New York City's 26th City Council district

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New York City's 26th City Council district
New York City Council District 26 (2013).png
Government
 • Councilmember  Julie Won (D–Sunnyside)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total161,419
Demographics
 • Hispanic36%
 • White28%
 • Asian27%
 • Black6%
 • Other3%
Registration
 • Democratic65.6%
 • Republican8.6%
 • No party preference22.7%
Registered voters (2021) 106,058[2]

New York City's 26th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Julie Won since 2022. She replaced former councilman Jimmy Van Bramer who was term-limited and ran unsuccessfully for Queens Borough President.[3]

Geography[]

District 26 covers the westernmost neighborhoods of Queens along the East River, including Long Island City, Sunnyside, southern Astoria, and northern Woodside.[4]

The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 1 and 2, and with New York's 6th, 12th, and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th, 13th, and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 30th, 34th, 36th, 37th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results[]

2021[]

In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.[6]

2021 New York City Council election, District 26 Democratic primary[7]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Democratic Julie Won 15 6,822 56.7%
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Democratic Amit Bagga 15 5,211 43.3%
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Democratic Brent O'Leary 14 3,150 22.7%
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Democratic Julia Forman 13 2,705 17.9%
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Democratic Ebony Young 12 1,807 11.4%
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Democratic Denise Keehan-Smith 11 1,533 9.4%
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Democratic Badrun Khan 10 1,340 8.0%
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Democratic Hailie Kim 9 1,166 6.9%
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Democratic Jonathan Bailey 8 1,002 5.8%
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Democratic Glennis Gomez 7 733 4.2%
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Democratic Emily Sharpe 6 679 3.9%
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Democratic Jesse Laymon 5 609 3.5%
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Democratic Steven Raga 4 570 3.2%
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Democratic Lorenzo Brea 3 368 2.1%
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Democratic Sultan Maruf 2 295 1.7%
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An interactive map of District 26
2021 New York City Council election, District 26 general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julie Won 15,398 77.3
Republican Marvin Jeffcoat 3,842 19.3
Conservative Marvin Jeffcoat 561 2.8
Total Marvin Jeffcoat 4,403 22.1
Total votes 19,908 100
Democratic hold

2017[]

2017 New York City Council election, District 26[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Van Bramer 15,285
Working Families Jimmy Van Bramer 1,816
Total Jimmy Van Bramer (incumbent) 17,101 85.0
Republican Marvin Jeffcoat 2,477
Conservative Marvin Jeffcoat 461
Total Marvin Jeffcoat 2,938 14.6
Total votes 20,108 100
Democratic hold

2013[]

2013 New York City Council election, District 26[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Van Bramer 12,897
Working Families Jimmy Van Bramer 1,506
Total Jimmy Van Bramer (incumbent) 14,403 99.4
Write-in 94 0.6
Total votes 14,497 100
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Census Demographics at the NYC City Council district (CNCLD) level". NYC Open Data. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Council District Summary Report" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. February 21, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "District 26 - Julie Won". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Council Members & Districts". New York City Council. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "NYC Boundaries Map". BetaNYC. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Rachel Holliday Smith (January 18, 2021). "How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?". The City. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds, DEM Council Member 26th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "General Election 2021 - Member of the City Council, 40th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election 2017 - Member of the City Council, 26th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  10. ^ "General Election 2013 - Member of the City Council, 26th Council District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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