Forty New York City elected officials and candidates were unopposed on Election Day — meaning that as long as they bothered to vote for themselves, they won a term in office next year.
A review of the New York City Board of Elections’ list of candidates found that one House candidate, 14 state Senate hopefuls and 25 Assembly competitors did not have a challenger on Election Day, and as long as they voted for themselves, were assured victory Tuesday.
All but two of the combined 40 unopposed Election Day candidates are incumbents. Just three of the 40 unopposed candidates are Republicans; the rest are Democrats — which isn’t very surprising in a city where Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans.
