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The Race ...

City Council
District 7

Inwood, Washington Heights and West Harlem

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Election Results ...

General Election Results

Robert Jackson

Primary Results

Robert Jackson

Candidates...

The Incumbent:
Robert Jackson

General Election Challenger(s):
Allen Cox
Michael Petelka

Primary Election Challenger(s):
Victor A. Bernace

(Candidate Biographies below)

Campaign Finance Board General Election Voter Guide for District 7

Campaign Finance Board Voter Guide for District 7

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Candidate Bios ...

The Incumbent:

Robert Jackson | Dem | WFP |
Robert Jackson was elected to the City Council in 2001. He was part of the lawsuit by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity in which a judge ordered the state to give more money to New York City's schools, and is the director of field services in New York City and Long Island for the New York State Public Employees Federation. He has served as a representative to community school board 6, as president of a tenants association, and as a member of the Concerned Democratic Coalition of Northern Manhattan.

Challenger(s):

Victor A. Bernace | Dem |
Victor Armando Bernace is a lawyer and a professor at John Jay College. He has worked in the district attorneys office, worked with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund, and has served as a union delegate for the United Federation of Teachers. He is a former school teacher. He ran for City Council in 2001 and 2003.

Allen Cox | IND |
Allen Cox is an organizer for the Independence Party.

Michael Petelka | Rep |

Campaign Trail ...

Below are the latest Campaign Trail items for the District 7 race. For the full Campaign Trail archive, go here

Council Candidate’s Racy Fundraiser Draws a Crowd – and Criticism

September 9, 2005
A City Council candidate's racy fund-raiser attracted operatives and oglers, who shunned dirty politics for dirty dancing last night.

(New York Daily News)

Amsterdam News Endorses Jackson

September 8, 2005
Robert Jackson has created an enviable record during his first term as councilman in District Seven. He has raised money for non-profit housing and has worked religiously with housing groups from the community who wish to restore or encourage home purchasing for middle and low-income families. He is a housing preservationist and advocate of restorable housing stock. His work in the council make his background in law a valuable asset to his constituents. We urge his re-election to the City Council in District seven. (Amsterdam News)

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