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Kings County, New York, held general elections for borough president, district attorney, surrogate court judge, and civil court judges on November 2, 2021. A primary was scheduled for June 22, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was March 25, 2021.

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2021 Kings County elections
Election dates
	Filing deadline: March 25, 2021
	Primary election: June 22, 2021; General election: November 2, 2021
Election stats
	Offices up: Borough president, district attorney, surrogate court judge, and civil court judges
	Total seats up: 15;
	Election type: Partisan
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Borough president

General election

General election for Brooklyn Borough President

Antonio Reynoso defeated Menachem Raitport, Anthony Jones, and Shanduke McPhatter in the general election for Brooklyn Borough President on November 2, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Antonio Reynoso (D)	72.8	235,118
	Menachem Raitport (R / Conservative Party)	22.9	74,068
	Anthony Jones (Rent Is 2 Damn High Party)	2.7	8,567
	Shanduke McPhatter (Voices for Change Party)	1.4	4,415
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	635

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 322,803
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Brooklyn Borough President

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The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Antonio Reynoso in round 11 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Antonio Reynoso	27.9	80,867	0	Advanced (11)
	Robert Cornegy	19.1	55,285	0	11
	Jo Anne Simon	17.9	51,732	0	11
	Mathieu Eugene	8.0	23,153	0	10
Submit photo	Khari Edwards	6.3	18,150	0	10
	Kimberly Council	5.6	16,129	0	9
Submit photo	Robert Ramos Jr.	3.5	10,053	0	8
	Anthony Jones	3.0	8,758	0	7
Submit photo	Trisha Ocona	3.0	8,704	0	6
	Robert Elstein	2.4	6,834	0	5
	Pearlene Fields	1.7	5,032	0	4
Submit photo	Lamor Miller-Whitehead	1.4	4,074	0	3
	Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.2	706	0

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,477
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Menachem Raitport advanced from the Republican primary for Brooklyn Borough President.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Menachem Raitport advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Brooklyn Borough President.

District attorney

General election

General election for Kings County District Attorney

Incumbent Eric Gonzalez won election in the general election for Kings County District Attorney on November 2, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eric Gonzalez (D)	98.8	251,389
	Other/Write-in votes	1.2	3,008

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 254,397
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Eric Gonzalez advanced from the Democratic primary for Kings County District Attorney.

New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District

General election

General election for New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District (7 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Consuelo Mallafre Melendez (D / R / Conservative Party)	14.4	251,567
✔	Submit photo	Gina Levy Abadi (D / R / Conservative Party)	14.2	247,548
✔	Submit photo	Lillian Wan (D / R / Conservative Party)	14.1	246,454
✔	Submit photo	Joy F. Campanelli (D / R / Conservative Party)	14.0	244,474
✔	Submit photo	Richard J. Montelione (D / R / Conservative Party)	13.7	238,092
✔	Submit photo	Dena E. Douglas (D)	12.8	223,059
✔		Carolyn Walker-Diallo (D)	12.3	213,557
	Submit photo	Robert Mazzuchin Jr. (R / Conservative Party)	4.0	70,086
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	7,707

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,742,544
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Surrogate Court

General election

General election for Kings County Surrogate's Court

Rosemarie Montalbano won election in the general election for Kings County Surrogate's Court on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rosemarie Montalbano (D)	98.9	244,646
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	2,743

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 247,389
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kings County Surrogate's Court

Rosemarie Montalbano defeated Dweynie Paul in the Democratic primary for Kings County Surrogate's Court on June 22, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rosemarie Montalbano	62.3	158,886
	Submit photo	Dweynie Paul	37.2	94,749
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,409

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 255,044
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Civil Court

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Kings County (3 seats)

Incumbent Sharen D. Hudson, Inga O'Neale, and Heela Capell won election in the general election for New York City Civil Court Kings County on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sharen D. Hudson (D)	34.7	228,861
✔	Submit photo	Inga O'Neale (D)	33.6	221,866
✔	Submit photo	Heela Capell (D)	30.7	202,570
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	6,788

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 660,085
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County (3 seats)

Inga O'Neale defeated Casilda Elena Roper-Simpson and Charles Finkelstein in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County on June 22, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Inga O'Neale	36.4	92,645
	Submit photo	Casilda Elena Roper-Simpson	35.2	89,566
	Submit photo	Charles Finkelstein	27.8	70,731
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,422

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 254,364
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Sharen D. Hudson and Heela Capell advanced from the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County.

2nd Municipal Court

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Kings County 2nd Municipal Court District

Lisa Lewis won election in the general election for New York City Civil Court Kings County 2nd Municipal Court District on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Lewis (D)	99.6	25,375
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	103

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,478
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County 2nd Municipal Court District

Lisa Lewis defeated Marva Brown and Lola Waterman in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County 2nd Municipal Court District on June 22, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Lewis	36.1	10,777
		Marva Brown	33.7	10,074
	Submit photo	Lola Waterman	29.9	8,915
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	99

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,865
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7th Municipal Court

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Kings County 7th Municipal Court District

Keisha Alleyne won election in the general election for New York City Civil Court Kings County 7th Municipal Court District on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Keisha Alleyne (D)	99.6	16,601
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	59

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,660
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County 7th Municipal Court District

Keisha Alleyne defeated Carmen Pacheco in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County 7th Municipal Court District on June 22, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Keisha Alleyne	66.7	12,827
	Submit photo	Carmen Pacheco	32.9	6,333
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	65

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,225
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About the county

See also: Kings County, New York

The county government of Kings County does not have a county seat as one of the five boroughs of New York City. Kings County is the state designation for the Brooklyn Borough.^[1] The county was first established in 1683. It covers a total of 70.8 square miles in eastern New York.^[2]^[3]

County government

See also: Government of Kings County, New York

Kings County voters elect a borough president and a district attorney. The president is responsible for making budget recommendations to the mayor of New York, proposing legislation in the New York City Council, appointing borough representatives to commissions and boards, and holding public hearings on borough issues. The city of New York approves budgets and projects for the five boroughs.^[4]^[5] The district attorney is responsible for prosecuting cases involving violations of state law.^[6]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Kings County, New York
	Kings County	New York
Population	2,736,074	20,201,249
Land area (sq mi)	69	47,123
Race and ethnicity**
White	42.8%	62.3%
Black/African American	31.3%	15.4%
Asian	11.9%	8.6%
Native American	0.3%	0.4%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0%
Other (single race)	8.9%	8.6%
Multiple	4.7%	4.7%
Hispanic/Latino	18.9%	19.1%
Education
High school graduation rate	83.2%	87.2%
College graduation rate	38.8%	37.5%
Income
Median household income	$63,973	$71,117
Persons below poverty level	19.2%	13.6%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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Footnotes

[1] NYC.gov, "New York City Counties," accessed September 28, 2016

[2] United States Census, "QuickFacts: Kings County," accessed September 28, 2016

[3] Curbed New York, "Brooklyn's Evolution From Small Town to Big City to Borough," July 24, 2014

[4] Justia, "2006 New York Code - Powers And Duties.," accessed September 23, 2016

[5] City of Brooklyn, "Eric L. Adams Biography," accessed September 28, 2016

[6] The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, "Bureaus & Units," accessed December 5, 2016

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	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Antonio Reynoso	28.5	81,563	403	Advanced (11)
	Robert Cornegy	19.5	55,916	277	11
	Jo Anne Simon	18.4	52,554	548	11
	Mathieu Eugene	8.2	23,571	207	10
Submit photo	Khari Edwards	6.6	19,002	430	10
	Kimberly Council	6.1	17,391	980	9
Submit photo	Robert Ramos Jr.	3.6	10,365	144	8
	Anthony Jones	3.3	9,420	366	7
Submit photo	Trisha Ocona	3.3	9,355	441	6
	Robert Elstein	2.5	7,151	191	5
	Pearlene Fields	0.0	0	-5,222	4
Submit photo	Lamor Miller-Whitehead	0.0	0	0	3

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Antonio Reynoso	28.2	81,160	270	Advanced (11)
	Robert Cornegy	19.4	55,639	327	11
	Jo Anne Simon	18.1	52,006	250	11
	Mathieu Eugene	8.1	23,364	199	10
Submit photo	Khari Edwards	6.5	18,572	410	10
	Kimberly Council	5.7	16,411	264	9
Submit photo	Robert Ramos Jr.	3.6	10,221	165	8
	Anthony Jones	3.1	9,054	288	7
Submit photo	Trisha Ocona	3.1	8,914	202	6
	Robert Elstein	2.4	6,960	115	5
	Pearlene Fields	1.8	5,222	166	4
Submit photo	Lamor Miller-Whitehead	0.0	0	-4,084	3

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Borough president

General election

General election for Brooklyn Borough President

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Brooklyn Borough President

Republican primary election

Conservative Party primary election

District attorney

General election

General election for Kings County District Attorney

Democratic primary election

New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District

General election

General election for New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District (7 seats)

Surrogate Court

General election

General election for Kings County Surrogate's Court

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kings County Surrogate's Court

Civil Court

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Kings County (3 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County (3 seats)

Democratic primary election

2nd Municipal Court

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Kings County 2nd Municipal Court District

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County 2nd Municipal Court District

7th Municipal Court

General election

General election for New York City Civil Court Kings County 7th Municipal Court District

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Kings County 7th Municipal Court District

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