Eric Gonzalez is no longer ‘acting’ Brooklyn DA
After Election win, Gonzalez now DA Elect
Eric Gonzalez can finally drop the “acting” before his title of district attorney after he officially won the general election on Tuesday night when he picked up more than 89 percent of the votes. Now he’s just got to deal with the title of DA-elect for the next two months.
DA-elect Gonzalez picked up 244,013 votes on Tuesday with Councilmember Vincent Gentile grabbing 10.9 percent, or 29,915 votes, on the Reform Party ticket. Gonzalez is the first Hispanic-American to be elected district attorney in New York state’s history.
There were a total of six Democratic candidates vying for the Brooklyn DA title in the primary, including Gonzalez, Gentile, Patricia Gatling, Ama Dwimoh, Marc Fliedner and Anne Swern. Gonzalez got 76,947 votes in that race to win the primary. No Republicans ran in the race.