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Hakeem Jeffries Easily Beats Charles Barron
Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries trounced firebrand City Councilman Charles Barron, a former Black Panther with a history of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, Tuesday night in the Democratic primary to represent Brooklyn’s 8th Congressional District.
With 98 percent of districts reporting, Jeffries was leading with 71.9 percent of the vote, compared to Barron’s 28.1 percent — a far wider margin than many had expected.
“The political pundits said this was going to be a close race, but that was before the people had spoken,” Jeffries told supporters at a victory party at Sanders Studios on Wavery Avenue after news of the win broke.
At a gathering with his own supporters, a defiant Barron refused to congratulate Jeffries and instead accused him running a dishonest campaign.
“I will not be giving a congratulatory statement to my opponent tonight because of the campaign that he ran and the character assassinations that he performed on another black man,” said Barron, who vowed that “when the dust clears, the people will see that the fight has just begun.”
“Something bigger than a political movement was established here tonight. We built a movement of the people,” he said.
Jeffries and Barron had waged a heated battle to replace longtime Rep. Ed Towns, who announced in April that he would not seek reelection. The race appeared to be neck-and-neck heading into primary day, giving Democratic officials a scare that that Barron might defeat the party favorite.
Our power has shown
This is the classic example of the a democracy and the power of the vote. Enough good people got off their complacent butts to defeat an evil threat.
Keep it up Americans and use your collective power next election to get this great country back on track. Bad politicians are like pornography we don’t need proof or a definition we know it when we see it.
whack job
sore looser, and he had to make it about race even though they same race.
Daloy Ignorant Punditocracy!
“The political pundits said this was going to be a close race, but that was before the people had spoken,”
And that, boys and girls, is why pollsters are never to be trusted! The only “poll” that matters at all is the one done on Election Day.
disappointed
Idiots all you have here is one Anti semite beating another anti semite!!! There is such a choice as none of the above but the lickers of the chjcc & the real leaders of the chjcc i.e. the money people want you to think everything is hunky dory! well guess what it’s not & Crown Heights loses either way!!!
G-d is on our side!
Them Jews done good, mon. We got rid of anti semitic Barron, we’ll get rid of anti semitic Obama come November.
truth
Like #4 said, we got the lesser of the two evils.