With just under a month to go before the Aug. 15 deadline to declare candidacy for this September’s State Assembly primary election, Assemblyman Luis Diaz (86th District) has resigned from his post to work for Gov. David Paterson as his downstate government and community affairs person.
Diaz had indicated he wanted Hector Ramirez, the current male district leader, to take his place. But his vacancy committee with the Bronx Democratic Party ended up choosing Nelson Castro, a former staffer of Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat. Ramirez and Castro, a former Republican, were both expected to run for Maria Baez’s Council seat when her term runs out in 2009, according to the Daily News.
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