As for Weiner's congressional seat,
a Democratic source pointed out the surprisingly strong 41.5 percent of the vote that Republican challenger Bob Turner got against Weiner in the 2010 House election.
Not exact matches
Cabrera lost his primary challenge to Rivera two years ago by 20
points and according to a number of
sources he promised members of the Bronx
Democratic Committee not to run again and to work with Rivera.
«It's reached a
point where having Cuomo backing you in a
Democratic primary could work the other way, and Jeffries must be aware of that,» said the second
source.
«It's about thinking long - term, especially if there is a possibility that at some
point the Republicans will need the (Independent
Democratic Conference) to run the chamber,» the
source said.