The Associated Press has declared Jon Rivera the winner of the Democratic Primary for New York’s 61st Senate District seat.
Rivera was facing off against incumbent Jeremy Zellner, who won a special election for the vacant seat in February. Zellner has conceded.
As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, with 96 percent reporting, Rivera had 55 percent of the vote (10,076) and Zellner had 45 percent of the vote (8,270)…