Forty New York City elected officials and candidates were unopposed on election day—meaning that as long as they cared to vote for themselves, they won a term in office the following year.
A review of the New York City Board of Elections’ list of candidates found that one House candidate, 14 state Senate candidates and 25 Assembly contestants had no challengers on Election Day, and as long as they voted for themselves, on Tuesday. Victory was assured. ,
All but two of the combined 40 unopposed Election Day candidates are incumbent. Of the 40 uncontested candidates, just three are Republicans; The rest are Democrats—which isn’t too surprising in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans.
Here is a list of the “winners” who have been assured of taking up positions on Capitol Hill and Albany on behalf of the New Yorkers next year:
House
• 13th District (Manhattan/Bronx) — Congressman Adriano Espilat will win another term in office after successfully defeating two challengers in the August primary. He was the only member of the New York City congressional delegation that did not have a general election opponent.
state senate
• 10th District (Queens) — State Senator James Sanders gets another term in the upper house of the legislature after missing out on opponents in the August primary and November election.
• 12th District (Queens/Brooklyn) — State Senator Michael Giannaris had no primary opponent, and no general election opponent, in August.
• 13th District (Queens) – State Senator Jessica Ramos won a new term in office unopposed in November in the June primary.
• 14th District (Queens) – State Senator Leroy Comrie had a stress-free election cycle, as he ran the June primary and November’s general election without any contestants.
• 18th District (Brooklyn/Queens) – State Senator Julia Salazar won another term in office in November, unopposed in the August primary.
• 19th District (Brooklyn/Queens) – State Senator Roxanne Persaud also had an easy road to re-election this year, as she was unopposed in both the August primary and November’s general election.
• 20th District (Brooklyn) – State Senator Zellnor Myrie won another term in office unopposed after ending the August primaries without a challenge.
• 24th District (Staten Island) – State Senator Andrew Lanza was one of only three New York City Republican office bearers to secure another term in office unopposed in both June’s primary and November’s general election.
• 25th District (Brooklyn) – State Senator Jabari Brisport won another term without opposition on Election Day; He had turned back a primary challenger in August.
• 29th District (Manhattan/Bronx) — State Senator Jose Serrano was not contested in the August primary, and was re-elected Tuesday without an opponent.
• 30th District (Harlem) – State Senator Cordell Clear defeated two challengers in August, but no contenders for November’s general election.
• 33rd District (Bronx) – State Senator Gustavo Rivera won another term unopposed after facing the challenge of the August primary.
• 36th District (Bronx) — State Senator Jamal Bailey lacked a primary challenger in August, and was elected unopposed on Election Day.
• 59th District (Manhattan/Queens/Bronx) – Kristen Gonzalez bested four others for the new Triborough State Senate seat, including parts of Manhattan’s East Side, West Queens, and the northern tip of Brooklyn. The Democratic Socialists will be sworn in for their first term this January.
Meeting
• 24th District (Queens) – Assembly member David Weprin defeated three opponents in the June primary, but had to rest without a general election challenger on Election Day.
• 29th District (Queens) – Member of the Legislative Assembly Alicia Hyndman bested a challenger in the June primary, and was elected unopposed on Election Day.
• 31st District (Queens) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Khalil Anderson had no primary opponent in June, and no general election opponent.
• 33rd District (Queens) – Assembly member Clyde Vennell easily defeated a challenger in the June primary, and was re-elected without a general election opponent.
• 34th District (Queens) – Member of the Legislative Assembly Jessica González-Rojas will seek a second term in office unopposed in the June primary.
• 35th District (Queens) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Jeffrian Aubry defeated a single challenger in the June primary, and had no opponent in the general election.
• 36th District (Queens) – Member of Legislative Assembly Johran Mamdani secured another term in office unopposed in both June and November.
• 37th District (Queens) – Juan Ardilla beat four challengers for the seat long held by outgoing Kathy Nolan. He will take oath as his successor in January.
• 38th District (Queens) – Member of the Legislative Assembly Jennifer Rajkumar will seek a second term in office unopposed in the June primary.
• 39th District (Queens) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Catalina Cruz had no primary opponent in June, and no general election opponent.
• 42nd District (Brooklyn) — Assemblyman Rodney Bichote won re-election Tuesday without opposition in the general election; He also had no primary rival in June.
• 43rd District (Brooklyn) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Brian Cunningham, who won his seat in the March special election, will serve a full term in office unopposed on Election Day.
• 50th District (Brooklyn) – Assembly member Emily Gallagher was unopposed in November after winning the primary for her seat in June.
• 53rd District (Brooklyn) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Maritza Davila had no primary opponent in June, and will be re-elected without opposition on Election Day.
• 56th District (Brooklyn) – Member of the Legislative Assembly Stephanie Zinnerman experienced no drama this election cycle, as she faced no opposition in the June primary and November’s general election.
• 57th District (Brooklyn) — Assembly member Fara Soufront Forrest had no Election Day opponents after winning the June primary.
• 59th District (Brooklyn) — Legislator Jaime Williams won a new term in office unopposed in the June primary.
• 61st District (Brooklyn/Lower Manhattan/Staten Island) — Legislator Charles Fall defeated a single challenger in the June primary, and had no opponents in the general election.
• 62nd District (Staten Island) – Member of the Assembly Michael Reilly Jr., a Republican, also retained his seat in the June primary and November election without challenge.
• 64th District (Brooklyn/Staten Island) – Assemblyman Michael Tanoussis was the third and last NYC Republican on the list to be elected unopposed to his office on Election Day; Tanoussis also found no challenger in the June primary.
• 66th District (Manhattan) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Deborah Glick faced a challenger in the June primary, but faced no opposition on Election Day.
• 67th District (Manhattan) – Member of the Legislative Assembly Linda Rosenthal’s election cycle was stress-free, as she ran the June primary and November’s general election without any contestants.
• 71st District (Manhattan) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Alfred E. Taylor was elected unopposed in November, defeating a challenger in the June primary.
• 72nd District (Manhattan) — Assembly member Manny de los Santos, who was elected to office in a special election earlier this year, won a full-time unopposed victory on Tuesday. He had sidelined two major contenders in June.
• 76th District (Manhattan) — Member of the Legislative Assembly Rebecca Seewright, who defeated a challenger in June, was also elected unopposed on Tuesday.
