# New York City's 26th City Council district

New York City's 26th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Julie Won since 2022. She replaced former councilman Jimmy Van Bramer who was term-limited and ran unsuccessfully for Queens Borough President.

## Geography

District 26 covers the westernmost neighborhoods of Queens along the East River, including Long Island City, Sunnyside, southern Astoria, and northern Woodside.
The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 1 and 2, and with New York's 6th, 12th, and 14th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 12th, 13th, and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 30th, 34th, 36th, 37th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2023 (redistricting)

Due to redistricting and the 2020 changes to the New York City Charter, councilmembers elected during the 2021 and 2023 City Council elections will serve two-year terms, with full four-year terms resuming after the 2025 New York City Council elections.
2023 New York City Council election, District 26 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Julie Won (incumbent) | 3,701 | 60.9 |
| | Democratic | Hailie Kim | 2,298 | 37.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 76 | 1.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,075 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Julie Won | 6,930 | |
| | Working Families | Julie Won | 1,524 | |
| | Total | Julie Won (incumbent) | 8,454 | 78.9 |
| | Republican | Marvin Jeffcoat | 2,020 | |
| | Medical Freedom | Marvin Jeffcoat | 118 | |
| | Total | Marvin Jeffcoat | 2,138 | 20.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 119 | 1.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,711 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2021

In 2019, voters in New York City approved Ballot Question 1, which implemented ranked-choice voting in all local elections. Under the new system, voters have the option to rank up to five candidates for every local office. Voters whose first-choice candidates fare poorly will have their votes redistributed to other candidates in their ranking until one candidate surpasses the 50 percent threshold. If one candidate surpasses 50 percent in first-choice votes, then ranked-choice tabulations will not occur.
2021 New York City Council election, District 26 Democratic primary :
| Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes |
| Democratic | Julie Won | 15 | 6,822 | 56.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Amit Bagga | 15 | 5,211 | 43.3% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Brent O'Leary | 14 | 3,150 | 22.7% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Julia Forman | 13 | 2,705 | 17.9% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Ebony Young | 12 | 1,807 | 11.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Denise Keehan-Smith | 11 | 1,533 | 9.4% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Badrun Khan | 10 | 1,340 | 8.0% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Hailie Kim | 9 | 1,166 | 6.9% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Jonathan Bailey | 8 | 1,002 | 5.8% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Glennis Gomez | 7 | 733 | 4.2% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Emily Sharpe | 6 | 679 | 3.9% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Jesse Laymon | 5 | 609 | 3.5% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Steven Raga | 4 | 570 | 3.2% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Lorenzo Brea | 3 | 368 | 2.1% | ​​ |
| Democratic | Sultan Maruf | 2 | 295 | 1.7% | ​​ |
| Write-in | | 1 | 46 | 0.3% | ​​ |
2021 New York City Council election, District 26 general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Julie Won | 15,398 | 77.3 |
| | Republican | Marvin Jeffcoat | 3,842 | |
| | Conservative | Marvin Jeffcoat | 561 | |
| | Total | Marvin Jeffcoat | 4,403 | 22.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 106 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,907 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017

2017 New York City Council election, District 26 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jimmy Van Bramer | 15,285 | |
| | Working Families | Jimmy Van Bramer | 1,816 | |
| | Total | Jimmy Van Bramer (incumbent) | 17,101 | 85.1 |
| | Republican | Marvin Jeffcoat | 2,477 | |
| | Conservative | Marvin Jeffcoat | 461 | |
| | Total | Marvin Jeffcoat | 2,938 | 14.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 69 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,108 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013

2013 New York City Council election, District 26 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jimmy Van Bramer | 12,897 | |
| | Working Families | Jimmy Van Bramer | 1,506 | |
| | Total | Jimmy Van Bramer (incumbent) | 14,403 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 94 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,497 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |