2012 Election
The state's congressional districts have been redrawn in a manner which puts much of the territory of the old 10th Congressional district into the new 8th Congressional district. The election has a few competitors for what is now an open seat, with the 10th incumbent congressman Edolphus Towns retiring. State assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is facing off against New York City councilor Charles Barron. Heavily Democratic in registration, the eventual 8th Congressional district representative is expected to be one of these candidates, coming out of the Democratic primary.
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