The Crown Heights State Senate Race

What does running for such a seat entail?

Jesse Hamilton stated on his facebook feed that he and his staff went to 24 Block Association Parties, and 6 Churches this weekend alone.

https://www.facebook.com/jessehamilt3rd

I assume his main competitor, Dorancy is putting in similar effort.

I also saw a post for an upcoming 20th Senatorial District tenants forum. (Mr. Hamilton's name is on the flyer somewhere too.) 

At the BK Museum stop? Good and strategic place to campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if his people were to pop up at the Prospect Park train station soon. 

@whynot_31 - I was right! Jesse Hamilton was there at the Lincoln Rd entrance of the Prospect Park station this morning. Eric Adams was there with him to help him campaign.  

That's good news. That means he thinks that riders at that stop are likely to vote, and therefore worth his time.

I assume Dorancy will be there soon, if he hasn't been there already:
http://www.dorancy4senate.com/launch/

I did stop this morning ( I normally don't b/c I am usually rushing to work LOL). I did say, "yes, I recognize you because you came to [my apartment complex]" (which is true). 

I might go to the candidates forum/debate on Wed Aug 27th sponsored by PHNDC (see Aug 15th post above), if only to see how they change their pitch in response to a different audience.

At the BRIC event, the audience was mostly die hard supporters and family members, so the "real audience" of undecided voters who would see the show on TV had to be imagined. In my view, the candidates seemed to imagine them as lower income folks who wanted government to mitigate macro economic changes.

However, at the Aug 27th event, they will be debating in front of a CIVIC club in a neighborhood (Prospect Heights) that is now pretty wealthy.

As a result of advertising the event more effectively than BRIC, my sense is that they may get an actual audience.

...One which has is different than the TV one they imagined, in that it has a different focus and is less susceptible to blatant populist appeals.

Needless to say, this one on Thursday (Aug 28th) at the United Lubavitch Yeshiva should also be a sight to see:

@whynot_31, say hi to Tim if you go.

Would you bring cards? 

Yup.

Press:   http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-political-honchos-fight-tip-scale-fight-open-state-senate-seat-article-1.1916497

Summary:   One candidate is endorsed by Eric Adams, the other is endorsed by Bill DeBlasio.

Threads collide!

Women dressed in jeans and other "immodest" attire attend a Candidates Forum held in a Crown Heights Lubavitch Schul.

....the earth does not quake. I don't think anyone even notices.

Nor am I surprised.

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44402/crown-heights-dress-code#Item_80

This press about the event pretty much matches what I experienced:

http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=31799&alias=candidates-debate-avoid-answers#comments

Lot of photos.

NY1 televises another debate: http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/inside_city_hall/214922/ny1-online--candidates-for-brooklyn-state-senate-seat-debate-on-ny1/

This seems like a very inexpensive way to imply "in group" support....

This flyer states that the orthodox community of Crown Heights is behind Dorancy.   However, I do not perceive their support to be as united as implied.    

And, the guys in the photo did not assemble for said endorsement:

 

That endorsement is interesting. I wonder what the rationale is.

Presumably they have reason to believe he will be more amenable to representing their interests than his opponent.

Or, from the perspective of the Dorancy campaign:

-They believe that the Lubavitch will vote in great enough numbers that they are worth courting.

-They believe that the Lubavitch have a strong enough "group loyalty" that merely stating that Dorancy has been endorsed, will cause Lubavitch to vote accordingly.

Remember, only about 20% of eligible voters are expected to vote tomorrow.

I was at a meeting when someone brought up the issue discussed in this article this to Rubain Dorancy:

Political Candidate Accuses Foe of Ignoring Rape Reports Without Proof

A candidate for the 20th District State Senate Seat accused his foe of ignoring six complaints of rape and assault at a senior home during a heated debate Thursday — yet had little information to substantiate the claims, DNAinfo New York has learned.

I attended that debate, and perceived it as really desperate move by Dorancy.

BTW, this may be the main reason Dorancy has earned their support:  

This article seems to confirm what I stated above, ie the Lubavitch community is not united behind either candidate:

http://crownheights.info/communal-matters/452682/conflicting-endorsements-from-crown-heights-groups/

...but each group/candidate wants the undecided voters to believe that the research on who will serve them best has been done for them, and reached a clear conclusion.

-Jesse Hamilton will replace current Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams as State Senator of the 20th district, in Brooklyn, defeating Rubain Dorancy by about 65-30%.

http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/government/5303-primary-election-results-2014-cuomo-hochul-teachout-wu