The 2019 Queens County District Attorney election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the

Queens County District Attorney The District Attorney of Queens County is the elected district attorney for Queens County in New York State, coterminous with the New York City borough of Queens. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state law ...

. The incumbent, Richard Brown, had announced in January 2019 that he would not seek an eighth term; Brown then died in office that May at the age of 86. The Democratic primary election was held on June 25, 2019.

Tiffany Cabán Tiffany Cabán (born July 24, 1987) is an American attorney, politician, and political organizer who has served as a member of the New York City Council for the 22nd District since the 2021 New York City Council election. She won the Democrat ...

, a public defender and first-time candidate, led

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

borough president

Melinda Katz Melinda R. Katz (born August 29, 1965) is an American attorney and politician from New York City, serving as District Attorney of Queens since January 1, 2020. A Democrat, she previously served as the Queens Borough President. Katz was also a ...

and four other candidates after in-person votes were counted. However, on July 5, 2019, election officials said Katz pulled ahead in the final count, triggering a

recount An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often take place if the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close. Election reco ...

. Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner on July 29 by 60 votes.

Democratic primary

Candidates

, public defender *

, borough president of

since 2014 *

Rory Lancman Rory Lancman (born March 4, 1969) is an American politician and former member of the New York City Council, representing the 24th district from 2014 until 2020. He is a Democrat. The district includes Briarwood, Cunningham Park, Flushing, F ...

, member of the New York City Council since 2014, former member of the New York State Assembly (''withdrew on June 21, endorsed Katz; remained on the ballot'') *Greg Lasak, former judge and former senior borough prosecutor *Betty Lugo, former Nassau County prosecutor *Mina Malik, former prosecutor and former deputy attorney general for the District of Columbia *Jose Nieves, former deputy chief of the special investigations and prosecutions unit of the New York department of law

Endorsements

Results

As of 11:30 pm, June 25, 2019, Tiffany Cabán held a 1.3% lead over Melinda Katz, with 99.5% of the precincts reporting. Katz promised a

. After absentee and provisional ballots were counted, the lead had switched to Katz 34,898 votes to Cabán's 34,878, pending another recount and challenge of provisional votes promised by Cabán's campaign. Following the recount, Katz was declared the winner by 60 votes on July 29. 2019 Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary Election Results by Assembly District

2019 Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary Election Results by Assembly District

Republican primary

Daniel Kogan won the Republican primary unopposed. Kogan accepted a nomination to become a judge, and stepped aside. The Republican party replaced him as their candidate for district attorney with Joe Murray in August 2019.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

General election

Results

References