Harvey Epstein, Virginia Maloney win City Council Democratic nominations in Manhattan districts 2 and 4

[RandySF]

Virginia Maloney and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein (D-Manhattan) officially won their respective bids for the Democratic nominations for City Council after the New York City Board of Elections released ranked-choice voting tabulations at noon on Tuesday.

Epstein, who won the nomination for Manhattan District 2, and Maloney, who won Manhattan District 4, both ran in open primaries in the East Side districts with no incumbent opposition. After RCV, Epstein beat out his closest competition, Sarah Batchu, by 13.4 points in the final round of RCV. Epstein had led Batchu by almost 20 points in the first round.

Maloney grabbed the nomination for Manhattan District 4 after earning fewer than 400 more first-choice votes than her main competition, Vanessa Aronson. In the final round of RCV, Maloney beat Aronson by 6.4 points.

With RCV, voters may cast their ballots for up to five candidates in descending order of preference. To fully tabulate votes under RCV, the Board of Elections eliminates candidates each round who fail to earn enough votes to keep them in the running. More popular candidates accumulate votes from ballots that had them ranked after voters’ top-choice candidates are eliminated.



https://www.amny.com/news/harvey-epstein-virginia-maloney-win-city-council-democratic-nominations-in-manhattan-districts-2-and-4/

[Princess Turandot]

1. Virginia is the daughter of Carolyn Maloney...

She was a US Congresswoman from 1993 to 2023 (and before that was on the City Council.) She lost her seat when redistricting put her and Nadler in the same district, which he won in the primary.