Thomas Suozzi

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s 10-point victory was the closest that Queens Democrats came to a squeaker on Tuesday as the party retained all five House seats that represent the borough.

All city and state vote totals cited still were unofficial as of Wednesday morning.

The state Board of Elections on Wednesday gave Suozzi 53.8 percent of the vote in his Sixth District rematch against former Long Island Assemblyman Mike LiPetri, with 43.7 percent, granting the congressman his sixth term and second in a row.

Unofficial New York City Board of Election numbers gave Suozzi (D-Nassau, Suffolk, Queens) just over 60 percent of the Queens vote.

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) won his 14th term with 80.5 percent of the vote against Republican George Marsh (19.3 percent) in the Fifth District.

The Sixth District saw U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) win her eighth term with a at 68.6 to 30.6 victory over businessman Joseph Chou.

“Our party is diverse,” Meng said on her campaign’s X page Wednesday morning. “We don’t have to agree on everything but as you saw last night, we WILL unite against those who cheat and hurt the American people.”

In the race to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens) in the Seventh District, Assemblymember Claire Valdez had an estimated 83.3 percent of the vote against Republican Melvin Rivera (15 percent) and Our Future candidate Priscilla Ghaznavi (1.3 percent).

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) won her fifth term handily in the 14th District with 78.2 percent of the vote over Republican Diamant Hysenaj with 21.5 percent.

The magic number for control of the 435-member House of Representatives is 218. With many races across the countrtill listed as undecided, Sabato’s Crystal Ball from The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia on Wednesday morning estimated 239 districts secured by or at least leaning Democratic, with 196 going or at least leaning Republican.

House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) is considered the favorite to become the next House speaker.

“Victory for America!” Jeffries posted on X. “MAGA extremists are on the run from sea to shining sea.”

Suozzi’s race was the only one of the five in Queens in which the percentages changed significantly after the posting of the first returns shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday.

At 9:17 p.m. the state’s first numbers gave the congressman just under 61 percent of the early returns.

Meeks’ numbers hovered between the high 70s and low 80s throughout the night.

The city BOE totals had Meng at 71.5 percent at 9:04 p.m. and at 68.7 percent by 9:30. Valdez’s returns were at 85.3 percent in the first posted results. Ocasio-Cortez remained at 79-plus percent in three postings between 9 and 9:30 p.m.

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