Overview
- The Associated Press called the Queens Assembly District 36 special election for Diana Moreno after polls closed Tuesday.
- Moreno defeated Rana Abdelhamid and Mary Jobaida in the race to fill the seat vacated when Zohran Mamdani became mayor.
- All three candidates are DSA members who campaigned on similar priorities, including higher taxes on the wealthiest residents and the New York for All act to limit cooperation with ICE.
- Voters interviewed cited endorsements from Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Working Families Party, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as decisive factors.
- Moreno ran on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines and has pledged to build on Mamdani’s legacy as a democratic socialist representative.