Voters across Queens will soon start making their picks for governor, attorney general, state Senate, Assembly and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Election Day is Nov. 3, but ballots can be cast before that, by mail or during early voting from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Voters may visit vote.nyc to find their poll site. Here\u2019s a rundown of the decisions that folks across the borough will get to make.<\/p>\n
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Governor\/Lieutenant governor<\/p>\n
Seeking reelection on the Democratic ticket is Gov. Hochul, with former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams her running mate. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Todd Hood are their Republican challengers.<\/p>\n
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State comptroller<\/p>\n
Republican Joseph Hernandez is challenging sitting Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a Democrat.<\/p>\n
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Attorney general<\/p>\n
State Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, will face Republican Saritha Komatireddy.<\/p>\n
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Supreme Court Justice, 11th District<\/p>\n
Democrats Edwin Novillo, Oma Phillips and Gail Adams are seeking the bench, as are Republicans Gary Muraca and David Bellon. Voters will elect three candidates.<\/p>\n
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Queens Civil Court county judge<\/p>\n
Democrats Edmond Wong, Julie Milner and Jasmine Valle-Bueno and Republicans Thomas Barra and Michael Mossa are hoping for a judgeship. Three will earn one.<\/p>\n
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Third Congressional District<\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Queens) will face Republican Mike LiPetri.<\/p>\n
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Fifth Congressional District<\/p>\n
Republican George Marsh is challenging sitting U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica).<\/p>\n
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Sixth Congressional District<\/p>\n
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) will face Republican Joseph Chou.<\/p>\n
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Seventh Congressional District<\/p>\n
Competing to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens) are Assemblymember Claire Valdez (D-Sunnyside), Republican Melvin Rivera and Priscilla Ghaznavi on the Our Future line.<\/p>\n
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14th Congressional District<\/p>\n
Republican Diamant Hysenaj is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens).<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 10<\/p>\n
State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) is running unopposed.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 11<\/p>\n
Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-College Point) will face Republican Pamela Michos.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 12<\/p>\n
Hoping to replace former Sen. Mike Gianaris are Democrat Aber Kawas and Republican Han-Khon To.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 13<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) and Republican John Healy are competing for the seat held by Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights).<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 14<\/p>\n
Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) is running for reelection unopposed.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 15<\/p>\n
Conservative candidate Danniel Maio is challenging incumbent Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven).<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 16<\/p>\n
Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) does not have an opponent.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 18<\/p>\n
Sen. Julia Salazar (D-Brooklyn, Queens) is running unopposed to retain her seat.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 19<\/p>\n
Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Brooklyn, Queens) is seeking reelection uncontested.<\/p>\n
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State Senate District 59<\/p>\n
Sen. Kristen Gonzalez (D-Brooklyn, Queens) has no opponents.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 23<\/p>\n
With Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) retiring, Democrat Pesach Osina and Republican Tom Sullivan are competing to replace her.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 24<\/p>\n
Republican Welson Chang is challenging incumbent Assemblymember David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows).<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 25<\/p>\n
Incumbent Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-Flushing) is running unopposed.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 26<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) will face Republican Robert Speranza.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 27<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Sam Berger (D-Flushing) is the only candidate.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 28<\/p>\n
On the No Kings and 4 Our Immigrants party lines, respectively, Jonathan Rinaldi and David Kemp are running against Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills).<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 29<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens) is unopposed.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 30<\/p>\n
Hoping to succeed Assemblymember Steven Raga (D-Woodside) are Democrat Patrick Martinez and Republican Brandon Castro.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 31<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson (D-South Ozone Park) has no challengers.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 32<\/p>\n
Competing to replace Assemblymember Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica) are Democrat Nathaniel Hezekiah III and Paul Nichols, from the The Answer line.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 33<\/p>\n
Challenging Assemblymember Clyde Vanel (D-Queens Village) from the Working Families Party ticket is Oster Bryan.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 34<\/p>\n
Democrat Brian Romero is running unopposed for Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas\u2019 seat.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 35<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Larinda Hooks (D-Corona) has no opponents.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 36<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Diana Moreno (D-Astoria) is facing Republican Edward Lee.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 37<\/p>\n
Democrat Samantha Kattan is the only one running for Valdez\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 38<\/p>\n
Vying to replace Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) are Democrat David Orkin and Republican Ruben Cruz II.<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 39<\/p>\n
Republican Ramses Frias is challenging Assemblymember Catalina Cruz (D-Corona).<\/p>\n
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Assembly District 40<\/p>\n
Assemblymember Ron Kim (D-Flushing) is running unopposed.<\/p>\n
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Civil Court, 2nd Municipal District<\/p>\n
Democrat Janet Keller and Republican Stephen Dachtera will face off for the bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Civil Court, 3rd Municipal District<\/p>\n
Republican William Shanahan and Democrat Michelle McSweeney-Ortiz are competing for the judgeship.<\/p>\n
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Civil Court, 4th Municipal District<\/p>\n
Democrat Edward Irizarry is uncontested.<\/p>\n
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Proposals<\/p>\n
The five proposed charter amendments pertain to the use of public space, the city contracting process, street safety projects, building permitting and the city\u2019s rainy day fund. The Chronicle\u2019s most recent coverage of them is at tinyurl.com\/y45y5y7c<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters across Queens will soon start making their picks for governor, attorney general, state Senate, Assembly and more.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[393,10447,2659,7496,862,9,24,63,87,122,124,123,53860,3476,856],"class_list":["post-377541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-attorney-general","tag-comptroller","tag-election","tag-election-day","tag-governor","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-queens-votes","tag-state-assembly","tag-state-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377541","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=377541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}