Brooklyn GOP ordered to redo contested convention
It’s likely back to the drawing board for local Republicans nearly a year after the Kings County GOP convention, after a judge ordered warring factions within the party to redo its contested convention that resulted in two individuals each claiming the borough party’s top spot.
After the September 30, 2015 County Committee meeting at Remsen Hall, both Arnaldo Ferraro and Ted Ghorra claimed the chairpersonship of the borough party, leading to a protracted court case that has been resolved by New York State Supreme Court Judge Edgar Walker, who on August 11 issued his decision, calling for the county convention to be repeated, after the city’s Board of Elections deferred to the court to determine the convention’s result.
Ferraro was supported by the party’s outgoing Chair Craig Eaton as well as Republican District Leader Lucretia Regina-Potter, while Ghorra was supported by State Senator Marty Golden. There had reportedly been bad blood between Eaton and Golden for a period of time preceding the convention, which Walker determined had a “number of irregularities that occurred in ruling on proxy votes.”