New York +Get Out Your Primary Vote, in Brooklyn the Choice is Black & White

New York - Today is Primary Day in the city and state, with candidates tickets to be selected for Governor, Attorney General, Senate, Congress, and more.

If you're registered to the Democratic or Republican party, get out and vote!

In the heavily Democratic Brooklyn, where winning the primary virtually guarantees a victory in the general election, the battle to succeed retiring Rep. Major Owens has drawn more notice than any other New York City race, with the prospect that a historically black district could elect a white newcomer.
Since the entry of City Councilman David Yassky, the contest has revolved around the possibility that the three black candidates would split the minority vote in a district once represented, the first black woman in Congress.

Yassky was heckled -- and someone hurled a chocolate glazed doughnut -- at an appearance earlier this month in front of a Wyckoff Gardens housing project. Many of those jeering were supporters of other candidates in the race.
Yassky is competing with Yvette Clarke, who has strong support within the district's Caribbean community, state senator Carl Andrews, who has ties to the county Democrats' organization, and Chris Owens, the son of the current congressman.

The racial divisions generated the most attention.