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Herman Badillo Back With The Democrats
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Nov 23, 2011 01:07am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Celeste Katz |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Daily News |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Badillo announced this morning that he's switching parties.
“Today, I am proudly announcing that I am returning to my political roots and am rejoining the Democratic Party, the party that was my political home for most of my life. It was as a Democrat that I was elected as the first United States Congressman of Puerto Rican origin in the history of the nation. It was as a Democrat that I served as the first Borough President of Hispanic origin in the history of New York City. It was as a Democrat that I served as the first Hispanic Deputy Mayor in New York City in the administration of Edward I. Koch. And, it was as a Democrat that I ran for Mayor of New York City three times,” Badillo wrote in an emailed announcement.
Of course, it was as a Republican that Badillo ran against, and lost to -- Mayor Bloomberg in the 2001 GOP primary. |
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