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A DSA-backed challenger unseated a South Queens incumbent: Ridgewood’s ‘Commie Corridor’ handed him more than 1,500 votes

DSA-backed David Orkin unseated incumbent Jenifer Rajkumar in Assembly District 38, with Ridgewood’s 'Commie Corridor' delivering over 1,500 votes to seal his primary victory in South Queens.

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A DSA-backed challenger unseated a South Queens incumbent: Ridgewood’s ‘Commie Corridor’ handed him more than 1,500 votes

DSA-backed David Orkin unseated incumbent Jenifer Rajkumar in Assembly District 38, with Ridgewood’s 'Commie Corridor' delivering over 1,500 votes to seal his primary victory in South Queens.

A DSA-backed challenger unseated a South Queens incumbent: Ridgewood’s ‘Commie Corridor’ handed him more than 1,500 votes

A Democratic Socialists of America affiliated challenger named David Orkin knocked off a sitting state assemblymember in South Queens last month, and the neighborhood that put him over the top was Ridgewood, according to the Queens Chronicle.

Orkin beat incumbent Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar in the June 23 Democratic primary for Assembly District 38, which stretches from Ridgewood and Glendale down through Woodhaven, Ozone Park and Richmond Hill…

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