Democratic Rep. Grace Meng won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. She defeated Republican Thomas Zmich, a military veteran who served during the first Gulf War. Meng is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. She is the first and only Asian American member of Congress from New York, representing a strongly Asian American district in the New York City borough of Queens since 2013. Meng previously served in the New York State Assembly. declared Meng the winner at 9:37 p.m. EST.