Grimm vs. Donovan race sets up political Civil War
Former Congressmember Michael Grimm’s announcement on Sunday that he is mounting a political comeback to try and regain his House seat in 2018 represented the first shot fired in a Civil War in local Republican Party politics and set up the intriguing specter of a convicted felon running against an ex-district attorney.
At a rally on Staten Island on Oct. 1, Grimm announced that he will run to take back the seat he once held representing the 11th Congressional District (Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island).
The seat is currently held by Republican Dan Donovan, the former Staten Island district attorney.