The Bronx County Democratic Committee voted to endorse Queens Councilman John Liu in the Sept. 29 runoff election for the citywide Comptroller position. Liu was the leading vote-getter in the crowded Democratic primary, but failed to get the 40 percent needed to avoid a runoff with second-place finisher David Yassky, a councilman from Brooklyn. But it wasn’t a unanimous decision. The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, made up of the Riverdale political establishment, broke ranks and endorsed Yassky.
[Update (9/30/09): Liu easily defeated Yassky in the runoff election on Sept. 29.]
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