Rangel Foe Tries Again

Adriano Espaillat (D) kicked off his rematch campaign against Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) this afternoon, “vowing to unify the district as he attempts to defeat the state’s longest-serving congressman once again,” the New York Observer reports.

“Espaillat came just over a 1,000 votes of beating Rangel two years ago in a vicious primary battle that oftentimes seemed to devolve into a war between the black and Hispanic alliances in the quickly-changing 13th Congressional District, which spans from Harlem though Washington Heights to the Bronx.”