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It’s on! Council candidates begin the long march to the ballot

It’s a scream! Howard Dean endorses two guys in the same race!
The Brooklyn Paper / Julie Rosenberg

Hopefuls for two hotly contested City Council seats in Brownstone Brooklyn kicked off the primary election season in that most democratic of traditions: standing on street corners asking you to sign your name on their petition to get on the ballot.

Of course, the seven-way campaign to succeed Councilmen David Yassky and the five-man race to succeed Bill DeBlasio has been going on for months, but on Tuesday, candidates could officially get out there and ask for your support.

Hundreds of signatures must be collected in the next 30 days, but candidates typically collected hundreds more to ward off challenges to the validity of voters’ John Hancock (he’s dead, by the way, and can’t sign a petition).

John Heyer tried the art of persuasion on two voters at the corner of Court Street and Second Place on Tuesday.
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Here’s a list of the candidates you’ll be seeing all over in the next four weeks.

In the 33rd District (Greenpoint, Williamsburg, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope — currently occupied by Yassky)

Steve Levin

Jo Anne Simon

Jo Anne Simon, also a candidate for the City Council seat currently occupied by David Yassky, opened her petitioning in Concord Village in Downtown Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Evan Thies

Isaac Abraham

Doug Biviano

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Ken Baer

Ken Diamondstone

In the 39th District (Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens — currently occupied by DeBlasio)

Brad Lander

Brad Lander, also running to succeed Councilman Bill DeBlasio, sought signatures at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street in Park Slope.
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Josh Skaller

Bob Zuckerman

Gary Reilly

Bob Zuckerman hit the Park Slope Senior Center in search of petition signatures on Tuesday in an effort to get on the ballot for the City Council seat being vacated by Bill DeBlasio.
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

John Heyer