 After a close election, Comrie won his election for the 27th District by less than 200 votes over his next opponent, local lawyer Helen Cooper-Gregory, in this six-way race.After his first re-election in 2005, Comrie was elected Deputy Majority Leader, also known as Majority Whip, by his Democratic colleagues on the council, as well as head of the Queens delegation, chair of the council's Consumer Affairs Committee, and later chair of the powerful Land Use Committee.As Deputy Majority Leader, Comrie had access to some of the largest member items, also known as discretionary funding, in the legislative body.