With 85% of votes counted Wednesday morning, Jeannine Kiely led David Siffert by 56 votes in the State Assembly District 66 race. Photos: Carl Glassman/Tribeca Trib
Just 56 votes Wednesday morning separated Jeannine Kiely from her closest rival, David Siffert, in Tuesday’s Democratic primary race to represent a large swath of Lower Manhattan, including Tribeca, in the state’s Assembly District 66. With 85% of the votes counted—4,169 to 4,113—a winner had yet to be called. After holding that seat for 35 years, Deborah Glick chose not to run again.
In the contest for Lower Manhattan’s 27th State Senate District, current state Assemblywoman Grace Lee handily defeated Yuh-Line Niou, 62% to 37%. The office had been held by Brian Kavanagh, who declined to run again.
Illapa Sairitupac was the clear victor among the seven candidates vying for a seat in Lower Manhattan’s 65th Assembly District, which covers the Financial District, Chinatown and the Lower East Side.
Former city controller Brad Lander defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman to represent Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn in the 10th Congressional District.
Here are the results, as reported by the Times Union of Albany, with about 85% of the votes counted.
U.S. Congressional District 10
Brad Lander 65.8%
Dan Goldman 34%
State Senate District 27
Grace Lee 62%
Yuh-Line Niou 37%
State Assembly District 65
Illapa Sairitupac 36%
Jasmin Sanchez 17.6%
Wei-Li Tjong 15.4%
Jay Wong 15.3%
Mariama James 10.3%
Lilah Mejia 4.5%
State Assembly District 66
Jeannine Kiely 27.6%
David Siffert 27.2%
Ryder Kessler 22.7%
Benjamin Yee 14%
Corinne Arnold 4.5%
Furhan Ahmad 3.8%