Golden-Kemmerer race heats up a week before Election Day
State Sen. Marty Golden is a man on a mission, according to sources in his re-election campaign. The lawmaker, who is running for a seventh term representing the 22nd Senate District in southwest Brooklyn, is focused not only on trying to win on Nov. 4, but also on getting the lion’s share of votes in the Bay Ridge portion of his district.
Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southwest Brooklyn) lost his home turf of Bay Ridge to Democrat Andrew Gounardes in the 2012 election and is determined not to let that happen again this time around, aides told the Brooklyn Eagle. Golden won re-election that year, largely because of a strong showing in neighborhoods like Marine Park, Gerristen Beach and Manhattan Beach. But Gounardes, a lawyer who now serves as chief counsel to Borough President Eric Adams, earned more votes in Bay Ridge than Golden did. Both Golden and Gounardes live in Bay Ridge.
Democrat James Kemmerer, owner of a tech company, is running against Golden this year and is determined to keep the incumbent from winning Bay Ridge, or any other part of the district for that matter.