Good Morning, Brooklyn: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
CAPTURED 90 PERCENT OF PARTY’S VOTE: Brian Cunningham has won the Kings County Democratic County Committee vote to be the Democratic nominee for the Assembly District 43 special election slated for March 22, capturing 90 percent of that vote. The special election in A.D. 43, which includes parts of Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Flatbush, is to fill the vacancy created when Assemblymember Diana Richardson was named Deputy Borough President last month.
Cunningham received 19,087 weighted votes. Votes are weighted by Election District based on turnout in gubernatorial elections. The other nominees were Pierre Albert, Jelanie DeShong, Tim Hunter and Sharon Wedderburn.
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