August 25, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 34
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Bay Ridge: Steve Harrison vs. Mike McMahon in the 13th Congressional District
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del.icio.usThis is the race that almost never was. If police hadn’t arrested Rep. Vito Fossella for drunk driving in May, and if Fossella’s sleazy personal life had not come to light, at least one of the candidates — Staten Island City Councilman Mike McMahon — would have sat it out.
McMahon is facing Steve Harrison, the former Bay Ridge Community Board 10 chairman who took on Fossella in the 2006 general election and came away with 43 percent of the vote.
Harrison hopes to appeal to the Democratic Party’s left wing in the generally conservative district.
McMahon, flush with major party support, concedes that he struck while the proverbial iron was hot. But he says that his two victories in races for City Council prove he can win on Election Day.
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