Early voting starts this Saturday in the 2024 election in New York, and while the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump dominates the discussion, Manhattanites also have many down-ballot races to consider.
New York’s junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, is up for re-election statewide, as are all seats in the state Senate and Assembly. The one common factor for the races in Manhattan is that all of the incumbents, who happen to be Democrats, are expected to easily win their races in a solidly blue borough that will likely see an overwhelming Democratic vote in the presidential race.
Beyond the presidential and legislative contests, Manhattan residents will also choose several judges to court seats and answer six ballot questions on the back of their ballots.
Here’s a rundown of who and what is on the ballot in Manhattan in the Nov. 5 general election:
Top of the ballot
No surprise here: The presidential race is at the very top of the ballot in New York. The Democratic ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is expected to win New York state over the Republican ticket of Donald Trump, the former president, and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.
Though Trump is holding a rally on Oct. 27 at Madison Square Garden and has insisted he has a chance of winning New York state, he is facing an uphill climb in the Empire State, which has not gone for a Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan was re-elected president in his 1984 landslide victory.
Whoever wins New York state will earn 26 electoral votes; the candidate who secures at least 270 electoral votes nationwide, as determined by the popular votes in each respective state, will be elected president. The outcome of the election will be certified in Congress on Jan. 6, 2025, in accordance with the Electoral Count Act and the U.S. Constitution.
There are no third-party candidates for president and vice president on the ballot in New York state.
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