{"id":292843,"date":"2021-07-07T08:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/incumbent-donovan-richards-declares-queens-borough-president-victory\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T08:01:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T05:01:41","slug":"incumbent-donovan-richards-declares-queens-borough-president-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/incumbent-donovan-richards-declares-queens-borough-president-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"#Incumbent Donovan Richards declares Queens borough president victory."},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Incumbent Donovan Richards declares Queens borough president victory.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Incumbent Donovan Richards declared victory in the tight Democratic primary contest for Queens borough president and immedia<\/a>tely accused rival Elizabeth Crowley of racism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won!!!!,\u201d Richards said in a <\/a>tweet.<\/p>\n

Richards led Crowley by 1,044 votes \u2014 with 92,149 votes or 50.3 percent to
91,105 votes or 49.7 votes for Crowley.<\/p>\n

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\"Elizabeth
Elizabeth Crowley was defeated by incumbent Donovan Richards, who immediately blasted her for being a racist on Twitter. <\/figcaption>
BRIGITTE STELZER<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

That\u2019s a margin just over the 0.5 percent margin that would trigger a manual recount.<\/p>\n

But even with just a razor-thin margin, Richards blasted Crowley on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe beat your racist ass,\u201d Richards said of Crowley in an explosive tweet <\/a>Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Richards also said in a tweet directed at <\/a>Crowley, \u201c@ElizCrowleyNYC
told me she would win, because BLM [Black Lives Matter] would die? What\u2019s good now?\u201d<\/p>\n

He also claimed Crowley, the cousin of ex-Congressman and Queens Democratic Party leader Joe Crowley, who was defeated by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2018 Democratic primary, hit him up<\/a> for a job as deputy borough president.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou couldn\u2019t force me to make you a deb bp. I stand on principle,\u201d Richards said.<\/p>\n

Richards used the hash tags #southeast Queens, #four more years, #QBP and #Southside.<\/p>\n

\"Richards
Richards led Crowley by 1,044 votes ( 0.5%) on July 6, 2021 with 93% of precincts reporting. <\/figcaption>
Getty Images for QBFC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Richards, who is African-American, hails from southeast Queens, largely populated by black residents.<\/p>\n

Crowley did not immediately respond to voice and text messages or through a spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The razor-close race was closer than many Queens Democratic Party insiders expected.<\/p>\n

Richards, who previously served on the City Council, was elected borough president last year after his predecessor, Melinda Katz, was elected district attorney. He defeated Crowley in that race.<\/p>\n

But Crowley vastly outspent <\/a>Richards and another Democratic rival, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who came in a distant third and was eliminated in ranked choice voting, in this primary race. Crowley\u2019s presence was particularly more pronounced than Richards in TV campaign ads.\n <\/div>\n