Queens’ Democratic candidates swept their contests in an election with at least 495,000 borough voters, marking a 19-point leftward shift; Kathy Hochul ran 25 points ahead of Kamala Harris’ 2024 performance in Queens.

Claire Valdez won her congressional race by 69 points over Republican Melvin Rivera, earning 78 percent in Brooklyn and 69 percent in her home borough of Queens—a reversal from the June primary, when she did better in Queens.

Valdez’s victory adds to Ridgewood’s roster of Democratic Socialists of America-backed elected officials, which also includes Aber Kawas, Julia Salazar, David Orkin and Samantha Kattan; Jennifer Gutierrez is the neighborhood’s only elected official not backed by the DSA, though she belongs to the Council’s progressive caucus.

In the 23rd Assembly District, Democrat Pesach Osina defeated Thomas Sullivan by more than 1,400 votes, even as Republican Bruce Blakeman carried the district with 55 percent.

In four Orthodox Jewish election districts in Far Rockaway and Bayswater, voters backed both candidates strongly, giving Osina 92 percent and Blakeman 77 percent.

Democrat Grace Meng won re-election with 68 percent, eight points above her 2024 result, and gained 10 points in five key Downtown Flushing election districts.

Blakeman still won most Downtown Flushing districts, but ran two points behind Donald Trump’s 2024 performance there.

David Weprin won re-election with 75 percent, carrying every election district but one: a small Fresh Meadows district that includes part of 188th Street, co-named for his father Saul Weprin.

In that district, 18 of the 26 voters cast ballots for the Republican candidate.

Kathy Hochul narrowly carried the City Council district represented by Republican Vickie Paladino, winning by 440 votes despite Paladino’s endorsement of Blakeman.

Blakeman carried only the district represented by Joann Ariola, where he won by about 350 votes.