Vickie Paladino

Vickie Paladino

Republican Party

New York City Council District 19

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor: Paul Vallone (D)

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Vickie Paladino (Republican Party) is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 19. She assumed office on January 1, 2022.

Paladino (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election to the New York City Council to represent District 19. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 19

Incumbent Vickie Paladino defeated Benjamin Chou in the general election for New York City Council District 19 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino (R / Conservative Party)	57.9	24,285
		Benjamin Chou (D)	42.1	17,654

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 41,939
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexander Caruso (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Benjamin Chou in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Benjamin Chou	66.8	7,731	0	Advanced (1)
		Alexander Caruso	32.6	3,775	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.	0.6	69	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,575
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Vickie Paladino

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Vickie Paladino

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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Alexander Caruso in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Alexander Caruso

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Paladino in this election.

2023

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2023)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 19

Incumbent Vickie Paladino defeated Tony Avella in the general election for New York City Council District 19 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino (R / Conservative Party / Common Sense Party)	59.9	11,861
		Tony Avella (D / Taxpayers Unite Party)	39.7	7,860
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	70

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,791
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Graziano (Public Safety Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 19

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tony Avella in round 3 . 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
		Tony Avella	51.1	2,870	501	Advanced (3)
	Submit photo	Christopher Bae	48.9	2,746	557	3
		Paul Graziano	0.0	0	-1,440	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	39.5	2,369	6	Advanced (3)
	Submit photo	Christopher Bae	36.5	2,189	3	3
		Paul Graziano	24.0	1,440	4	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	39.3	2,363	0	Advanced (3)
	Submit photo	Christopher Bae	36.3	2,186	0	3
		Paul Graziano	23.9	1,436	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.	0.6	34	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,019
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Vickie Paladino

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Vickie Paladino

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Paladino in this election.

2021

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

General election

General election for New York City Council District 19

Vickie Paladino defeated Tony Avella and John-Alexander Sakelos in the general election for New York City Council District 19 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino (R / Independent Party)	47.2	12,790
		Tony Avella (D)	45.7	12,400
		John-Alexander Sakelos (Conservative Party / Save Our City Party)	6.8	1,857
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	71

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,118
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 19

Select round: Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tony Avella 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
		Tony Avella	54.7	6,429	960	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	45.3	5,317	1,080	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	0.0	0	-2,939	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	43.3	5,469	463	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	33.5	4,237	408	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	23.2	2,939	345	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	0.0	0	-1,058	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	0.0	0	-378	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	0.0	0	-186	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	38.4	5,006	14	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	29.3	3,829	11	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	19.9	2,594	2	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	8.1	1,058	5	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	2.9	378	2	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	1.4	186	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	38.1	4,992	0	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	29.2	3,818	0	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	19.8	2,592	0	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	8.0	1,053	0	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	2.9	376	0	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	1.4	186	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.	0.5	69	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,086
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Vickie Paladino	51.6	1,765	0	Advanced (1)
		John-Alexander Sakelos	47.0	1,608	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.	1.4	47	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,420
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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: John-Alexander Sakelos in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		John-Alexander Sakelos	88.4	107	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Dawn Anatra	8.3	10	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.	3.3	4	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121
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2018

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 11

John Liu defeated Vickie Paladino, incumbent Tony Avella, and Simon Minching in the general election for New York State Senate District 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Liu (D)	53.6	42,047
		Vickie Paladino (R)	24.3	19,062
		Tony Avella (Independence Party)	20.7	16,241
	Submit photo	Simon Minching (Conservative Party)	1.4	1,123
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	41

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,514 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 11

John Liu defeated incumbent Tony Avella in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 11 on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Liu	52.3	12,578
		Tony Avella	47.7	11,489

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,067 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Senate District 11

Vickie Paladino defeated Simon Minching in the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 11 on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino	56.7	1,735
	Submit photo	Simon Minching	43.3	1,323

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,058 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Simon Minching advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tony Avella advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Vickie Paladino did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Vickie Paladino did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Vickie Paladino did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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