Low turnout and several leading candidates led to a tight primary for the 10th Congressional district seat representing Lower Manhattan and northwest Brooklyn.
At her election night party in Brooklyn, Niou, a 39-year-old Taiwanese immigrant, said she would not concede until every vote was counted. A crowd of young, energetic supporters burst into cheers when she walked into the party with tears in her eyes as she hugged almost every person she walked by.
"What we did together when I first ran for the state Assembly in 2016, I said I was betting on people, and I said that again in May, when I announced my run for Congress, and from early voting today, we have shown them why betting on people is always the right choice," she said. "I know that tonight’s results aren’t yet what we hoped to hear, but we will not concede until we count every vote.
“I want you to know that I’m going to keep serving you,” Rivera said. “I’m a proud public servant and damnit I’m good at it.” Polls had shown Goldman, Niou, Rivera and Hudson Valley Rep. Mondaire Jones to be the leading four contenders. Other candidates in the race included Brooklyn state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman.
The heated battle over an open seat in one of the city’s most liberal swaths came about after a contested
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