Vito Fossella

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Vito Fossella

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Republican Party

Staten Island Borough President

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 4, 2025

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Vito Fossella (Republican Party) is the Staten Island Borough President in New York. He assumed office on January 1, 2022.

Fossella (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Staten Island Borough President in New York. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in Richmond County, New York (2025)

General election

General election for Staten Island Borough President

Incumbent Vito Fossella defeated Michael Colombo in the general election for Staten Island Borough President on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vito Fossella (R)	68.4	96,416
	Submit photo	Michael Colombo (D)	31.6	44,609

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 141,025
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Staten Island Borough President

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Michael Colombo in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Michael Colombo

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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Staten Island Borough President

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vito Fossella in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Vito Fossella

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fossella in this election.

2021

See also: Municipal elections in Richmond County, New York (2021)

General election

General election for Staten Island Borough President

Vito Fossella defeated Mark Murphy, Leticia Remauro, and Michael Maffeo in the general election for Staten Island Borough President on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vito Fossella (R)	60.1	63,331
		Mark Murphy (D / Staten Island 1st Party)	32.3	34,022
		Leticia Remauro (Conservative Party)	7.5	7,892
		Michael Maffeo (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	179

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,424
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Staten Island Borough President

Select round: Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Mark Murphy in round 5 . 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
		Mark Murphy	65.0	16,355	1,786	Advanced (5)
	Submit photo	Lorraine Honor	35.0	8,815	1,721	5
	Submit photo	Cesar Vargas	0.0	0	-5,103	5
	Submit photo	Brandon Stradford	0.0	0	0	4
		Radhakrishna Mohan	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mark Murphy	54.4	14,569	734	Advanced (5)
	Submit photo	Lorraine Honor	26.5	7,094	631	5
	Submit photo	Cesar Vargas	19.1	5,103	576	5
	Submit photo	Brandon Stradford	0.0	0	-2,831	4
		Radhakrishna Mohan	0.0	0	0	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mark Murphy	50.0	13,835	554	Advanced (5)
	Submit photo	Lorraine Honor	23.4	6,463	360	5
	Submit photo	Cesar Vargas	16.4	4,527	412	5
	Submit photo	Brandon Stradford	10.2	2,831	207	4
		Radhakrishna Mohan	0.0	0	-2,098	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mark Murphy	47.1	13,281	60	Advanced (5)
	Submit photo	Lorraine Honor	21.6	6,103	20	5
	Submit photo	Cesar Vargas	14.6	4,115	18	5
	Submit photo	Brandon Stradford	9.3	2,624	14	4
		Radhakrishna Mohan	7.4	2,098	12	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mark Murphy	46.5	13,221	0	Advanced (5)
	Submit photo	Lorraine Honor	21.4	6,083	0	5
	Submit photo	Cesar Vargas	14.4	4,097	0	5
	Submit photo	Brandon Stradford	9.2	2,610	0	4
		Radhakrishna Mohan	7.3	2,086	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.	1.2	335	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,432
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Staten Island Borough President

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vito Fossella 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
	Submit photo	Vito Fossella	51.2	9,461	856	Advanced (3)
		Steven Matteo	48.8	9,018	1,095	3
		Leticia Remauro	0.0	0	-2,487	3
	Submit photo	Jhong Kim	0.0	0	-556	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Vito Fossella	44.0	8,605	20	Advanced (3)
		Steven Matteo	40.5	7,923	38	3
		Leticia Remauro	12.7	2,487	11	3
	Submit photo	Jhong Kim	2.8	556	7	3

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Vito Fossella	43.7	8,585	0	Advanced (3)
		Steven Matteo	40.1	7,885	0	3
		Leticia Remauro	12.6	2,476	0	3
	Submit photo	Jhong Kim	2.8	549	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.	0.8	151	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,646
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Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Leticia Remauro advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Staten Island Borough President.

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2025

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2021

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Preceded by James Oddo (R)	Staten Island Borough President 2022–Present	Succeeded by NA