(Charles) Rangel Holds Lead at End of Vote Count
Source: NY Times
Representative Charles B. Rangel maintained a nearly 1,000-vote lead on Saturday after election officials finished a hand count of the ballots in the June Democratic primary, giving him an edge in his bid for a 22nd term in the House.
After the New York City Board of Elections finished counting several thousand provisional and absentee ballots on Friday, it turned to ballots that had been declared invalid but, after challenges from the candidates, were reinstated.
In the end, Mr. Rangel, with 18,940 votes, had a lead of 990 over his main rival, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who had 17,950 votes.
The two men have been battling to represent the reconfigured 13th Congressional District, which includes parts of northern Manhattan and the Bronx. Long a seat of black political power, the district now has a mostly Hispanic population.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/nyregion/after-hand-count-rangel-holds-lead-over-espaillat-in-primary.html
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CREWs Most Corrupt Report 2009: The 15 Most Corrupt Members of Congress
The Most Corrupt Members of Congress for 2009
Laura Richardson
Pete Visclosky
Maxine Waters
Don Young
Roland Burris
John Ensign
Mitch McConnell
Vern Buchanan
Ken Calvert
Nathan Deal
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Jerry Lewis
Alan Mollohan
John Murtha
Charles Rangel
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington was founded in 2003 to expose, deter and litigate legal and ethical wrongdoing by members of Congress. The idea for the organization originated in part with co-founder Norman Eisen, as a counter-weight to conservative watchdog groups like Judicial Watch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington
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