The New York federal primaries, the Congressional races, take place on T uesday, June 28th, 2016 and there are two important open seats that will be contested in the NY metro area:
The NY 13th CD-- Ha rlem and parts of the Bronx
This is the longtime district of Charles Rangel, who is retiring after many decades in office. The full li st of candidates is here: https://ballotpedi a.org/New_York%27s_13th_Congressional_District_election,_2016
The two main candidates are:
a) Keith Wright-- the longtime state Assemblyman from Harlem and chairman of the Manh attan Democratic party. Keith Wright has been endorsed by Congressman Range l and his website is here:
b) Adriano Espaillat-- The longtime state Senator from Upper Manhat tan who has run twice previously for this office. Adriano Espaillat is endo rsed by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and others. His website is h ere:
The NY 19th CD-- < /strong>This is an upstate district which includes parts of Dutchess and Ul ster Counties.
The full ballot for this race is here:
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_ 19th_Congressional_District_election,_2016
The two candid ates are:
a ) Zephyr Teachout -- Zephyr is a Fordham professor and lon gtime activist who has been endorsed by DFA. She is one of our members. Her website is here:
http://www.zephyrteachoutforcongress.com/
< p>b) Will Yandik- He is a farmer and environmental activist, and a local elected official. Yandik is a youn g up and comer about whom we have heard good things.
If you live in the 13th CD or the 19th CD be sure to vote on the 28th a nd if you believe strongly in any of these candidates they can use any help you can offer. DFNYC has chosen not to endorse in any federal primary rac es this year for organizational reasons.
In the 13th CD, we k now and respect both Assemblyman Wright and Senator Espaillat, they are bot h terrific progressive electeds, and you could not go wrong voting for or supporting either of them.
In the 19th CD, we are not as unbiased. Zephyr Teachout is a longtime DFNYC member/supporter who is our friend. Sh e is an outspoken advocate of getting big money out of politics. We endors ed her in her race for governor in 2014 and Democracy for America has endor sed her Congressional race.
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