{"id":15900,"date":"2025-06-26T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/15900\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:18:17","slug":"nyc-primaries-the-results-of-the-2025-primary-election-in-brooklyn-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/15900\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Primaries | The results of the 2025 primary election in Brooklyn \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results of the 2025 Primary Election are in, for the most part, after a hectic campaign season and a sweltering Election Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A heated mayoral primary and dozens of local races drew significant voter turnout across the five boroughs.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

According to the city\u2019s Board of Elections, early voting totals nearly doubled<\/a> from the 2021 primary election, and Brooklyn \u2014 the city\u2019s most populous borough with the highest number of registered Democrats \u2014 led the charge, as 142,735 people voted early in Kings County.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many more headed to the polls on Election Day, too, with preliminary results showing that more than 990,000 New Yorkers in total voted in the Democratic mayoral contest. Approximately 358,000 of those voters hailed from Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\"\"A woman proudly displays her \u201cI Voted\u201d sticker after casting her ballot at a Spring Creek polling site during Tuesday\u2019s primary election. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

All three citywide races were effectively decided on Tuesday night as the frontrunners took wide leads. Zohran Mamdani claimed victory<\/a> in the mayoral primary, defeating frontrunner Andrew Cuomo by more than 70,000 votes. In Brooklyn, Mamdani earned 48% of the mayoral vote, clinching 174,577 votes to Cuomo\u2019s 113,138. Meanwhile, Justin Brannan, the outgoing City Council member in southern Brooklyn\u2019s District 47, conceded the race for Comptroller<\/a> to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, who clinched more than 48% of total votes. Another Brooklyn native, Jumaane Williams, won the Democratic primary for Public Advocate<\/a>, effectively guaranteeing he will be re-elected come November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unofficial election night data from the BOE show relatively few surprises in Brooklyn. Most incumbents won their primaries handily, even in closely-watched races in Council Districts 38, and 39. Just one race remained too close to call on Wednesday morning, the Republican primary in District 47.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a breakdown of the results from Tuesday night\u2019s election, based on unofficial BOE data<\/a>. With ranked-choice voting, some races won\u2019t be certified until next week, even though the losing candidates have conceded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of these candidates will advance to the general election in November, though some are expected to be uncontested. For more information on the results of citywide contests, including the mayoral, Comptroller, and Public advocate contests, head to our sister site amNewYork<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Borough President<\/b><\/p>\n

Incumbent Democrat Antonio Reynoso cruised to re-election over challenger Khari O. Edwards, earning 241,149 votes, or 77%, to Edwards\u2019 70,261. Reynoso, a former council member who was first elected to Borough Hall in 2021, after he won the Democratic nomination in a crowded primary contest.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Reynoso said he was \u201cdeeply humbled and gratified\u201d by the result.
\n\"\"Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso (center) campaigning on Primary Day. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I look forward to the next four years, I am energized and excited about the possibilities that lie ahead,\u201d he said. \u201cMy commitment to showing up in every community remains steadfast as we work to ensure that all Brooklyn families can thrive. Together, we will continue to address the pressing issues facing our borough, building on the progress we\u2019ve made while tackling new challenges head-on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edwards, a cannabis executive and former leader at Brookdale Hospital, had not publicly commented on the race as of Wednesday morning.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Civil Court Judge<\/b><\/p>\n

Four Democratic candidates threw their hats in the ring for two open seats on the Brooklyn Civil Court, and Janice Chen and Marisa Arrabito appear to have come out on top. Chen won more than 143,000 votes, or 34% of the total; and Arrabito earned 107,709, or just under 26%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chen has spent most of her career as a Court Attorney in the Brooklyn Supreme Court\u2019s Civil Term, where she still works today; Arrabito started her career as a family and matrimonial lawyer before becoming a Principal Law Clerk in the Brooklyn Supreme Court in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two beat out candidates Susan Liebman and Janice P. Purvis, though Arrabito and Liebman had both been endorsed by the Brooklyn Democratic Party.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

City Council<\/b><\/p>\n

Council District 33 \u2013 Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bed-Stuy, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Tard<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

Incumbent Lincoln Restler won the Democratic nomination over challenger Sabrina Gates in the largely left-leaning District 33. Restler, who was first elected to the Council in 2021, won a whopping 23,938 votes \u2014 or 75% of the total\u2014 while Gates, who was backed by the Brooklyn Democratic Party, earned 7,685, or 24%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI love serving our community,\u201d Restler said on social media. \u201cPsyched for all we will do together over the next four years!\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Council District 35 \u2013 Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

Incumbent Crystal Hudson faced three challengers in the Democratic primary, but managed a sweeping victory nonetheless, earning 84% of the vote \u2014 more than 32,000 individual votes \u2014 while challengers Hector Robertson, Kenny Lever and Dion Ashman won a combined 5,681 votes.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Working Families Party celebrated Hudson\u2019s victory.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a longtime community organizer and now Councilmember, Crystal has been a steadfast champion for the working families of Brooklyn, and her voice has been essential to the City Council\u2019s progress on affordability, the aging community, and stronger mass transit,\u201d the group said. \u201cCouncilmember Hudson will continue to be the fighter for Brooklyn that her community deserves, and we are so proud to support her re-election this fall!\u201d<\/p>\n

District 36 \u2013 Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

Incumbent Chi Oss\u00e9<\/a>, one of the best-known Council Members in New York City, won the primary by a wide margin, winning 78.37% of the vote, while challenge Reginald Swiney earned 20.89%. Oss\u00e9, the youngest member of the City Council, is also one of the most popular, thanks in part to his engaging social media presence and legislation like the FARE Act.<\/p>\n

\"chiOss\u00e9 speaks with a constituent on Primary Election day. Photo by Kirstyn Brendlen<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it again! Thank you to my amazing campaign team, government team, volunteers, donors, and most importantly my constituent neighbors for entrusting in me the privilege [to] lead,\u201d Oss\u00e9 said on X. \u201cI can\u2019t believe this is my last City Council election \u2014 I\u2019m having a bittersweet moment! Four years ago when I won my first race, at 23 years old, I never could\u2019ve of dreamed of all that we have accomplished for the people of Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and NYC as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

District 38 \u2013 Red Hook, Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights, Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights, Borough Park\u00a0<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

In District 38 \u2014 one of Brooklyn\u2019s more competitive primaries \u2014 incumbent Alexa Avil\u00e9s sailed to victory over challenger Ling Ye with 71.5% of the vote to Ye\u2019s 27.9%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won and we won big last night!\u201d Avil\u00e9s wrote on Instagram. \u201cI am so honored to have the opportunity to serve my community for another four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo dark money special interest groups, I say what you and I already know,\u201d she added. \u201cDistrict 38 is NOT for sale. Brooklyn is NOT for sale. This win is about people-power and community, and it\u2019s decisive.\u201d<\/p>\n

District 39 \u2013 Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Columbia Waterfront District<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

District 39 was home to one of the city\u2019s most closely-watched contests, as incumbent Democrat Shahana Hanif faced a challenge from Maya Kornberg. On Tuesday night, Hanif won<\/a> the Democratic nomination with 30,592 votes, or 69.7% of the total. Kornberg took 11,467 votes, or 26.16% of the total.<\/p>\n

\"\"Council Member Shahana Hanif celebrates her primary victory with supporters at The Commissioner in Park Slope. Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about communities coming together across race, class, faith, age, and language\u201a refusing to be divided. It\u2019s about building the Brooklyn we believe in,\u201d she told supporters at a watch party on Tuesday. \u201cI am grateful to every voter who cast their ballot, every volunteer who knocked on a door, and the incredible District 39 community for electing me to represent them in the City Council. It\u2019s truly the honor of my life to get to fight for the neighborhoods that raised me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hanif is not expected to face a challenger in the November general election, and effectively clinched her re-election to the Council by winning the primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 41 \u2013 Bed-Stuy, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Crown Heights<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

Democrats piled into the District 41 race to contest incumbent Darlene Mealy, but none of the challengers were able to find their footing in the district, and Mealy appeared to have clinched a victory with 43.24% of the vote.<\/p>\n

The seven other candidates earned between .42% and 15.61% of the vote, respectively, likely not enough to overcome Mealy\u2019s lead in subsequent rounds of ranked-choice voting. Mealy had not commented publicly on the race as of Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 46 \u2013 Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

In District 46, incumbent Democrat Mercedes Narcisse secured a landslide win over Dimple Willabus, an entertainment CEO and community leader. Narcisse, a former nurse, won nearly 83% of the vote, while Willabus picked up 16.73%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored and humbled by your overwhelming support at the polls today,\u201d Narcisses wrote on Instagram. \u201cYou\u2019ve shown that hard work, truth, and service still matter. I\u2019m proud to keep fighting for our schools, seniors, families, and every corner of our community. Let\u2019s keep moving forward, together.\u201d<\/p>\n

District 47 \u2013 Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Sea Gate, Dyker Heights, Gravsend, Bath Beach<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

District 47, currently represented by comptroller hopeful Justin Brannan, is the only council district in Brooklyn where both Democrats and Republicans faced off in the primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newcomer Kayla Santosuosso clinched the Democratic party nomination, earning 79.27% of the vote to Fedir Usmanov\u2019s 20.04%.\n<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Republican primary in District 47 remained too close to call on Wednesday morning. George Sarantopoulos, a local business leader, had a slight lead over Kings County Republican Party Chair Richie Barsamian on Wednesday morning, but was up by only 32 votes with 97.44% of scanners reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the tight margin, Sarantopoulos declared victory on Wednesday. In a statement, he commended Barsamian, but said he was ready to \u201cmove forward and fight to flip this district in November from the grip of the left-wing Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Kayla Santosuosso, the Democratic nominee in District 47. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

The eventual winner of the Republican primary in District 47 will go on to face Santosuosso in the general election come November, a contest Santosuosso said was the \u201creal race.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis campaign, starting now, is about protecting a Bay Ridge that all of us feel safe in and comfortable in and enjoy,\u201d Santosuosso said<\/a> at her victory party on Tuesday night. \u201cAnd that Bay Ridge is actually for everybody, and that we can fight together to make a Bay Ridge that is not only affordable for everybody, but enjoyable for everybody, where everybody feels like they can be themselves here, and for everybody to know, no matter how long you\u2019ve been here, no matter who you are, no matter what language you speak, you belong here.\u201d<\/p>\n

District 48 \u2013 Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Homecrest, Midwood, Gravesend<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

In Brooklyn\u2019s only Republican-held City Council district, incumbent Inna Vernikov trumped challenger Ari Kagan, a former Council Member in neighboring District 47.<\/p>\n

Vernikov, who was first elected in 2021, earned 2,427 votes, or 65.97% of the total, while Kagan scooped up 1,232, or 33.49%\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, this is not for me. This is the victory for the people of District 48, for New York City,\u201d Vernikov told Brooklyn Paper<\/a> at an election night watch party.<\/p>\n

\"vernikovVernikov earned more than 65% of the vote. Photo by Kirstyn Brendlen<\/p>\n

The Republican nominee said that her victory \u201csent a message\u201d to Kagan, who switched parties from Democrat to Republican in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe in the Republican Party, we should only accept people with a proven record of being conservative Republicans,\u201d she said. \u201cMy opponent was just not that \u2014 he was a lifelong Democrat, and this sends a strong message to Democrats who think they can run as Republican and win over the people, you cannot fool the people. And people see right through it. They see the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The results of the 2025 Primary Election are in, for the most part, after a hectic campaign season…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[15844,5229,15845,15846,1121,15847,15848,5310,15849,15850,9950,15851,6641,15852,15853,12176,405,403,50,2295,5226,5225,5228,5227,15854,80,15855,15856,1683,15857,15858,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,9111,333,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-15900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-2025-primary-election","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-antonio-reynoso","11":"tag-ari-kagan","12":"tag-brooklyn","13":"tag-brooklyn-borough-president","14":"tag-chi-osse","15":"tag-city-council","16":"tag-civil-court-judge","17":"tag-comptroller","18":"tag-general-election","19":"tag-george-sarantopolous","20":"tag-inna-vernikov","21":"tag-kayla-santosuosso","22":"tag-maya-kornberg","23":"tag-mayor","24":"tag-new-york","25":"tag-new-york-city","26":"tag-news","27":"tag-newsletter","28":"tag-newyork","29":"tag-newyorkcity","30":"tag-ny","31":"tag-nyc","32":"tag-nyc-primary-election","33":"tag-politics","34":"tag-primary-election","35":"tag-primary-election-results","36":"tag-results","37":"tag-richie-barsamian","38":"tag-shahana-hanif","39":"tag-united-states","40":"tag-united-states-of-america","41":"tag-unitedstates","42":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","43":"tag-us","44":"tag-usa","45":"tag-voter","46":"tag-voting","47":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}