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[18] [19] Alex Zablocki was endorsed by all five Republican county organizations in New York City, [20] led by his home borough of Staten Island. [21] Alex Zablocki was also endorsed by the Staten Island Advance on October 30, 2009, [22] as well as The Wave, [23] Rockaway's leading newspaper, on October 23, 2009.
John M. McHugh was nominated to become United States Secretary of the Army, necessitating a special election to fill his seat. Democratic candidate Bill Owens won the special election on November 3, 2009, defeating the Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman and the Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava , which as a result, marks the first time ...
Brooklyn was carried by a Republican just six times (1896 through 1908, 1920, and 1924), while Queens has been carried by a Republican on the presidential level once since 1960 (in 1972). Meanwhile, Staten Island remains strongly Republican having been carried by a Democrat four times since 1940 (in 1964, 1996, 2000, and 2012).
Vito John Fossella Jr. (born March 9, 1965) [1] is an American politician serving as the Staten Island Borough President since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Fossella previously represented the state's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City.
Despite New York City traditionally voting Democratic, Staten Island remains a reliably red borough. In Tuesday's election, where the Republican party won a second term in the White House, 65% of ...
Fossella, 56, enjoyed the backing of former President Donald Trump in the race, a black mark in much of the city — but not in Republican-leaning Staten Island.
During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total, only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands, increasing the Democratic Party 's majority over the Republicans in the United States House of ...
In the general election, Cuomo kept Staten Island and won back Queens, but lost the other three boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx) to Koch. In the Republican primary, Roy M. Goodman , a member of the New York State Senate , defeated Barry Farber , a radio commentator, by a vote of 41,131 to 31,078(57.0% to 43.0%).