Incumbents Cruise To Victory In Primaries
Tom McCarthy, who had the backing of the Kings County Republican Party, won over Lucretia Regina-Potter in the GOP primary in the 46th Assembly District, earning the right to take on incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny in November, in a district that includes portions of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights connected to Brighton Beach and Coney Island via the Belt Parkway.
According to unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections (BOE), McCarthy scored 69 percent of the vote to Regina-Potter’s 31 percent in an election where turnout was low – just 1,041 people bothered to cast a ballot. The race was the only Republican primary in the borough.
In other races in southern Brooklyn, incumbent Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs trounced insurgent Rodneyse Bichotte, 68 percent (3,753) to 32 percent (1,778), in the 42nd A.D.; Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz squeaked by challenger Ben Akselrod, 54 percent (1,774) to 46 percent (1,530), in the 45th A.D. and Assemblymember Dov Hikind bested challenger Mitchell Tischler, 84 percent (3,021) to 16 percent (558) in the 48th A.D.