BAY RIDGE — There was revelry in the air at the Brooklyn Republican Party’s election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 5, as the GOP celebrated some significant wins.
The event, which took place at the Bay Ridge Manor and hosted approximately 200 people, saw Republican Steven Chan, a former U.S. Marine and retired New York Police Department (NYPD) sergeant, win against first-term Democratic incumbent Iwen Chu in southern Brooklyn’s notoriously blue 17th District by a margin of 10 percentage points.
In addition, Democrat Chris McCreight conceded the race for the 46th Assembly District to incumbent Republican Alec Brook-Krasny, who was re-elected. At press time, Brook-Krasny had more than 52% of the vote.
At the conclusion of the event, Trump was leading his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, according to the Associated Press. By the following morning, it was clear that he would become the 47th president of the United States, after getting the 270 electoral votes needed. Winning Wisconsin and many battleground states such as Pennsylvania set Trump as the president-elect, and Harris conceded on Wednesday evening, Nov. 6.
Harris said that she called Trump before giving her concession speech to congratulate him on the victory and promised to engage in a peaceful transition to Trump’s second term but promised to continue advocating for the Democratic party regardless of the election’s rightward trend.
“Sometimes the fight takes a while,” Harris said in her concession speech. “That doesn’t mean we won’t win.”
At the GOP watch party, the Republican and Conservative success was celebrated.
“Whether you are a Republican from Peoria, an Independent from southern California, or a Conservative from Anchorage, Alaska, it doesn’t matter,” Barsamian said. “Tonight is a celebration of our democracy, which is the cornerstone of the United States of America.”
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