Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers breezed to a primary victory in District 31 in the Rockaways, a seat she captured during a special election in February to replace Donovan Richards.
Brooks-Powers received more than 68 percent of the vote as of Wednesday morning, June 23, with 92 percent of the precincts reported, according unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections.
While the official results of the June 22 primary will not be revealed until the anticipated date of July 12, as thousands of absentee ballots still need to be counted, ranked-choice voting will not be implemented in this case, as Brooks-Powers received more than the 50 percent requirement to win the seat outright.
