Brannan edges out Fox, retains 43rd District City Council seat
After trailing by 255 votes when election night ended, incumbent Councilmember Justin Brannan of the 43rd Council District has retained the seat after the counting of nearly 1,800 absentee ballots, it was announced Tuesday.
Brannan slightly edged out Republican challenger Brian Fox in the district, which includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and part of Bensonhurst.
“Despite being up against a red wave driven by misinformation, lies, and one of the dirtiest campaigns southern Brooklyn has ever seen, we prevailed,” Brannan said. “We refused to be defined by simplistic right or left labels. We refused to be defined by the falsehoods of my opponent.