Jeffries Wins 5th Term In NY's 8th Congressional District

Updated 10:13 p.m.

BROOKLYN, NY — U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has won a fifth term representing New York's 8th Congressional District, according to NY1.

Jeffries, who has held the seat since 2013, held more than 120,000, or 84 percent, of the votes Tuesday, according to NY1, which had 74 percent of districts reporting as of 10:14 p.m.

Challenger Republican Garfield Wallace had about 16 percent of the vote.

The results did not include absentee ballots, which the BOE will begin counting next week.

Before Election Day, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers had already cast their votes as the coronavirus crisis prompted an unprecedented level of mail-in and early voting.

Brooklyn saw the most early voters of any borough, with more than 373,000 people in the borough casting their ballots before Tuesday despite hours-long lines at overloaded poll sites. Mail-in ballots also went out to a large number of Brooklynites, albeit with some problems due to a printing error.

Some long lines and other polling site issues continued into Election Day, though most voters reported smooth sailing at the polls.

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