Reginald Swiney

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Reginald Swiney

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Democratic Party

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Last election

June 24, 2025

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Reginald Swiney (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 36. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 36

Incumbent Chi Osse is running in the general election for New York City Council District 36 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Chi Osse (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 36

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Chi Osse in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chi Osse	78.3	23,815	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Reginald Swiney	21.0	6,378	0	1
		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.	0.8	236	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,429
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2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 36

Chi Osse won election in the general election for New York City Council District 36 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chi Osse (D)	99.3	18,999
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	126

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,125
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 36

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The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Chi Osse in round 4 . 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
		Chi Osse	57.0	11,149	2,139	Advanced (4)
		Henry Butler	43.0	8,402	1,910	4
	Submit photo	Tahirah Moore	0.0	0	-6,196	3
	Submit photo	Reginald Swiney	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Robert Waterman	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chi Osse	41.5	9,010	483	Advanced (4)
		Henry Butler	29.9	6,492	1,070	4
	Submit photo	Tahirah Moore	28.6	6,196	858	3
	Submit photo	Robert Waterman	0.0	0	-3,281	2
	Submit photo	Reginald Swiney	0.0	0	-628	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chi Osse	36.8	8,527	7	Advanced (4)
		Henry Butler	23.4	5,422	13	4
	Submit photo	Tahirah Moore	23.0	5,338	12	3
	Submit photo	Robert Waterman	14.1	3,281	7	2
	Submit photo	Reginald Swiney	2.7	628	3	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chi Osse	36.7	8,520	0	Advanced (4)
		Henry Butler	23.3	5,409	0	4
	Submit photo	Tahirah Moore	22.9	5,326	0	3
	Submit photo	Robert Waterman	14.1	3,274	0	2
	Submit photo	Reginald Swiney	2.7	625	0	2
		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.	0.4	86	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,240
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

Incumbent Robert Cornegy ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election for the District 36 seat on the New York City Council.

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.

New York City Council, District 36 Democratic Primary Election, 2017
Candidate
Robert Cornegy Incumbent
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Certified Results," accessed September 28, 2017

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2025

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2021

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