Ridgeite enters race for Weiners old seat
Bay Ridge businessperson Timothy Cochrane is the latest personto toss his hat into the ring in pursuit of former CongressmemberAnthony Weiner’s old seat.
Cochrane is a Republican/Conservative who also has a house inBreezy Point, Queens, in Weiner’s old Ninth Congressional District,where he said he would move, should he win. He said that he decidedto run, in part, because he was infuriated by talk of eliminatingthe district when redistricting occurs. While New York State musteliminate two congressional districts in the wake of the 2010Census, Cochrane would like to see those seats pared from outsideNew York City.
That just blew me away, Cochrane, a former member of CommunityBoard 10, noted. I could just picture the current Democraticcongresspersons licking their chops to expand their base at theexpense of the people of the Ninth. That really got me going andthinking about the opportunity to stand up and fight and win theseat.