Blue Wave Washes Ashore in Southwest Brooklyn
BY HELEN KLEIN, JOHN ALEXANDER, JAIME DEJESUS, AMANDA GLODOWSKI, PAULA KATINAS & MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
A blue wave certainly appears to have washed over southwest Brooklyn, bringing with it victory for Democrats in heavily contested races.
In what can easily be viewed as the end of an era, Andrew Gounardes appears to have defeated long-time state Sen. Marty Golden, who was first elected in 2002, after serving in the City Council for four years, beginning in 1998.