One of the tightest races in New York City’s Democratic primaries is unfolding in Manhattan’s District 4, where Virginia Maloney, Vanessa Aronson, and Rachel Storch are locked in a razor-thin, three-way battle for a City Council seat—with no candidate anywhere near the 50 percent threshold required to win outright.
On Tuesday night, the NYC Board of Elections released preliminary results showing only first-choice votes. In some City Council races, those tallies were enough to declare a winner. In others, they pointed to a likely frontrunner. But in District 4, no candidate holds a clear lead. Virginia Maloney currently leads with 26.79%, followed closely by Vanessa Aronson with 25.45%, and Rachel Storch with 22.81%—with just 363 votes separating the top two—leaving the outcome wide open.
