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Soma Syed
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2022 - Present
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Soma Syed (Democratic Party) is a judge of the New York City Civil Court Queens County. Syed assumed office on January 1, 2022. Syed's current term ends on January 1, 2032.
Syed (Democratic Party) is running in a special election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District. Syed is on the ballot in the special general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
Special general election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District (5 seats)
The following candidates are running in the special general election for New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Ira Greenberg (D) | ||
| Gary Miret (D) | ||
| Sandra Perez (D) | ||
| Soma Syed (D) | ||
| Frances Wang (D) | ||
| Richard Felix (R) | ||
| Gary Muraca (R / Conservative Party) | ||
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2021
Civil Court
See also: Municipal elections in Queens County, New York (2021)
General election
General election for New York City Civil Court Queens County (2 seats)
Soma Syed and Andrea Ogle defeated William Shanahan in the general election for New York City Civil Court Queens County on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Soma Syed (D) | 38.2 | 153,870 | |
| ✔ | Andrea Ogle (D) | 37.5 | 151,071 | |
 | William Shanahan (R / Conservative Party / Save Our City Party) | 23.8 | 95,902 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,553 | ||
| Total votes: 402,396 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County (2 seats)
Soma Syed defeated Michael Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County on June 22, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Soma Syed | 50.4 | 91,040 | |
 | Michael Goldman | 49.0 | 88,558 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,111 | ||
| Total votes: 180,709 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Andrea Ogle advanced from the Democratic primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. William Shanahan advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. William Shanahan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Civil Court Queens County.
New York City Council
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)
General election
Special general election for New York City Council District 24
The following candidates ran in the special general election for New York City Council District 24 on February 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Gennaro (Queens Strong) | 60.1 | 4,078 | |
| Moumita Ahmed (Mo For The People) | 15.3 | 1,041 | ||
| Soma Syed (Soma for Queens) | 7.9 | 537 | ||
| Deepti Sharma (A Better Queens) | 4.7 | 322 | ||
| Dilip Nath (Your Voice Matters) | 4.2 | 283 | ||
| Neeta Jain (Community First) | 3.3 | 227 | ||
| Mujib Rahman (Unity) | 2.8 | 192 | ||
| Michael Brown (United Citizens) | 1.4 | 96 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 6,783 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
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2021
Civil Court
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New York City Council
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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