NY Times - The candidate for the small, progressive Working Families Party
decisively won a four-way special election for New York State Assembly
in Brooklyn, a strong showing for the labor-backed
group. The
candidate, Diana Richardson, won a narrow majority of the vote, just
over 50 percent, in the election to replace Karim Camara, a Democrat who
resigned in January to join Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration. The
district includes parts of Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
Party officials say Ms. Richardson will become the first member of the
State Assembly backed exclusively by the Working Families Party, which
has sought to expand its influence in Albany.
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