Close Race In NY Assembly District 93

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — Bedford Town Supervisor Chris Burdick racked up 130 more in-person votes in the Democratic Primary for the New York State Assembly in District 93 than his closest rival, New Castle resident Kristen Browde, according to unofficial tallies posted by the New York State Board of Election after primary day Tuesday.

The district runs along Interstate 684 in Westchester County and includes Bedford, Harrison, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, New Castle, North Castle, North Salem, Pound Ridge and White Plains. The current officeholder, David Buchwald, trailed the field of Democrats running for Congress in District 17 at the end of primary day.

Results of the primaries are still weeks away. Unofficial election night results do not include the results of absentee ballot voting. State election officials said county boards of elections have received a historically high number of absentee ballots for all the June 23 primaries due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Absentee ballots postmarked by June 23 must be received by the Board of Elections no later than June 30, 2020 to be counted, as per New York State Election Law Section 8-412(1).

Burdick, 69, was first elected to the Bedford Town Board in 2007 and 2011, and has been Bedford's Town Supervisor since 2013.

"The world has changed drastically since I first decided to run," he told Patch. "While the climate crisis is still of utmost importance, our first priority has to be making sure our district has the funds it needs to recover from this global health crisis." Read his candidate profile.

The New York State Board of Elections posted these interim vote tallies:

Democratic primary

• Kristen Browde: 1,291
• Chris Burdick: 1,421
• Jeremiah Frei-Pearson: 935
• Mark Jaffe: 307
• Alexander Roithmayr: 427