How Southern Brooklyn Democrats Flipped State Seats in Immigrant-Heavy Areas
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How Southern Brooklyn Democrats Flipped State Seats in Immigrant-Heavy Areas
This story was originally published by Documented. Sign up for their newsletter here. It was around 9:30 p.m., when the loud chants began. “La-rry, La-rry!” “Joyce, Joyce!” Inside the two-story house in Bensonhurst, it felt as though the roof could come off. Dozens of community members and campaign volunteers for State Senate District 17 and […]
Around 9:30 p.m., loud cheers erupted from the crowd. “La-rry, La-rry!” “Joyce, Joyce!” The deafening cheers seemed to lift the roof off a two-story house in Bensonhurst. On Tuesday evening (March 3rd), dozens of community members and campaign volunteers gathered inside, awaiting the results of the elections for New York State Senator for the 17th District and State Representative for the 49th District. Standing in the center of the crowd was La…
Brooklyn Midterm Election Results: Dems Make a Comeback, Flipping Seats in Southern Brooklyn
Four state legislative races went Democrats’ way as the party reclaimed ground in neighborhoods where Republicans had made recent inroads. Chris McCreight and Joey Cohen-Saban unseated Republican incumbents, while Joyce Xiaoqiong Xie and Larry He also declared victories.
On Tuesday evening (November 3), the results of the election for the 17th Senate District in South Brooklyn were announced. Incumbent Republican Senator Steve Chan failed to win re-election, losing to Democratic challenger Larry He. Chan received 14,179 votes (41.92%), while He won with 18,672 votes (55.21%), leading by 4,493 votes.
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