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“Next year, the Democratic candidate in New York’s 11th District will get to face either a convicted felon or an elected official whose incompetence appears to have enabled a massive embezzlement of taxpayer dollars,” said DCCC Spokesman Evan Lukaske. “Democrats are excited to see who comes out on top in the GOP’s race to the bottom.”
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Some Staten Islanders open to a Michael Grimm comeback | NY1
By Amanda Farinacci
September 20, 2017
The South Beach boardwalk attracts old-timers who sit at tables and benches, eating, laughing, and talking about life.
Tuesday, they were talking about the political comeback of embattled former Congressman Michael Grimm.
“He deserves a second chance,” one man at the boardwalk said.
A second chance after pleading guilty to tax fraud, surrendering his congressional seat, and serving seven months in prison for hiding $1 million in receipts from a restaurant that he once owned.
That record might doom some comebacks, but Grimm has always been popular on Staten Island.
[…] For weeks, Grimm has been making all the moves of a candidate-in-waiting: Creating a new Twitter account, posting opinions and campaign-style photos, and offering himself up for interviews.
On Saturday, NY1 reported that Grimm had decided to take the plunge and announce his candidacy Oct. 1 in New Dorp, setting up a primary battle against his successor, Republican Dan Donovan.
“Between two of them? They are good. I still haven’t decided,” one Staten Island man said at the boardwalk. “But I welcome any challenge he can give to Donovan, because I like both of them.”
[…] Six Democrats are said to be eyeing the seat as well. It’s a race that promises to give voters plenty of choices in next year’s primary.
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