The Winner

Staten Island and southern Brooklyn will keep the same member of Congress for two more years. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) won a fourth term in New York’s 11th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Michael DeCillis. The Associated Press called the race Tuesday night, Nov. 3. ​

With about 98% of scanners reporting, Malliotakis led 101,719 votes to 79,370, or about 56% to 44%, according to unofficial New York City Board of Elections results compiled by the Brooklyn Eagle. Her lead is about 22,300 votes, and 226 write-in votes were also cast.

The Race

DeCillis is a Bay Ridge civil litigation attorney and a former NYPD officer, EMS paramedic and special education teacher who responded on 9/11. The fourth-generation Staten Islander was making his third bid for the seat. He won the June Democratic primary with about 58% of the vote over Allison Ziogas, while Malliotakis had no Republican primary challenger.

Forecasters never rated the race as competitive. The Cook Political Report and Inside Elections both rated it Solid Republican, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Republican.

DeCillis still came closer than her last opponent did. In 2024, Malliotakis won about 64% of the vote against Democrat Andrea Morse, compared with about 56% this year.

The district kept its current shape only after a court fight. In January, a state judge ruled that the lines, which join Staten Island with part of southern Brooklyn, diluted the voting strength of Black and Latino residents, and ordered a redraw. A divided U.S. Supreme Court halted that order on March 2, according to Roll Call, which kept in place a district that backed Donald Trump by 24 points in 2024 by Inside Elections’ count.

What’s Next

Malliotakis’ new term begins Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027. She now sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, the chamber’s chief tax-writing panel, and on the Joint Economic Committee. Committee assignments for the new Congress won’t be set until the House organizes.

The fight over her district’s lines isn’t over. The Supreme Court’s pause keeps the current map in place while the challenge moves through New York’s appeals courts, so a final ruling could change which voters she represents in 2028.

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