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Much Ado, Nothing Changes – Kings County Democratic Committee put on a show last night

County Committee member addressing the chair. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner_ Hundreds of people showed up to see “democracy in action” Thursday night at the Democratic Kings County Committee meeting but instead left more confused and with the same old, same old, including the re-election of County Chair Frank Seddio.

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Betty Anne Canizio, BOE Official Suspended Over Voter Purge, Still Running For District Leader In Bay Ridge

Betty Anna Canizio with former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes (Source: Facebook)Betty Anne Canizio — the Board Of Elections (BOE) official who was suspended in the aftermath of the purge of registered Brooklyn voters [/thousands-of-brooklyn/#.VzDADKODGko] revealed during New York’s presidential primary — has no intention of ending her campaign

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Rival Factions Vie For 19th Senate District Ahead Of Democratic Primary

Mercedes Narcisse announcing her candidacy for the 19th Senate District. (Photo: Mercedes Narcisse [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154012806839073&set=pb.524464072.-2207520000.1456179135.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)A turf war is underway for control of East Brooklyn’s State Senate seat. Mercedes Narcisse, a

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Embattled Senator Sampson Has Backing Of Brooklyn’s Top Democrat, But Few Others

State Senator John Sampson, facing three primary challengers and multiple federal corruption charges, has the backing of Brooklyn’s top Democrat even as his reelection chances look bleak. The influential chair of the Kings County Democratic Committee, Frank Seddio, says that the organization is not formally backing the embattled pol.

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Video: Ari Kagan Campaign Kickoff Marred By Heckler Calling Him A “Foot Soldier For KGB”

And they’re off! The race for the 48th District of the City Council, currently occupied by term-limited Councilman Michael Nelson, officially kicked off yesterday as 45th Assembly District Leader Ari Kagan became the first candidate to officially throw his hat in the ring. But it wasn’t without drama.

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Felder’s Switch to GOP Provokes Strong Reactions Around New York

Simcha Felder’s move to caucus with Republicans and move the GOP within one vote of controlling the State Senate has provoked reactions from around the state. • “People sell their souls all the time” was the first line in a New York post article [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/

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New Candidate In Race For Fidler’s Council Seat

Facebook via PolitickerNY.comThey come in threes now. Another candidate has stepped forward with the intention of running for Councilman Lew Fidler’s City Council seat, says Politicker NY [http://www.politickerny.com/2012/01/23/new-candidate-emerges-for-lew-fidlers-council-seat/] . “If the seat opens, I will be contesting it,” Ivrol Hines, the publisher