Charlie Rangel Wins Bronx/Manhattan House Primary

It’s official. Charlie Rangel is the newest representative of the Bronx. Obviously, we’ll have more on this in the coming days, weeks, months, years. But for now, we need to put this week’s paper to night night as my daughter would say. Thanks for tuning in. Hope you enjoyed and were informed by our dispatches from the field today. Special shout out to our crack team of hard-working young reporters Sarah Ramirez, Jaleesa Baulkman and Chloe Rickert. You guys rock. Night night.

Primary Dispatches from the Bronx: Norwood

Reactions to the voter turnout in Norwood range from “just all right” to “pretty good” to “amazing” for today’s primary elections. The neighborhood is just one of several in the northwest Bronx that are now included in the new 13th Congressional district. (Northern Manhattan makes up the majority of the district; Rep. Charlie Rangel is running for re-election.) The scene at MS 80 on Moshulo Parkway, where about 90 Bronxites had voted as of 5:45 p.m., was quiet. While not remarkable numbers, one poll worker commented that the turnout was “amazing” compared to previous elections she had worked. According to a poll watcher, the

Primary Dispatches from the Bronx: University Heights

Earlier this morning, we stopped by two polling sites in University Heights. The coordinators at PS 15 and PS 33 said that they are not sure what the voter turnout will be because of the new congressional redistricting lines and an unusually early primary date.

Primary Dispatches from the Bronx: Van Cortlandt Village

Van Cortlandt Village voters have slowly been filing into their polling centers as today marks the primary date for the newly-formed 13th Congressional District, which also includes the northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge and University Heights.

Primary Dispatches from the Bronx: Kingsbridge Heights

Things were a bit slow at PS 86 in Kingsbridge Heights this morning as Primary Day in the 13th Congressional District got started. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., but four hours in, at 10 a.m., only 34 people had showed up to vote for their representative in Congress.

Primary Election Day Thread

The Norwood News will be out and about today, talking to primary voters in the 13th Congressional District, which now stretches from East Harlem into the northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, University Heights and Marble Hill (technically part of Manhattan, but we consider them one of our own).

Primary Day Voter Guide

With primaries coming up next week (months earlier than your traditional primary in New York), we’ve compiled this handy voter guide with answers to when, how and where to make your vote count.

Bronx/NY-13 News Roundup, June 25

One day until the June 26 primary that will change the face of Bronx politics. Despite there being the formality of a general election in November, tomorrow’s Democratic primary will determine who will become the Bronx’s newest representative in Congress. That’s because no Republican candidate has a chance against whichever Democratic candidate emerges victorious in the newly constituted 13th Congressional District, which stretches from El Barrio into the northwest Bronx and shares a common blue blood.

Bronx Breakdown: How Will Endorsments Affect Bronx/Manhattan House Race

In his campaign for re-election in the 13th Congressional District, which now includes the northwest Bronx and has its primary on Tuesday, June 26, Charlie Rangel is not lacking for endorsements. Today, he added a bunch of out of town political allies that nobody in the district has ever of