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2004 Primary Election Results


The following results are based on the unofficial vote tally as reported by the wire services and, as much as possible, directly from the New York City Board of Elections. The official count from the Board of Elections can take weeks to complete and will be posted as soon as they are available. The results below are subject to change as the official count is made public. The winning candidates will face opponents in the general election on November 2

U.S. Senate
Office Winner Date Posted
Seat 1 No Primary -
Seat 2 No Election Until 2006 -

U.S. Congress
Office Winner Date Posted
Dist 5 - Queens Stephen Graves (Rep) 09/14/04
Dist 6 - Queens No Primary -
Dist 7 - Bronx Joseph Crowley (Dem) 09/14/04
Dist 8 - Manhattan No Primary -
Dist 9 - Queens No Primary -
Dist 10 - Brooklyn No Primary -
Dist 11 - Brooklyn Major Owens (Dem) 09/14/04
Dist 12 - Brooklyn No Primary -
Dist 13 - Brooklyn No Primary -
Dist 14 - Manhattan No Primary -
Dist 15 - Manhattan Charles Rangel (Dem) 09/14/04
Dist 16 - Bronx No Primary -
Dist 17 - Bronx Eliot Engel (Dem) 09/14/04

Bronx State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
76 - Fordham, West Farms, Parkchester, Castle Hill Peter Rivera (Dem) 09/14/04
77 - Highbridge, Morrisania Aurelia Greene (Dem) 09/14/04
78 - Bronx Park South, Belmont, Fordham, Bedford Park, South Riverdale, Van Cortland Village, Marble Hill No Primary -
79 - Morrisania, Claremont, Crotona-Mapes, Longwood, Charlotte Gardens, Belmont Michael Benjamin (Dem) 09/14/04
80 - Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Van Nest, Pelham Bay, Van Cortlandt Village, Norwood, Bedford Park Naomi Rivera (Dem) 09/14/04
81 - Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Van Cortlandt Village, Marble Hill, Norwood, Woodlawn, Wakefield No Primary -
82 - Co-op City, Throgs Neck, City Island, Locust Point, Edgewater Park, parts of Castle Hill, Westchester Square, Zerega Micheal Benedetto (Dem) 09/14/04
83 - Olinville, Williamsbridge, Wakefield, Edenwald, Eastchester, Fish Bay, Baychester No Primary -
84 - Highbridge, Melrose, Longwood, Mott Haven, Port Morris, Hunts Point Carmen Arroyo (Dem) 09/14/04
85 - Bronx River, Harding Park, Clason Point, Hunts Point and Soundview Ruben Diaz (Dem) 09/14/04
86 - Bronx No Primary -

Bronx State Senate Districts09/14/04
Office Winner Date Posted
28 - South and West Bronx, East Harlem, Roosevelt Island, parts of North Yorkville, Upper Washington Heights Jose Serrano (Dem) 09/14/04
31 - West Side of Manhattan, Northwest Bronx No Primary -
32 - Soundview, Castle Hill, Clasons Point, Hunts Point, Mott Haven, Melrose, Parkchester, Morrisania, Van Nest, West Farms, Bronx River Ruben Diaz (Dem) 09/14/04
33 - Bronx Efrain Gonzalez (Dem) 09/14/04
34 - Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Throgsneck, City Island, Woodlawn, Norwood, Wakefield, Yonkers, Pelham, Pelham Manor, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon Jeffrey Klein (Dem)
John Fleming (Rep)
09/14/04
36 - Bronx Ruth Hassell-Thompson (Dem) 09/14/04

Brooklyn State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
40 - East New York, Brownsville No Primary -
41 - Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, Flatlands, Canarsie, East Flatbush No Primary -
42 - Flatbush, Midwood Rhoda Jacobs (Dem) 09/14/04
43 - Crown Heights, Flatbush Clarence Norman (Dem) 09/14/04
44 - Park Slope, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Windsor Terrace No Primary -
45 - Brighton Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Flatbush, Manhattan Beach, Midwood, Plum Beach, Sheepshead Bay No Primary -
46 - Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dyker Heights, Marlboro, Sea Gate, high-rises of Brightwater, Luna Park, Trump Village, Warbasse Adele Cohen (Dem) 09/14/04
47 - Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights and Midwood No Primary -
48 - Boro Park, Dyker Heights, Kensington, Flatbush No Primary -
49 - Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Borough Park No Primary -
50 - Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn No Primary -
51 - Sunset Park, Red Hook, Wyckoff, Gowanus, Windsor Terrace, South of Park Slope, Borough Park, Boerum Hill No Primary -
52 - Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Bay Ridge No Primary -
53 - Bushwick, Ridgewood, Williamsburg No Primary -
54 - Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bedford, Stuyvesant, East New York, Cypress Hills, City Line Darryl Towns (Dem) 09/14/04
55 - Oceanhill, Browsville, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Bushwick William Boyland (Dem) 09/14/04
56 - Tompkins Park North, Weeksville, Bedford-Stuyvesant Annette Robinson (Dem) 09/14/04
57 - Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Flatbush, parts of Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant No Primary -
58 - Flatbush, Brownsville, Canarsie No Primary -
59 - Flatlands, Canarsie, Mill Island, Bergen Beach No Primary -

Brooklyn State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
17 - Bushwick, Cypress Hills, parts of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford- Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York Martin Malave Dilan (Dem) 09/14/04
18 - Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Red Hook, parts of Park Slope, Carroll Gardens No Primary -
19 - Canarsie, East Flatbush, parts of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York No Primary -
20 - Brooklyn No Primary -
21 - Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Borough Park Kevin Parker (Dem) 09/14/04
22 - Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, southern Sunset Park, Boro Park, St. George, Stapleton, Rosebank, Dongan Hills, Grassmere, New Dorp, South Beach, Midland Beach, Arrochas, Thompkinsville, Clifton Martin Golden (Rep) 09/14/04
23 - Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Seagate, Coney Island, Windsor Terrace, parts of Brighton Beach, Kensington, Flatbush, Sunset Park, Park Slope in Brooklyn. North Shore of Staten Island Diane Savino (Dem) 09/14/04
25 - Williamsburg, Sunset Park, Navy Yard, Lower Manhattan No Primary -
27 - Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Bergan Beach, Flatbush No Primary -

Manhattan State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
64 - Lower East Side No Primary -
65 - Upper East Side of Manhattan, Roosevelt Island No Primary -
66 - Greenwich Village, SoHo, Tribeca, East Village No Primary -
67 - Upper West Side of Manhattan No Primary -
68 - Harlem Adam Clayton Powell IV (Dem) 09/14/04
69 - Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights No Primary -
70 - Morningside Heights, Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville No Primary -
71 - West Harlem, Washington Heights No Primary -
72 - Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill No Primary -
73 - East side of Manhattan No Primary -
74 - East side of Manhattan No Primary -
75 - Chelsea, Clinton, Murray Hill, Midtown, Lincoln Center area in Manhattan No Primary -

Manhattan State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
25 - Williamsburg, Sunset Park, Navy Yard, Lower Manhattan No Primary -
26 - Murray Hill, Tutor City, Sutton Place, Yorkville No Primary -
28 - South and West Bronx, East Harlem, Roosevelt Island, parts of North Yorkville, Upper Washington Heights Jose Serrano (Dem) 09/14/04
29 - Manhattan's West Side from 77th Street to Battery Park, sections of East Midtown, Lower East Side, Little Italy, Chinatown No Primary -
30 - Harlem, Upper West Side, Washington Heights No Primary -
31 - West Side of Manhattan, Northwest Bronx No Primary -

Queens State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
22 - Queens Jimmy Meng (Dem) 09/14/04
23 - Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Far Rockaway No Primary -
24 - New Hyde Park, Flushing , Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, Bayside, Holliswood, Bellerose, Floral Park, Glen Oak, Douglaston No Primary -
25 - Flushing, Whitestone No Primary -
26 - East Flushing, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Whitestone, Malba, Bay Terrace, Floral Park No Primary -
27 - Flushing, Queen Garden Hill, College Point, Briarwood, Auberndale, Hill Crest, Jamaica Estates No Primary -
28 - Forest Hills, Rego Park, Middle Village, Glendale No Primary -
29 - Rosedale, Laurelton, Queens Village No Primary -
30 - Maspeth, Woodside, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, Middle Village, Astoria No Primary -
31 - Far Rockaway, Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park No Primary -
32 - Jamaica Estates, South Jamaica Estates, Rochdale, Springfield No Primary -
33 - Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Howard, St. Alban, Bellerose, Cunnigham Heights No Primary -
34 - Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona No Primary -
35 - East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona, Woodside No Primary -
36 - Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway No Primary -
37 - Sunnyside, Ridgewood, Astoria, Woodside, Long Island City, Maspeth, Ravenswood, Blissville No Primary -
38 - Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Glendale, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village No Primary -
39 - Jackson Heights, Corona No Primary -

Queens State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
10 - Queens No Primary -
11 - Queens Village, Flushing, Bayside Whitestone, Douglaston, Little Neck, College Point, Bellerose, Hollace, Jamaica Estates, Floral Park, Glenn Oak, New Lead Park No Primary -
12 - Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Bayside, Flushing, Bay Terrace No Primary -
13 - Jackson Heights, Corona and parts of Elmhurst John Sabini (Dem) 09/14/04
14 - St. Albans, Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Springfield Gardens, Rockaways No Primary -
15 - Forest Hills Gardens, Glendale, Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach, Maspeth, Middle Village, Old Howard Beach, Ridgewood, Woodhaven, parts of Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Ozone Park, Rego Park, Richmond Hill, South Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Sunnyside, Woodside No Primary -
16 - Flushing, Bay Terrace, Forest Hills, Rego Park No Primary -

Staten Island State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
60 - Brooklyn: Bay Ridge, Fort Hamiliton. Staten Island: Eltingville, Great Kills, Richmond, Oakwood Beach, New Dorp Beach, Midland Beach, Fort Wadsworth, Dongan Hills, Emerson Hills, Grant City, Rosebank, Shore Acre, Grasmere, Arrochae No Primary -
61 - Westerleigh, Mariners Harbor, Port Richmond, West New Brighton, Livingston, New Brighton, Randall Manor, St. George, Stapleton, Tompkinsville John Lavelle (Dem) 09/14/04
62 - New Dorp, Oakwood, Great Kills, Eltingville, Annandale, Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Prince’s Bay, Cottonville, Roseville Vincent Ignizio(Rep) 09/14/04
63 - Staten Island No Primary -

Staten Island State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
23 - Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Seagate, Coney Island, Windsor Terrace, parts of Brighton Beach, Kensington, Flatbush, Sunset Park, Park Slope in Brooklyn. North Shore of Staten Island Diane Savino (Dem) 09/14/04
24 - Staten Island No Primary -

Judicial Races

Surrogate Court
No Primary

Bronx - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #1 John Wilson (Dem) 09/15/04
Vacancy #2 No Primary -

Bronx - Civil Court - Dist 2
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #3 No Primary -

Brooklyn - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #4 Evelyn Laporte (Dem) 09/15/04
Vacancy #5 Johnny Lee Baynes (Dem) 09/15/04
Vacancy #6 Gerald Dunbar (Dem) 09/15/04

Brooklyn - Civil Court - Dist 1
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #8 No Primary -

Brooklyn - Civil Court - Dist 2
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #7 Geraldine Pickett (Dem) 09/14/04

Brooklyn - Civil Court - Dist 6
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #9 Bernard J. Graham 09/14/04

Manhattan - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #6 No Primary -
Vacancy #10 No Primary -
Vacancy #11 No Primary -
Vacancy #12 No Primary -
Vacancy #13 No Primary -

Manhattan - Civil Court - Dist 2
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #14 No Primary -

Manhattan - Civil Court - Dist 8
No Primary

Manhattan - Civil Court - Dist 10
No Primary

Queens - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #17 No Primary -

Queens - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #18 No Primary -

Identification at the Polls


The biggest change at the polls in New York this year will be a requirement that first-time voters present identification at their polling place.

As I wrote last month, (A Broken System Stays Broken), this requirement is in response to the federal law, the Help American Vote Act, or HAVA, that Congress passed and the President signed in 2001, which aims at improving the election systems in every state in the nation in order to ensure against the kind of breakdown that occurred in Florida in the last presidential election.

That law requires many reforms:

• the elimination of punch and lever ballots
• a statewide voter database
• full accessibility for people with disabilities
• new voting machines?
• and identification requirements for first-time voters

But the states have until 2006 to be in compliance with the law, and none seem exactly to be rushing to implement it. In part, this is a result of recent controversies over new voting machines, which in some states have hinted at having as many (or different) problems as the ones they replaced. In part, states are treading cautiously; they do not want to do anything that would jeopardize what is the first money every allocated by the federal government for such voting reform. In part, in some states, it is a result of a dysfunctional legislature.

Like many other states, New York has requested a waiver from the federal government for certain provisions of the law, such as the database and the voting machines, until 2006.

The one provision of HAVA that New York State has implemented, is that part of the law that requires voters who have registered for the first time by mail after January 1, 2003 "[present] to the appropriate State or local election official a current and valid photo identification; or‚ a copy of the current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the voter." In New York, this is new; it was not required that voters show identification at the polls for any reason in the past. Voters who fail to provide proper identification will be given the chance to vote through affidavit (paper) ballot, but not on a machine.

Voters who registered by mail for the first time after January 1, 2003 will not be required to present identification at the polls if they submitted with their registration any of the required identification pieces just mentioned, or their driver's license number, or the last four digits of their social security number.

This specific provision in HAVA was controversial when it was introduced - especially in New York City. Given the demographics of the city, with its high population of immigrants, and a small population of drivers, many election rights advocates and civic organizations opposed this measure. In fact, the only two senators to vote against HAVA were the two senators from New York, Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton.

However, New York will need to deal with this issue this year. New York City, admittedly, has been better than other parts of the state to clearly define "by-mail" registrants and how to process the applications. They have sent thousands of letters to registrants who have failed to provide either a drivers license or social security number and according to their databases, have received a large percentage of the information needed from those registrants.

Yet, civic and good-government organizations have been fighting for more clarity and a broad, statewide list of acceptable identifications at the polls. The State Board of Elections has generated a fairly good list of what will be considered acceptable identification, yet the problem is that local and county boards of elections will not be required to use the list. It must be written into legislation so that New Yorkers in Buffalo will not have different identification requirements than New Yorkers in Long Island.

Thus far, the Assembly has introduced a bill that includes the broad list the civic organizations are advocating. The Senate has not introduced such a detailed and broad list and this past March, the Assembly and the Senate had a hard time coming to an agreement on a voter id list. The stalemate seems to have come from a difference over the semantics; had the State Legislature agreed on a list, it would have been the first broad and clear list of acceptable ids in the country. Yet, like many other things, the Assembly and Senate left Albany without a compromise and left many wondering what would happen in September.

When the Legislature came back in August to negotiate the budget (the 20th late budget in a row), they also quietly met to discuss HAVA issues, specifically the identification issues at play this year. Yet, the same problems they had in March over semantics persisted. Instead, both houses passed a stop-gap bill that amounts to a reiteration of the vague HAVA language regarding identification, a law that will expire July 1, 2005.

What does this mean for New York? Precisely what election-reform advocates feared - the possibility of different standards. Earlier this year, NYPIRG and the Brennan Center did a survey of the county boards and found that answers to questions regarding identification requirements were vastly different across the state.

The legislature failed to give proper guidelines and guidance to election officials that would have made Election Day processes run smoother. Beyond all the other provisions of HAVA that have stalled in the legislature and might have jeopardized the federal money for election improvements, allowing Albany to play politics with our election system is unacceptable. And voters should remember that at the polls this year -- that is, if they can get to them.

Jillian Matundan is the Making Votes Count Project Director for Citizens Union Foundation, which also publishes Gotham Gazette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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