Cuomo expected to endorse Rangel today
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12:32 PM, June 22, 2012
Posted:
12:32 PM, June 22, 2012
Gov. Cuomo is expected today to wade into fiercely contested
Democratic congressional primaries -- endorsing the re-election of
ethically challenged Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel over state Sen. Adriano
Espaillat, and backing state Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries over firebrand
Councilman Charles Barron for a open Brooklyn House seat, sources said.
Cuomo also opposed Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez, by endorsing the re-election of Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velasquez over Lopez-backed challenger Erik Dilan. President Obama has also backed Velasquez.
The governor is expected to state his preferences later this afternoon.
Rangel, 82, is running for a 22nd term in a northern Manhattan-Bronx
district whose population is now majority Latino. Much of the
establishment has backed Rangel, despite his humiliating censure by the
House of Representatives in 2010 for 11 ethics violations.
Jefferies is in a fierce battle with Barron, a confrontational politician who has drawn fire for his criticism of Israel and support for dictators like the late Mohammar Khadafi.
Cuomo also opposed Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez, by endorsing the re-election of Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velasquez over Lopez-backed challenger Erik Dilan. President Obama has also backed Velasquez.
The governor is expected to state his preferences later this afternoon.
AP
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Jefferies is in a fierce battle with Barron, a confrontational politician who has drawn fire for his criticism of Israel and support for dictators like the late Mohammar Khadafi.
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