“We won because of you,” Ms. Velázquez told supporters in Brooklyn on Tuesday night. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez beat her three opponents and will continue to represent the 7th district in congress.

According to the NY Times: “Her victory represents a triumph over the Brooklyn Democratic chairman, Vito J. Lopez, who threw his powerful political machine behind Mr. Dilan.”

In the 9th congressional district, which includes my part of Park Slope, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is the clear winner with 88.3% of the vote against Sylvia Kinard.

With 72% of the vote, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is the democratic nominee for congress in the 8th CD, a district that includes Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and East New York. He ran against City Council Member Charles Barron. Jeffries it is to replace Representative Edolphus Towns, who is retiring,