2019 Queens County District Attorney election

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Queens County District Attorney election, 2019
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Candidate Melinda Katz Joe Murray
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote146,59747,112
Percentage74.924.1
2019 Queens District Attorney Election Results by Assembly District.svg
Results by state assembly district
Katz:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
District Attorney before election

Richard Brown
Democratic

Elected District Attorney

Melinda Katz
Democratic

The 2019 Queens County District Attorney election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Queens County District Attorney. The incumbent, Richard Brown, had announced in January 2019 that he would not seek an eighth term; Brown then died in office that May at the age of 86. [1]

Contents

The Democratic primary election was held on June 25, 2019. [1] Tiffany Cabán, a public defender and first-time candidate, led Queens borough president Melinda Katz and four other candidates after in-person votes were counted. [2] [3] However, on July 5, 2019, election officials said Katz pulled ahead in the final count, triggering a recount. [4] Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner on July 29 by 60 votes.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Endorsements

Tiffany Cabán

Federal politicians

District attorneys

City-wide officials

City representatives

State senators

State assembly members

Individuals

Organizations

Results

As of 11:30 pm, June 25, 2019, Tiffany Cabán held a 1.3% lead over Melinda Katz, with 99.5% of the precincts reporting. Katz promised a recount. [10] After absentee and provisional ballots were counted, the lead had switched to Katz 34,898 votes to Cabán's 34,878, pending another recount and challenge of provisional votes promised by Cabán's campaign. [11] Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner by 60 votes on July 29. [12]

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Results by state assembly district
  Katz—50–60%
  Katz—40–50%
  Cabán—40–50%
  Cabán—50–60%
  Cabán—60–70%
  Cabán—70–80%
Queens County district attorney, Democratic primary, 2019 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Melinda Katz 34,92038.57%
Democratic Tiffany Cabán 34,86038.50%
DemocraticGreg Lasak13,04814.41%
DemocraticMina Malik3,5263.89%
Democratic Rory Lancman 1,4151.56%
DemocraticJose Nieves1,2101.34%
DemocraticBetty Lugo1,0951.21%
Total votes90,074 100.00%

Republican primary

Daniel Kogan won the Republican primary unopposed. [1]

Kogan accepted a nomination to become a judge, and stepped aside. The Republican party replaced him as their candidate for district attorney with Joe Murray in August 2019. [14]

General election

Results

Queens County district attorney, 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Melinda Katz 146,597 74.9
Republican Joe Murray47,11224.1
Total votes195,749 100.0
Democratic hold

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References

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