Clinton and Spano Announce for Bramson
And Schumer and Spitzer Switch to Bramson
by Judy Silberstein
( September 17, 2002) One week after winning the Democratic
primary on September 10, Noam Bramson has picked up
a number of influential endorsements in his campaign
to become the New York State Assemblyman for the 91st
district.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey and County Executive Andrew
Spano will be serving as Co-Chairs of his campaign.
Prior to September 10, pictures of Congresswoman Lowey
had appeared in Mr. Bramson's campaign material, but
she had not formally announced an endorsement. At this
point, she is openly supporting Bramson who has worked
in her campaigns and as her speech writer for the past
ten years. Mr. Spano also made no endorsement during
the primary race, but is now playing a role in Mr. Bramson's
campaign.
Other major new support for Bramson comes from U.S.
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer
and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitze. In the case
of Senator Clinton, this is her first public endorsement
in the 91st Assembly race. However, it was less than
two weeks ago when Schumer and Spitzer first waded into
the race - and that was on the Tocci side (See
9/04/2002 Spitzer and Schumer for Tocci). Now that
Bramson has bested Tocci, 62% to 38%, these two Democrats
have shifted their support to the winner of the Democratic
primary. For a complete list of New York leaders who
have just announced support for Bramson, see
the 9/17/2000 press release.
Mr. Tocci is continuing to run for the State Assembly,
but he will not appear on the Democratic line on the
November ballots. Early in the primary race, he chose
to accept endorsements from the Republican, Conservative,
Independence, and Working Families Parties and will
be appearing on their lines. (See
Republicans Endorse Tocci.) At that point, many
Larchmont and Mamaroneck Democratic leaders denounced
Tocci's relationship with the Republicans and threw
their support behind Bramson. (See
Democratic Leaders Denounce Tocci.)
Congresswoman Nita Lowey with Noam Bramson and his
wife Catie Stern as he announced his victory over Ron
Tocci on primary election eve, September 10, 2002.
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