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The Race ...

City Council
District 38

Red Hook, South Park Slope and Sunset Park

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Election Results ...

General Election Results

Sara Gonzalez

Primary Results

Sara Gonzalez

Candidates...

The Incumbent:
Sara Gonzalez

General Election Challenger(s):
Vivian Vazquez-Hernandez

Primary Election Challenger(s):
David Galarza
Eddie Rodriguez

(Candidate Biographies below)

Feature Articles ...

Candidate Bios ...

The Incumbent:

Sara Gonzalez | Dem | WFP |
Sara Gonzalez was first elected to the City Council in a special election in 2002. She serves as the executive director of Hispanic Young People's Alternatives, a nonprofit organization that offers after-school and tutorial programs.

Challenger(s):

David Galarza | Dem |
David Galarza is a communications specialist for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. He worked in the public affairs departments of the former Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, former New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi, the New York City Board of Education, and the Children's Aid Society. He's also worked as a reporter and editor for several newspapers including The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Miami Herald. He is also a former member of community board 7.

Eddie Rodriguez | Dem |
Eddie Rodriguez is currently a Visiting Associate Clinical Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Social Justice. He has worked for several years in private practice and government service, at the Jacob D. Fuchsberg law firm and as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Eliot Spitzer, the Attorney General for the State of New York. He served as President of Community School Board District 15, on the executive board of the Park Slope Neighborhood Family Center, as a member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association and the Central Labor Council's Subcommittee on Immigrant Rights.

Vivian Vazquez-Hernandez | Rep | Con | IND |
Vivian Vazquez-Hernandez assists the director of admissions at the New Allen School. She is a chaplain for the United Chaplains of New York and a coordinator for the Board of Elections. She is president of the 51st Assembly District Republican Club and has served on community board 7.

Campaign Trail ...

Below are the latest Campaign Trail items for the District 38 race. For the full Campaign Trail archive, go here

El Diario Endorses Rodriguez in District 38

September 10, 2005
Sunset Park, Red Hook and South Park Slope are the neighborhoods that make up City Council District 38 in Brooklyn. The district is 51 percent Hispanic and 23 percent Asian, with a large immigrant population. It is also a place where the people are struggling with issues of affordable housing, unemployment, and schools that are failing the children. But an equally important issue in the district is leadership. Incumbent Sara M. González won a special election in 2002 after Angel Rodríguez was forced to resign because of charges of corruption. Gonzalez was re-elected in 2003. But at least initially her attendance record at City Council meetings was poor, and she seems timid and lacking in ideas or vision for the district. Candidate David Galarza, a communications specialist for CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME, has been impressive as a community activist and member of Community Board 7 in the district. But his professional background and experience make Edward Rodríguez the best qualified candidate for the City Council job. (El Diario-La Prensa)

District 38 Threesome

March 28, 2005
Sunset Park’s Eddie Rodriguez believes he can defeat Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez in the Democratic primary—“I wouldn’t be running if I didn’t think we could win,” he said—but his chances would obviously increase if he were the only challenger. So it can’t please him to know that another Gonzalez detractor, David Galarza, filed papers with the Campaign Finance Program at the same time as Rodriguez. Galarza said, “I’m making the preparations to be an official candidate.” (Courier Life)

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