At a public housing complex in Coney Island, Brooklyn, a powerful Democratic councilman sought to quickly make the case for why voters should reject his opponent.
“He was elected as a Democrat,” the councilman, Justin Brannan, said to a resident.
“But he sold us out and became a Trump Republican.”Until recently, that simple argument would have been persuasive enough to convince most voters in this part of New York.
Mr. Brannan’s opponent is Ari Kagan, a councilman who was elected as a Democrat to represent Coney Island, but is now a Republican.
Because of redistricting, Mr. Brannan and Mr. Kagan have wound up contesting the same district.
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