The Democratic primary in the Queens District Attorney’s race took an unexpected, and some say stunning, turnabout July 3, with Melinda Katz, who had been trailing Tiffany Cabán by about 1,100 votes, vaulting into the lead by 20 votes when a tally of paper ballots was completed.
Among roughly 3,400 absentee and affidavit ballots, Ms. Katz, the Borough President, received 1,901 to 751 for Ms. Cabán to nudge ahead, according to several media reports. The rest were divided among the other five candidates, one of whom, City Councilman Rory Lancman, withdrew from the race four days before the vote but remained on the ballot and finished fifth.
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