City Council Democratic incumbent Darlene Mealy has won the Democratic Primary in Tuesday’s vote, while another Democratic incumbent Charles Barron has lost in the election.
With 98.4 percent of the precincts reporting, Mealy – whose District 41 includes Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Ocean Hill – garnered over 60 percent of the votes in a four-way race.
Mealy, who has won the council district four times more than any Democratic district leader, received 61.63 percent of the ballots.
Isis McIntosh Green received 29.53 percent of the vote; Reginald Bowman 4.93 percent; and Joyce Shearin 3.46 percent.
Mealy said she has been “a proven voice of the community”, stating that, for more than a decade, she has worked for “the well-being of working families, women, seniors and the youth of New York City Council District 41.”
