Hynes to re-enter D.A. race On Republican, Conservative lines?
Vanquished Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, who was defeated in the Democratic Primary last month by Ken Thompson and was then urged by Republican and Conservative party leaders to run on their lines in November, has thrown his hat back into the ring, the New York Post reported on Thursday.
Hynes’s return to the campaign marked the latest turning point in the twisting saga over who will become Brooklyn’s top prosecutor. Thompson beat Hynes 55 percent to 45 percent in the Sept. 10 Democratic Primary, after which Hynes conceded the race and announced that he would help clear the way for Thompson to make a smooth transition into the District Attorney’s Office.
But in the weeks following the primary, Hynes was approached by several political figures, including state Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn) and New York State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, who urged him to run against Thompson in November.
Hynes’ name is on the election ballot on both the Republican and Conservative lines. The question surrounding him involved whether he would actively campaign. “He clearly could possibly be in a position to win if he campaigned,” Long told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in a recent interview.