Assemblymember Micah Kellner was elected to the New York Assembly just over a year ago in a special election in June 2007. Kellner beat his Republican challenger with 64 percent of the vote. He is the first out bisexual member of the State Assemblymember.
Kellner's Republican challenger in this election is Georgiana Viest, an active member of the Republican Party who has been the manager of the Metropolitan Republican Club.
In his 32 Day Pre-General financial disclosure, Kellner reported having about $34,000 dollars in campaign funds. Viest has not filed any financial reports.
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A former police officer, Peter Rivera has represented Parkchester and other neighborhoods in the eastern part of the borough since 1992. And for much of that time, he has been running against Charles Serrano, an exterminator once described as someone " who has made something of a second career out of challenging Democratic incumbents."
In 2000, for example, Serrano challenged Rivera in the Democratic primary. Serrano won with 52 percent of the vote. This time, Serrano is trying a different tact running on the Republican and Conservative lines.
According to the most recent report, Rivera had a campaign balance of about $58,000 at the end of September despite having taken in no contributions in the previous three months. Although Serrano had filed campaign reports for previous campaigns, a report for this year was not available.
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Democrat Helene Weinstein, who has served in the State Assembly since 1980, faces Republican/Conservative challenger Alan Bellone next week.
Weinstein chairs the Assembly's judiciary committee and considers families and children one of her major advocacy issues. She has authored a law to require seat belts on school buses.
Information on her opponent, Bellone, could not be found.
Weinstein's campaign has raised almost $34,000 in the period covered by the 32 DayPre-General report, and by the end of September had $288,650 on hand. Bellone reported no contributions for that filing period.
The 41st Assembly district includes Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, Flatlands, Canarsie and East Flatbush in Brooklyn.
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