Tuesday, March 20, 2012
News Has Southern Brooklyn Gone Republican?
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:20 PM
His seat is now sought by City Councilmember Lew Fidler and Republican attorney David Storobin. Their fight hasn't been as epic as southern Brooklyn's last special election, the one to replace Anthony Weiner, which pitted David Weprin against Bob Turner, but it has had its moments, as in January when Fidler accused Storobin of having connections to white supremacists.
"According to Fidler, this race is bigger than the two candidates," Sheepshead Bites reported in January. "It’s a race to disprove the increasingly dominant narrative that Southern Brooklyn is beginning to slide Republican—the oft-mentioned explanation for Republican Bob Turner’s Congressional win in last year’s special election to replace Anthony Weiner."
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