2008 House Primary Election
Meeks was criticized for initially supporting Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. His House primary election challenger was Ruben Wills, a former chief of staff for State Senator Shirley L. Huntley and an organizer for Obama. Wills said “I was on board with Obama from Day 1. Meeks had to be dragged across the line.” Some suggest that a young black political class is seeking to assert the neighborhood’s power against what it sees as an older establishment, based in Harlem, that has long exercised disproportionate influence in New York City.
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