The New York Observer
33am On a night in which congressional incumbents across the city fended off primary challengers but emerged victorious, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries won a sweeping victory over Councilman Charles Barron, signaling a new era in Brooklyn politics.
NY Daily News
Mark Bonifacio/New York Daily News State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries trounced City Councilman Charles Barron in a shwondown for Brooklyn's 8th Congressional District. With 54% of precincts reporting, the Associated Press deemed Jeffries the easy...
SF Gate
Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel , the gravelly-voiced New York City congressman whose career has already lasted more than four decades despite the taint of an ethics scandal, overcame demographic changes in his district to win a chance at a 22nd term...
SF Gate
N.Y. (AP) Wendy Long won a three-way Republican primary Tuesday with a strong performance in upstate New York to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall's race for the U.S...Long, a New York City attorney, defeated Nassau County comptroller...
Washington Post
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) has won the Democratic nomination in his Harlem-based district, paving the way for a 22nd term in Congress as he turned aside a crowded primary field Tuesday. With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Rangel led state Sen.
Star Tribune
Sen. Orrin Hatch, a conservative Utah Republican, and Rep. Charles Rangel, a liberal New York Democrat, have nearly eight decades of incumbency between them...Primaries also were being held in three other states: Oklahoma, South Carolina and Colorado.