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		<title>The Race for Gerson&#8217;s Seat</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:15:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<p><p>Here's a flier going around the Lower Manhattan district represented by Alan Gerson, one of the <a href="http://www.politickerny.com/5280/cu-goes-de-blasio-and-liu-dadey-lowers-expectations">few incumbents</a> who's having a tough primary race.</p>
<p>Since it's Manhattan, good-government issues actually matter, so Gerson's attendance rate and vote to extend term limits have come up frequently.</p>
<p>But he has a crowded field, meaning that it's unclear who, if anyone, the opposition vote will solidify around. Also, there are two credible Asian-American candidates, which could lead to a split vote in that community.</p>
<p>Gerson's opponents are Pete Gleason, a former firemen who got Freddy Ferrer’s endorsement but has had lackluster fund-raising; P.J. Kim, who has raised lots of money ($104,562), was endorsed over Gerson by The New York Times. <del>and is being supported by the Working Families Party</del>; Margaret Chin, who has raised $116,405, and has run for the office before; and Arthur Gregory, who’s barely raised any money and wants to create “virtual district offices.”</p>
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<p><p>Here's a flier going around the Lower Manhattan district represented by Alan Gerson, one of the <a href="http://www.politickerny.com/5280/cu-goes-de-blasio-and-liu-dadey-lowers-expectations">few incumbents</a> who's having a tough primary race.</p>
<p>Since it's Manhattan, good-government issues actually matter, so Gerson's attendance rate and vote to extend term limits have come up frequently.</p>
<p>But he has a crowded field, meaning that it's unclear who, if anyone, the opposition vote will solidify around. Also, there are two credible Asian-American candidates, which could lead to a split vote in that community.</p>
<p>Gerson's opponents are Pete Gleason, a former firemen who got Freddy Ferrer’s endorsement but has had lackluster fund-raising; P.J. Kim, who has raised lots of money ($104,562), was endorsed over Gerson by The New York Times. <del>and is being supported by the Working Families Party</del>; Margaret Chin, who has raised $116,405, and has run for the office before; and Arthur Gregory, who’s barely raised any money and wants to create “virtual district offices.”</p>
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