The New DA: Ken Thompson beats Hynes again to win Brooklyn race
Ken Thompson was elected district attorney in Brooklyn on Tuesday, defeating longtime incumbent Charles “Joe” Hynes, who refused to accept defeat after a bruising Democratic primary.
With 74 percent of precincts reporting, Thompson was leading with nearly 72 percent of the vote. Hynes had 28 percent.
Thompson, a former federal prosecutor who tried the New York City police officers accused of attacking Abner Louima in 1999, will be Brooklyn’s first black district attorney. He is taking over one of the largest district attorney’s offices in the country, with more than 80,000 cases a year.