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Queens district attorney race: Recount in New York City Democratic primary to begin Tuesday
Source: Reuters
POLITICS JULY 5, 2019 / 2:50 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Recount in New York City Democratic primary to begin Tuesday
Matthew Lavietes
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A recount will begin on Tuesday in the Democratic primary race for district attorney in the New York City borough of Queens, a contest that drew national attention, an official said on Friday.
Tiffany Caban, a progressive Democrat endorsed by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, declared victory last week, but her rival, Melinda Katz, did not concede.
A win for the 31-year-old Caban, a political newcomer, would mark a fresh signal of the growing power of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Caban saw her 1,100-vote lead vanish on Wednesday as 3,400 absentee ballots pushed Katz, an established centrist who serves as Queens borough president, ahead by 20 votes.
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Recount in New York City Democratic primary to begin Tuesday
Matthew Lavietes
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A recount will begin on Tuesday in the Democratic primary race for district attorney in the New York City borough of Queens, a contest that drew national attention, an official said on Friday.
Tiffany Caban, a progressive Democrat endorsed by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, declared victory last week, but her rival, Melinda Katz, did not concede.
A win for the 31-year-old Caban, a political newcomer, would mark a fresh signal of the growing power of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Caban saw her 1,100-vote lead vanish on Wednesday as 3,400 absentee ballots pushed Katz, an established centrist who serves as Queens borough president, ahead by 20 votes.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-queens/recount-in-new-york-city-democratic-primary-to-begin-tuesday-idUSKCN1U025M
