In the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election, Palisades Park Mayor Paul Kim and New York Assemblyman Ron Kim of Flushing won re-election (Palisades Park results are unofficial). In the Fort Lee council race, Democrats Paul Yoon and Brian Drumgool led by wide margins, as did Democrats Justin Kang and Lucy Yang in the Palisades Park council race.
Korean American incumbents held their seats in the election held Tuesday, Nov. 3. Palisades Park, N.J., Mayor Chong "Paul" Kim (D) is poised to win re-election, and New York Assemblyman Ron Kim (D) of Flushing won re-election running unopposed. In the Fort Lee council race, Democrats Paul Yoon and Brian Drumgool led by wide margins, as did Democrats Justin Kang and Lucy Yang in the Palisades Park council race. New Jersey vote totals are unofficial Bergen County counts; official results will be certified on Thursday, Dec. 3.
Palisades Park
Incumbent Mayor Paul Kim received 2,175 votes, more than double the 967 votes of Republican Stephanie S. Jang. That works out to about 69% to 31%. Kim defeated Councilman John Min in the June Democratic primary, 58% to 42%, and the general election was a rematch with Jang.
For the two council seats, Democrats Justin S. Kang (2,229 votes) and Lucy Y. Yang (2,224 votes) led Republican Carmelo Bellardo (878 votes). Republicans fielded a candidate for only one of the two seats.
Fort Lee
In the race for two council seats, Democrat Paul Yoon received 7,132 votes and Democrat Brian Drumgool 6,864, while Republicans Giovanna Súrraiz received 3,083 and Rosana Condina 3,054. Democrats have held the majority on the Fort Lee council since 1982.
Elsewhere in Bergen County
In Closter, Republicans appear to have won the mayor's office and both council seats. In the mayoral race, Republican John Glidden Jr. received 1,745 votes and Democrat Dolores Witko 1,203. In the council race, Republican Christopher Cho placed first with 1,597 votes, and fellow Republican Monica Zetani second with 1,504.
In the Northvale mayoral race, Republican Joseph McGuire (1,020 votes) led Democrat Kenneth K. Cho (848 votes). In the Norwood council race, two Democrats (1,260 and 1,230 votes) led, while Republican Bong J. Kim received 996. In the Ridgefield council race, two Democrats (1,712 and 1,571 votes) also led, and Republican Sarah H. Kim received 1,204. In the nonpartisan Ridgewood council race (two seats), Hyunju Kwak placed third with 3,486 votes.
In the Englewood Cliffs council race, two Democrats (364 and 359 votes) led two Republicans (308 and 298 votes). In Edgewater, two Democrats also received more than three times as many votes.
Incumbent Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, a Democrat, received 195,048 votes to Republican Todd Hennessy's 107,600 and is poised to win a fourth term. In the U.S. Senate race, Bergen County voters gave Sen. Cory Booker (D) 60.9% and Republican Justin Murphy 36.5%.
New York: Queens and Long Island
In New York State Assembly District 40 (Flushing), Assemblyman Ron Kim won re-election running unopposed. In the 6th Congressional District, which includes Flushing, Rep. Grace Meng (D) defeated Republican Joseph Chou, 68.6% to 30.6%, and state Sen. John Liu, in the 16th Senate District, also won re-election running unopposed.
In the 11th State Senate District, which covers the Bayside area, Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D) won re-election with 65.6%, and in the 26th Assembly District, Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D) won re-election with 61.4%.
In the 3rd Congressional District, which runs through northern Nassau County, including Great Neck and Manhasset, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D) leads with 55.0% to Republican Michael LiPetri Jr.'s 44.7%, with about 96% of votes counted. In the 7th State Senate District in the same area, Republican Jake Blumencranz has 51.8% and Democrat Laurie Lankman 48.0%, and the race has not yet been decided (97% counted).
In the governor's race, Queens voters gave Gov. Kathy Hochul 72.0% and Republican Bruce Blakeman 27.8%. In Nassau County, where Blakeman is county executive, the race was nearly even, with Hochul at 50.2% and Blakeman at 49.7%.
What to Know
New Jersey local election vote totals come from unofficial Bergen County counts compiled by NorthJersey.com. Numbers may change as more mail-in ballots are counted. New York results follow NYS Focus, which compiled New York State Board of Elections data, and NBC News and AP tallies. Full election results are available in our live vote-count coverage.