The incumbent, Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, is leaving
a vacant seat behind her as she campaigns for Manhattan Borough President.
Wendy was just a couple thousand dollars
behind Julia entering Final Jeop, and she got the correct answer to the 19th Century History clue: «A senate
seat from this southern state sat
vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. President,» putting her in first: