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‘I Don’t See How He Wins’: A Queens Democrat Sees His Way To City Hall

The Democrat running in Ridgewood says Bob Holden won't hold on

‘I Don’t See How He Wins’: A Queens Democrat Sees His Way To City Hall

‘I Don’t See How He Wins’: A Queens Democrat Sees His Way To City Hall

The Democrat running in Ridgewood says Bob Holden won't hold on

‘I Don’t See How He Wins’: A Queens Democrat Sees His Way To City Hall
A year after Donald Trump won the nearby neighborhoods of Middle Village and parts of Forest Hills, voters in their city council district sent a former graphic designer named Robert Holden to city hall. Like Trump, Holden was a Queens-born Democrat with a limited background in politics who was endorsed by the Republican party and notched a surprise win.

“I don’t see how he wins,” Juan Ardila told Bushwick Daily about Holden’s prospects this time…

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