9:00 PM - Okay, here we go! Polls are closed and now we await the results ...
9:11 PM - Right now De Blasio has a 40+ lead but with only 2% of precincts reporting.
9:26 PM - NY1 calls election for Mayor De Blasio, first Democratic to win a second term since Ed Koch in 1981.
9:30 PM - Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James both re-elected. Expect their rivalry for 2021 to begin ... now ...
9:36 PM - City Council incumbents all ahead in their races or already declared winners.
9:41 PM - There will be one more very important election in NYC after tonight -- for City Council Speaker. Who will it be? We'll find out in January when the newly-elected Council takes office.
9:44 PM - Manhattan DA Cy Vance re-elected (he had no opponent).
9:57 PM - Nicole Malliotakis, GOP candidate for mayor, is conceding. She talks about conitnuing to "fight" for what she believes in. Problem is, she doesn't appear to believe in anything. Unless I'm mistaken, she didn't congratulate De Blasio in her speech which is totally classless.
10:09 PM - Mayor De Blasio is being introduced by his wife at victory celebration.
10:16 PM - De Blasio giving his victory speech, saying that the people who predicted doom when he was elected four years ago were wrong.
10:28 PM - Well, that's it. The status quo rules. And in this case, that's a good thing.
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