groper.
@"Vote for Kirsten Gonzalez"
I did vote. With my feet to the great Free State of Florida.
Choosing between a socialist and a "moderate" Democrat is like choosing between bad and awful. They both suck.
Welcome to Venezuela. People are now dependent on sleepy Joe’s handouts.
She IS a lot cuter than AOC... So there's that...
@"She IS a lot cuter than AOC... So there's that..."
Maybe, but I still think AOC is hot.
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