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Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake—a
34-year-old veteran of ex-President Barack Obama’s presidential
campaign and White House—might have seemed a longshot when he launched
his bid late last year for one of the Democratic National Committee’s
six vice chair slots, but a month after his victory he proclaimed that
the “Bronx is here and we’re here to stay,” signaling his own return
to the national stage.
Blake and Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng both won their bids in the vote among party insiders held in Atlanta in February—and, combined with new Chairman Tom Perez
and Treasurer Bill Derrough, make four New Yorkers in the national
party organization’s leadership. Rumors abound that Blake is eyeing
Bronx Congressman José Serrano’s seat, despite just two years experience
in Albany—and the DNC post has brought him back to the national scene
from the Bronx for the second time, a decade after he after he
spearheaded on the Obama campaign in Iowa.
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Source: Observer (via The Empire Report)
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