Who Won the District 47 Election? Justin Brannan
Today, many residents in Dyker Heights didn’t know they were gerrymandered out of the area until they went to vote!
See street map of the new district
The news didn’t mention that the area was severely gerrymandered and Democrats were able to pick blocks of voters and exclude other blocks.
Graphic by The City – seen here
Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights used to be together (see above).
This is the shape of the new district that extends from Bay Ridge to Coney Island.
See Street Map of New District
Tonight, Justin Brannan gave a victory speech at The Brooklyn Firefly. In his speech, Brannan lashed out at Brooklyn Kings County leader, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn for being against him.
There were plenty of Democrats campaigning from out-of-the district this week, but the ones we spoke to didn’t know about the lobbyist projects in Bay Ridge.
The results 97% of the votes were counted – 9:50 pm:
11,148 votes for Brannan vs. 7,916 votes for Ari Kagan is where they finished counting tonight.
Steven shared this:
I’ve never seen politicians go as low as they did this election. I was surprised that Senator Andrew Gounardes was part of it. (See here)
Hugs,
marlene
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