Diana Moreno has cruised to a decisive victory in the special election to succeed Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the 36th Assembly District, collecting almost 75% of the vote in a race that reaffirms the district’s reputation as a stronghold for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Moreno, an Ecuadorian immigrant and an organizer within the Queens chapter of the DSA, has received 73.95% of the vote with 99% of scanners reported as of Wednesday morning. Rana Abdelhamid, founder of local anti-violence nonprofit Malikah, was in second place with 17.09% of the vote, a margin of roughly 57%. Mary Jobaida, a Bangladeshi immigrant advocating for the Queensbridge Houses community, finished a distant third with 7.75% as 8,396 residents braved freezing conditions to vote in the special election.
