Gounardes strikes bipartisan note on transition team
Senator-elect names Republicans to his committee
After a divisive campaign punctuated by heated debates and a long, drawn-out vote count, Democratic state Senator-elect Andrew Gounardes sought to strike a bipartisan note as he prepares to succeed the man he defeated, Republican Marty Golden, in office on Jan. 1.
In one of his first major acts as a senator-elect, Gounardes made sure to include prominent Republicans on his 54-member transition team.
Craig Eaton, the former Brooklyn Republican Party chairperson, and Charles Capetanakis, a longtime GOP fundraiser, were among the names on Gounardes’ list when he announced his transition team on Nov. 27.