By Nathan Duke
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) held on to his seat for a third term, defeating Green Party candidate Lynne Serpe and Populist Jerry Kann Tuesday night.
Vallone received 74 percent of the vote, while Serpe, a community liaison for Long Island City nonprofit Community Environmental Center, took 23 percent and Kann, a Populist candidate, took 2 percent.
In the race to replace Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside), Democrat Jimmy Van Bramer scored a win with 70 percent of the vote, while Republican Angelo Maragos took 23 percent and Deirdre Feerick, a Democrat who ran on the Independent line, earned 5 percent.
Reach reporter Nathan Duke by e-mail at nduke@cnglocal.com or by phone at 718-229-0300, Ext. 156.
