Bay Ridge political races feature diverse candidates
With Campaign 2012 winding down to a precious few days, candidates for local congressional and state legislative seats are busy making last minute pitches to voters in the hope of swaying the election their way.
In southern Brooklyn, a pattern is emerging in many of the political races. Nearly all of them involve an experienced incumbent being challenged by a newcomer who has never run for public office before.
That’s the case in the 22nd State Senate District, where five-term incumbent Marty Golden, a Republican who is also running with Conservative Party support, is locked in a bitter battle with Democrat Andrew Gounardes, a lawyer running for office for the first time.