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STATE & BROADWAY REPORT: 2017 General Election Results

The November 8 general election, as a general proposition, saw a Democratic “blue” wave. The suburban bellwether counties that voted for President Trump in 2016, both in and nationwide, voted heavily for Democratic candidates in 2017. 2017 is an “off cycle” election year for federal races and for the majority of statehouses (the only federal race was a special election for a safe GOP House seat in Utah). However Democrats saw big gains in local races across the country. Most notably:  The two states with gubernatorial races in 2017, Virginia and New Jersey, were sweeps for the Democrats.  Virginia, in what was expected to be a tight gubernatorial race, turned into a blowout – Democrats not only retained control of the Governor’s Mansion, but down ballot candidates rode a wave putting Democrats on the cusp of tying or flipping the GOP-dominated Virginia House of Delegates once the final four too- close-to-call races are counted.  Democratic victories for New Jersey Governor and in a Washington State Senate special election will give Democrats full control of both state governments heading into January 2018.  Despite recent attempts by Congress to repeal Obamacare, as well as five previous vetoes by Maine Governor Paul LePage (R), Maine voters approved a public referendum calling for the expansion of Medicaid in the state.

Here are New York State’s results:

Statewide Ballot Proposals By more than five to one, voters overwhelmingly defeated the “ConCon” proposal mandated to appear on the ballot every 20 years. With nearly the reverse margins, voters vastly approved of a constitutional amendment to allow courts to revoke pensions of public officers who are convicted of a felony related to their official position.

One Commerce Plaza . 99 Washington Ave., Suite 803 . Albany, New York 12260 The third statewide ballot proposal, creating a 250 acre land bank for small municipalities abutting state preserves to swap land for critical infrastructure projects, passed by a much narrower margin – 52% to 48%. The majority of voters in the NYC metro region were opposed to the proposal, however the majority of voters in the remaining counties voted in favor of the proposal.

Ballet Proposal Approved/Failed Percentage Prop 1 – Whether to Hold a Constitutional Failed 16.8% Yes Convention 83.2% No Prop 2 – Pension Revocation for Public Approved 72.9% Yes Officers Convicted of Public Corruption 27.1% No Prop 3 – Creates 250 Acre Land Bank for Approved 52.1% Yes Critical Public Projects in State Preserves 47.9% No

County Executive Races County Winner Percentage Westchester George Latimer* 57% Nassau Laura Curran 51% Rensselaer Steve McLaughlin 51% Rockland Ed Day (Incumbent) 54% Orange Steven Neuhaus (Incumbent) 59% *State Senator George Latimer (D) resoundingly defeated Incumbent County Executive Rob Astorino (R) in what was anticipated to be a narrow toss-up.

Mayoral Races City Winner Percentage (Incumbent) 66.5% Albany Kathy Sheehan (Incumbent) 74% Binghamton Richard David (Incumbent) 59% Buffalo Byron Brown (Incumbent) 67% Rochester Lovely Warren (Incumbent) 60% Syracuse Ben Walsh* 54% White Plains Thomas Roach (Incumbent) 72% *Syracuse Mayoral candidate Ben Walsh ran on his own independent line in this open race, defeating Democratic candidate Juanita Perez Williams.

2 State Legislative Special Elections Legislative District Winner Percentage Senate District 26 Brian Kavanagh 85% Assembly District 27 Daniel Rosenthal Uncontested Assembly District 71 Alfred Taylor Uncontested

New York City Council Below is the full as of January 2018. The next big election will be for Council Speaker, which will be voted on by the Council membership. We will update you on the race for Speaker soon. Council District Winner Percentage CD 1 – (Incumbent) 50% CD 2 – Manhattan 83% CD 3 – Manhattan Corey Johnson (Incumbent) 94% CD 4 – Manhattan Keith Powers 57% CD 5 – Manhattan (Incumbent) 81% CD 6 – Manhattan (Incumbent) 87% CD 7 – Manhattan Mark Levine (Incumbent) 95% CD 8 – Manhattan, Bronx 91% CD 9 – Manhattan Bill Perkins (Incumbent) 78% CD 10 – Manhattan Ydanis Rodriguez (Incumbent) 90% CD 11 – Bronx Andrew Cohen (Incumbent) 85% CD 12 – Bronx Andy King (Incumbent) 94% CD 13 – Bronx 49% CD 14 – Bronx Fernando Cabrera (Incumbent) 84% CD 15 – Bronx (Incumbent) 94% CD 16 – Bronx (Incumbent) 96% CD 17 – Bronx (Incumbent) 93% CD 18 – Bronx Rubén Díaz, Sr. 79% CD 19 – (Incumbent) 58% CD 20 – Queens (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 21 – Queens Uncontested CD 22 – Queens (Incumbent) 93% CD 23 – Queens (Incumbent) 65% CD 24 – Queens (Incumbent) 89%

3 CD 25 – Queens (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 26 – Queens James Van Bramer (Incumbent) 86% CD 27 – Queens (Incumbent) 95% CD 28 – Queens Adrienne Adams 86% CD 29 – Queens (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 30 – Queens TBD - Challenger Robert Holden barely Too close to leads Incumbent Elizabeth Crowley (D) call CD 31 – Queens (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 32 – Queens (Incumbent) 66% CD 33 – Stephen Levin (Incumbent) 89% CD 34 – Brooklyn, Queens (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 35 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 68% CD 36 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 37 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 90% CD 38 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 83% CD 39 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) Uncontested CD 40 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 60% CD 41 – Brooklyn Alicka Ampry-Samuel 96% CD 42 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 93% CD 43 – Brooklyn 51% CD 44 – Brooklyn 67% CD 45 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 97% CD 46 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 84% CD 47 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 73% CD 48 – Brooklyn (Incumbent) 62% CD 49 – Deborah Rose (Incumbent) 59% CD 50 – Staten Island (Incumbent) 80% CD 51 – Staten Island Jospeh Borelli (Incumbent) 80%

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