NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel in the congressional Democratic primary, on the heels of a poll that showed Rangel slightly ahead.
One of the longest-serving members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, is in a fight just to hang on to his seat and days from a too-close-to-call primary, but the race’s potential kingmaker—a former Rangel ally—is remaining conspicuously silent.
Adriano Espaillat and incumbent congressman Charles Rangel had harsh words for each other during the one-hour debate at Brooklyn’s Lehman College, despite few disagreements on substantive issues.
Less than a decade ago, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel tore through any opponents in his re-election campaigns, stalking through the primaries and pouncing on double-digit victories that returned him to the House of Representatives time and time again for more than 40 years.
New York primaries for Congress and a U.S. Senator position ended with a few surprises and a look toward the general election in November by political analysts.