Voters in and beyond Queens will soon make their picks for numerous important offices. Primary Day is on June 23, with early voting to run from June 13 to 21.<\/p>\n
Among the nomination contests on the ballot are those for state comptroller, state Senate, state Assembly and congressional seats.<\/p>\n
The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Primary Day, and the hours for early voting sites vary by day. The general election is Nov. 3.<\/p>\n
One may visit findmypollsite.vote.nyc to learn where to vote.<\/p>\n
State comptroller<\/p>\n
Challenging incumbent state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli are Democrats Drew Warshaw, who led an affordable housing nonprofit, and Raj Goyle, who has served in Kansas\u2019 House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
Queens civil court county judge<\/p>\n
Democratic voters will choose between attorneys John Ciafone, Julie Milner, Edward Irizarry and Edmond Wong for the bench.<\/p>\n
Third Congressional District<\/p>\n
Public defender Danielle Welch is challenging U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Queens) for New York\u2019s third Congressional District nomination. Republicans will have a choice between former Assemblymember Mike LiPetri and attorney Greg Hach.<\/p>\n
Sixth Congressional District<\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) has a challenger in Chuck Park, a former United States diplomat.<\/p>\n
Seventh Congressional District<\/p>\n
Democrats running for the seat now held by outgoing U.S. Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens) are public defender Vichal Kumar, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Assemblymember Claire Valdez (D-Sunnyside) and City Councilmember Julie Won (D-Long Island City).<\/p>\n
14th Congressional District<\/p>\n
Challenging incumbent Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) are Democrats Felipe Garcia, an energy executive and engineer, and Marty Dolan, who ran for public advocate last year and has previously challenged the incumbent.<\/p>\n
State Senate District 12<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Steven Raga (D-Woodside) and organizer Aber Kawas are competing for the Democratic nod to replace state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), who is not seeking reelection.<\/p>\n
State Senate District 13<\/p>\n
As she seeks reelection, state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights) is facing former city and state lawmaker Hiram Monserrate and Assemblymember Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst).<\/p>\n
State Senate District 15<\/p>\n
Vying to unseat state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) is Democratic district leader and former attorney Albert Baldeo.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 23<\/p>\n
Democrats running for the seat held by Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) are Pesach Osina, lead senior liaison for the City Council Speaker\u2019s Office, and attorney Mike Scala.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 26<\/p>\n
Competing in the Republican primary to face Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) in November are retired NYPD officer Robert Speranza and former district leader Philip Grillo, who was convicted and later pardoned for taking part in the Jan. 6 riots.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 28<\/p>\n
Jonathan Rinaldi, now a Democrat, is once again vying to unseat Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), after seeking to unsuccessfully in 2024.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 30<\/p>\n
As Raga eyes the state Senate, Nepali-American community leader Somnath Ghimire, Democratic District Leader Patrick Martinez and former NYPD Lt. Commander Shamsul Haque are competing in the Democratic primary for his Assembly seat.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 32<\/p>\n
The crowded Democratic primary race to replace Assemblymember Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica) includes businessman Mohammed Molla, Latoya LeGrand, district manager for state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park), Tunisia Morrison, former aide to Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens), educator Queen Johnson and Nathaniel Hezekiah III, deputy chief of staff to Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica).<\/p>\n
Assembly District 33<\/p>\n
Looking to unseat Assemblymember Clyde Vanel (D-Queens Village) is Democrat Oster Bryan, president of the St. Albans Civic Improvement Association.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 34<\/p>\n
As Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas vies for state Senate, her former chief of staff, Brian Romero, and Roosevelt Avenue organizer Rosa Sanchez are on the Democratic primary ballot for her Assembly seat.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 36<\/p>\n
Running against Assemblymember Diana Moreno (D-Astoria) are Democrats Mary Jobaida, who formerly served on Ramos\u2019 staff, and Kevin Coenen, a retired FDNY lieutenant.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 37<\/p>\n
With Valdez eyeing Congress, tenant organizer Samantha Kattan, Community Board 2 member Pia Rahman and former Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce President Melissa Orlando are the Democrats hoping to replace her in Albany.<\/p>\n
Assembly District 38<\/p>\n
Democrat David Orkin, a former immigrant workers rights attorney, is challenging incumbent state Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven).<\/p>\n
Assembly District 39<\/p>\n
Running against Assemblymember Catalina Cruz (D-Corona) is fellow Democrat Yonel Letellier Sosa, who worked for the late state lawmaker Jose Peralta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters in and beyond Queens will soon make their picks for numerous important offices. Primary Day is on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[609,9,24,63,87,102022,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-263166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-government","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-primary-day","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}