Colton supporters urge him to run for congress
With the Staten Island Republican Party announcing its selection of that borough’s District Attorney Daniel Donovan as its candidate to run for the congressional seat left vacant by Michael Grimm, attention is now turning to the Democratic Party.
On Sunday, supporters of Assemblymember Bill Colton (D-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) organized a rally at the United Progressive Democratic Club, his political clubhouse in Bensonhurst, to try to convince the nine-term Assembly member to throw his hat into the ring.
Colton didn’t announce that he’s running, but he did tell supporters that he is giving it some serious thought.
“You are here urging me to run, and I’m listening to you,” he said at the rally, which was organized by Councilmember Mark Treyger and Nancy Tong and Charles Ragusa, the Democratic Party’s district leaders of the 47th Assembly District, the district Colton represents.