The Bronx’s lone Republican appeared headed to defeat Tuesday night by her Democratic challenger in an Election Day that saw a massive voter turnout in New York and elsewhere.

In one of just three truly contested Council races, incumbent Kristy Marmorato’s run as the representative in District 13 in the Northeast Bronx was in danger of ending at one term, as she sat just under 5% behind Shirley Aldebol, the Democratic party candidate and longtime labor union official, with 87% of the vote counted late Tuesday.

Aldebol was ahead of Marmorato 51.5% to 46.5%, Board of Election results showed. Marmorato’s potential defeat came in the context of the highest voter turnout in more than five decades. More than two million New York voted on Tuesday, the most since 1969, Board of Election figures

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