Socialist Salazar faces incumbent Democrat Dilan in NY Senate primary
A socialist candidate for New York’s state Senate finds out on Thursday whether odd revelations about her life story will doom her bid to join the ranks of leftist insurgents knocking out mainstream Democrats.
Julia Salazar’s campaign against Sen. Martin Dilan, a 16-year incumbent in Brooklyn’s 18th Senate District, began attracting attention last spring after fellow Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scored a surprise win in June’s congressional primary.
But recently, the race has become a soap opera as reporters began digging into her background.