Democratic nominee Max Rose has won over Republican incumbent Nicole Mallotakis in a controversial congressional race in New York City’s only swing district, NY-11. According to the unofficial Board of Elections, Malliotakis has secured over 62% of the vote compared to Rose’s 36%, with 90% of the votes counted as of 9:50 pm. Result,
“While the results tonight are certainly not what we are expecting in this party and as proud Americans, we respect the results of the election,” Rose said at her election night party on Staten Island, when she Called to accept Malliotakis.
Malliotakis had not declared victory nearly an hour after voting closed on Tuesday night.
The new congressman faced challenge from Democrat Max Rose, who represented the district – which includes all of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and Staten Island – for one term before being defeated by Mallotakis in 2020. A former state assembly member, Malliotakis is one of the state’s most conservative representatives and earned Approval From former President Donald Trump in this year’s race.
“Nicole is going to Washington and show Nancy Pelosi the door,” Staten Island state senator Andrew Lanza said at Malliotakis’ election night victory party. “She’ll take the gavel from Schiff and tell the squad, ‘No more you’re going to break freedom.'”
Rose announced her candidacy late last year, and, in February, briefly seemed likely to win, when the state legislature released draft redistribution maps aimed at making the district a Democratic slam of progressive Sunset Park. and drew parts of Park Slope to NY-11. – Dunk. But those maps were later tossed out by a state appellate court, which ruled them unconstitutional and appointed an independent “special master” to redraw the district lines.
The final maps more closely resembled the original district lines, seemingly giving Malliotakis a leg up – but Rose was adamant. A swing district, after all, does just that – swings between parties. But, with a sizable Republican base, particularly in Staten Island, it appears Mallotakis was able to return to Washington on Tuesday evening.
“There is a lot of fear and concern about the future of our city, our state, our entire country,” Rose said in her speech to supporters Tuesday night. “And it makes these elections that we feel like they are life and death, and in many cases they risk our rights, our well being, the very essence of our democracy. So when we fall short, I really I understand this is not only heartbreaking, it is absolutely horrifying. But this is not the time to give up or hold back.”
On election day, NY-11 voters told the Brooklyn Paper that they were most concerned about crime at Nabe—a voter, Jackie, who asked to be identified only by his first name, said he would vote for Democrats. Used to vote but was casting her this year. Voting for Mallotakis and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin.
“If we don’t take our country, our young people will suffer,” said Adelaide Lowry, a native Staten Islander in attendance at Malliotakis’ victory party on election night. “We need more people like Maliotakis and Zeldin. Our beautiful city has turned into the crime capital of the world. It’s not just Staten Island, New York in general thinks so. We have enough. ,
“The crime is completely out of control. If you just robbed me, I believe there must be a consequence,” said Frank Thurlow, a retired firefighter who became a Bay Ridge Expeditionary volunteer. He likes Malliotakis’s views on crime and border security.
“She’s in line with what she says,” Thurlow said. “I’m comfortable with him, I don’t even know Max Rose.”
After several robberies in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights shook some residents and businessmen, Mallotakis met with Governor Kathy Hochul in September, To overturn bail reform laws in the state – claiming they were allowing repeat offenders to roam the streets and commit more crimes – although no arrests were made at the time. The NYPD later dismissed Nabe’s claim of a “crime wave”.
Joseph Pidoriano, another Malliotakis supporter who attended his election night party, said he believed the midterm would result in a red wave – and a “wave of common sense”.
“Democrats forced our businesses to close in 2020, they forcibly jammed,” he said. “They raised taxes before and after COVID. Shipping cost is very high. Our state and country is in trouble. I hope that our country will move in the right direction and I hope that the GOP will stand up for its values and goals.
Rose’s supporters were focusing less on specific policy and more on the views of Mallotakis – and the views of the Republican Party.
“I’m a little nervous. I just want to make sure that democracy stays on,” Rose Voter Lana told the Brooklyn Paper after voting at Christ Church in Bay Ridge on Tuesday. “So I’m a little worried about it. I just hope, I hope people make the right decisions. ,
Last year, Mallotakis voted against certifying the results of the 2020 presidential elections in Arizona and Pennsylvania, and earlier this year, dodged questions about whether she stood by her vote. During the summer, Maliotakis joined the rest of the Republican Party in voting against codifying Roe v. Wade’s protections into federal law.
“As long as we’ve been a country, politicians have always built their power on vitriol and division,” Rose said after admitting. “And as long as they have existed, there have been people like you, who have rejected that kind of politics and have believed their heart and soul in the fundamental promise of America. American who can be and To believe and fight for him is not for the faint of heart, and neither is to be a Staten Island Democrat.
This is a developing story – check back for updates as evening rolls on.
