Kathy Hochul just finished speaking at her election night party declaring victory after several news outlets called the race for the Democrat. Malinowski told his supporters that if not for that redistricting, “there’s absolutely no question that we would’ve been winning.'ġ1:46 p.m. The last time the same two candidates faced off, in 2020, Malinowski defeated Kean by less than a percentage point. Malinowski had broadly been considered New Jersey's most vulnerable incumbent, after redistricting shifted another 30,000 Republicans into the 7th District. We're not supposed to standing on election night.” he said. on election night and we are still standing. He went on to describe a campaign he said supporters and participants should be proud of. Kean stopped just short of declaring victory, telling his supporters to applause: 'My solemn pledge to you will always be to serve with dignity, to listen to learn and to earn this responsibility that you've earned me with, to steer this nation to its greater prosperity, greater security and greater affordability.'įrom incumbent Democrat Tom Malinowski: 'Here we are still standing. appeared to pull ahead in votes tallied, with more than 90% of votes in, the candidates finally appeared at their election night gatherings.

As of midnight, the Associated Press still hadn't called New Jersey's closely watched 7th Congressional District race. Unofficial results are being posted as we speak on nysboe website.'ġ2:15 a.m. We decided to call everyone back to board for uploading here. However, in a text message, Suffolk County Deputy Elections Commissioner Gail Lolis said, 'We noticed issues with the uploading in the field. According to the paper, results from Zeldin’s home county aren’t expected until 2:30 a.m. Newsday reported that Suffolk County experienced a Wi-Fi outage, forcing county officials to drive more than 1,400 memory cards with voting results to election board headquarters in Yaphank. Zeldin is hoping for a big win on his home turf of Long Island, where technological difficulties have delayed the counting of many votes. “Over the next couple of hours you’re going to see the race continue to get closer and closer and closer,” he said, prompting the crowd to erupt in cheers. Zeldin took the stage at his election night party right around midnight and bashed the media for trying to call the race before all the votes had been counted. The Associated Press has not yet made a final call on the race. Kathy Hochul has declared victory in the governor’s race, her Republican opponent Rep. Zeldin, meantime, has not conceded.ġ2:35 a.m. The Associated Press called the race for Hochul just before 1 a.m., showing the Democrat had a 53% to 46% lead over Zeldin, according to preliminary results from the state Board of Elections. Kathy Hochul won reelection, the Associated Press reported, beating Republican challenger Rep.

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