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Only the Party Is Minor, Not Its Councilwoman
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| Contributor | mtrz |
| Last Edited | mtrz Nov 19, 2003 04:16pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | We lost a rising star in Davis, but got another one in James. I really like her and think she will absolutely rise to something. Maybe the next black mayor.
>LETITIA JAMES, who captured a New York City Council seat on the Working Families Party line, is recalling a political opponent's remark just two weeks ago. "He said, `Why don't you start a family? Why don't you find a man?" says Ms. James, a lawyer who is 44, single and not the sort to be baited.
Ms. James, who is nearly six feet tall, pauses before going on. "I told him — no, I'm not going to tell you what I told him," she says, shaking her head, refusing to name the opponent.
In any event, Ms. James emerged victorious over three male contenders as the first third-party candidate to win a Council seat in three decades. The Working Families Party achieved a landmark victory, having been founded only in 1998, and Ms. James, a longtime Democratic Party insider, finds herself in the spotlight. |
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