Key okay for assemblyman in Senate bid

REFORMER Brian Kavanagh has locked up the support he needs to get the Democratic nomination for a vacant state Senate seat after the Brooklyn party boss supported him in a back-room deal.

Sen. Daniel Squadron said last month he was stepping down from the seat covering downtown Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in the middle of his fifth two-year term.

Squadron made the decision after the deadline for candidates to get their names on the ballot for the Democratic primary. Instead, party bosses Sunday chose state Assemblyman Kavanagh for the Democratic line. The Manhattan party leader has 65% of the vote, and Brooklyn boss has 35%.

Brooklyn party boss Frank Seddio on Saturday night threw all of his borough’s votes to Kavanagh for the Nov. 7 general election. Coupled with a splintered vote in Manhattan, that gave Kavanagh the win. Seddio’s decision angered reform factions, including the New Kings Democrats, who backed lower Manhattan District Leader Paul Newell.

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