The Bronx lost its only Republican seat in City Council after Democrat and labor-backed candidate Shirley Aldebol defeated incumbent Kristy Marmorato in District 13 by more than 1,800 votes, according to preliminary Board of Elections results .

Aldebol won 51.59% of the total, Marmorato 46.2% and independent candidate Joel Rivera 2.08% in the district that includes Throggs Neck, Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Van Nest and City Island. Marmorato was the first Republican woman elected in the Bronx after defeating Democrat Marjorie Velázquez in 2023.

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District 13 Democrat Shirley Aldebol defeats Republican Kristy Marmorato in the borough’s only flipped seat

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