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Democrat George Latimer has been projected as the winner for the House seat representing the southern portion of Westchester, including White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye, and a small part of the northern Bronx, defeating Republican Miriam Flisser, according to the state Board of Elections.
Latimer was leading Flisser by a margin of 72 to 28 percent, with 54 percent of the vote in as of 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Latimer, age 70, has served as Westchester County Executive since 2018 and ran his campaign on issues like increasing affordable housing availability; promoting transparency in politics; protecting women's reproductive rights; investing in infrastructure; supporting Israel's right of existence; protecting Medicare and Social Security; and immigration reform.
Meanwhile, Flisser focused on issues such as securing the country's borders; curbing federal spending; preserving suburban communities; protecting parents' rights to know what schools are teaching their children; and focusing pressure on destroying terrorist regimes.
Latimer, who has previously served in the New York State Senate, State Assembly, and the Westchester Board of Legislators, previously defeated the 16th District incumbent, Rep. Jamaal Bowman in a primary, becoming the first challenger to defeat a member of the so-called "Squad," a left-wing group of members in the Democratic party.
The race between Latimer and Bowman was the most expensive Congressional primary race in US history and one that became contentious over debates on the Israel-Hamas war.
As for Flisser, she is a pediatrician who has lived in Westchester for more than four decades and previously served as Chief of Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Hospital in Bronxville for 15 years.
She also previously served as Village Mayor of Scarsdale.
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