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Elsie Encarnacion
Elsie Encarnacion (Democratic Party) is a member-elect of the New York City Council, representing District 8. She assumes office on January 1, 2026.
Encarnacion (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 8. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from 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 8
Elsie Encarnacion defeated Tyreek Goodman and Federico Colon in the general election for New York City Council District 8 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Elsie Encarnacion (D / Working Families Party) | 84.9 | 23,371 | |
 | Tyreek Goodman (R / Conservative Party) | 12.0 | 3,307 | |
Federico Colon (Unity Party)  | 3.1 | 861 | ||
| Total votes: 27,539 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Elsie Encarnacion in round 7 . 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.
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Total votes: 15,592 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tyreek Goodman in round 1 .
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tyreek Goodman in round 1 .
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Working Families Party primary election
Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 8
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Elsie Encarnacion in round 1 .
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Encarnacion in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elsie Encarnacion did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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