Brooklyn DA surprise: Ken Thompson may end Hynes’ 23-year run
The race for the Democratic Party nomination in the Brooklyn district attorney race took a surprise turn Tuesday night when precinct numbers began to show 23-year-incumbent Charles J. Hynes lagging behind his rival, former federal prosecutor Kenneth Thompson, by up to 10 percent.
At Thompson’s election night headquarters in Clinton Hill on September 10, the celebratory mood was heightened by a palpable air of surprise.
“Who would have thought this young man would start his political career with such a decisive victory?” said Pastor A. R. Bernard of Brooklyn’s Christian Cultural Center. “Change is the only constant. There is nothing you can do to stop that.”