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.
“The easy stuff is over; now is when the hard work begins,” Chan told the Brooklyn Eagle. “It’s been a tough campaign, but I feel great — refreshed and revitalized. It’s time to go to Albany and fight for the community. We have to stop the nonsense and try to rebuild what we once had.”
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.
Republican Michael Novakhov, as of press time, led Democrat Joey Cohen-Saban in the race for the 45th Assembly District by a razor thin margin — approximately 270 votes and more than 98% of votes counted. The victor will be decided based on remaining absentee ballots, provisional ballots and any other outstanding votes, which the board of elections will count in the coming days.
On the other side of the bridge, Republican incumbent Nicole Malliotakis was acknowledged for being re-elected against Democrat Andrea Morse in the 11th New York Congressional District. Malliotakis, whose constituency covers Staten Island and southern Brooklyn, snared nearly 65% of the vote.
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