Donovan throws hat into ring
Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan has made it official: he will seek the seat vacated by disgraced Representative Michael Grimm, who resigned on January 5 after pleading guilty last month to one count of felony tax evasion.
In a statement, Donovan said, “Last week I announced that I would seriously consider running for the vacant Congressional seat in the 11th Congressional District of New York. I made that announcement after a 24 hour period in which my phone never stopped ringing with expressions of enthusiastic support from elected officials, party leaders, and residents of Staten Island and Brooklyn. I said then that after due deliberation I would make my decision.
“In the week since my last announcement the enthusiasm for my candidacy has only broadened and intensified, with expressions of support also from beyond the two boroughs.