NY-09: Clarke kicks off re-election campaign

Amid much fanfare, Caribbean-American Democratic U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke on Saturday, April 11, launched her campaign for reelection in the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn.

The largely Caribbean district includes neighborhoods such as Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
The primary election is June 23, and early voting is June 13 to 21.

The kickoff at Clarke’s headquarters on Nostrand Avenue, near Maple Street in Central Brooklyn, united supporters, community leaders, and district residents.

“I’m so grateful to be with you today, right here in the heart of the community that raised me,” said Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). “My parents came here looking for opportunity and built a life in Flatbush, a home I still live in today.


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