Democrat Joey Cohen-Saban defeated Republican incumbent Michael Novakhov in the race for Brooklyn’s 45th Assembly District Tuesday night, flipping a seat he came within 232 votes of winning in 2024.
As of 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 3, Cohen-Saban had won 62% of the vote (13,622 votes) with nearly 95% of scanners reporting, according to unofficial Board of Elections (BOE) results. Novakhov lagged behind with just 38% of votes (8,393 votes).
