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BROOKLYN DEMOCRATIC LEADER RODNEYSE BICHOTTE RELEASES ENDORSEMENT LIST FOR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 15, 2020
Brooklyn, NY
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Brooklyn Democratic County Leader Rodneyse Bichotte
today released a list of endorsed candidates in federal, state and city elections. She urged all Democrats to vote absentee, early or at their polling place on
Primary Day, June 23rd,
to ensure progressive control of legislative bodies, in the Democratic State Committee, as well as on the judicial bench, and to make sure those who serve in City Hall, Albany and Washington will deliver social justice.
“At a time when we face the triple threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, the urgent need to reform and reinvent police practices that have afflicted minority communities and an economic recession, it is essential we elect progressive Democrats to enhance social justice,” said
Bichotte
, who is an assemblywoman in the 42nd District centered in Flatbush and Midwood.
In addition to incumbents, Bichotte endorsed three women running for open seats:
Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright
to move up to the state Senate,
Stefani Zinerman
for Wright’s Assembly seat and
Darma Diaz
for the City Council’s 37th District.
Newcomers Bichotte is supporting include
Jesse Pierce
for
District Leader
in the 52nd District, and
Arleny Alvarado-McCalla
for District Leader in the 54th District. The women, who are from the LGBT and Latina communities, respectively, are part of a diverse slate of candidates endorsed by the Kings County Chair.
Another newcomer Bichotte is endorsing,
Robert Berrios
, is running for District Leader in the 51st District.
Bichotte joins
Queens Democratic County Leader, Congressman Gregory Meeks
, to support
City Councilman Donovan Richards’
bid to become the next Queens Borough President.
Here are the candidates in primary races endorsed by Bichotte:
Rep in Congress
US Congress NY- 9 Yvette D. Clarke
US Congress NY - 7 Nydia M. Velazquez
US Congress NY - 10 Jerold L. Nadler
US Congress NY - 12 Carolyn B. Maloney
NYS Senate
State Senate 19 SD Roxanne J. Persaud
State Senate 23 SD Diane J. Savino
State Senate 18 SD Julia Salazar
State Senate 25 SD Tremaine Wright
NYS Assembly
AD 50 Joseph Lentol
AD 51 Felix W. Ortiz
AD 56 Stefani L. Zinerman
AD 57 Walter Mosley
District Leaders
AD 50 Linda T. Minucci Female Leader
AD 51 Robert F. Berrios Female Leader
AD 52 Jesse Pierce Female Leader
AD 53 Tommy Torres Male Leader
AD 54 Erik Martin Dilan Male Leader
AD 54 Arleny Alvarado-McCalla Female Leader
AD 55 Darlene Mealy Female Leader
AD 55 Anthony T. Jones Male Leader
AD 60 Inez Barron Female Leader
AD 60 Charles Barron Male Leader
AD 56 Henry L. Butler Male Leader
AD 57 Olanike Alabi Female Leader
City Council
Darma V. Diaz CD 37
Judge of Civil Court
Stephen Serge Burzio
Saul Stein
Presidential Delegates NY-9
1. Rebeca Lafond
2. Sylveta Hamilton-Gonzalez
3. George Albro
4. Edward Kay
5. Milo Vassallo
6. Sarana Purcell
7. Nick Perry
8. Yvonne Chu
Special endorsement with Queens County partnership
Queens Borough President
Donovan J. Richards Jr.
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