New York Daily News

Upstart dem – i’m $urging vs. b’klyn rep

- Jillian Jorgensen

A 30-YEAR-OLD Harvard grad looking to unseat Rep. Yvette Clarke in the June Democratic primary has raised more than $120,000 since launching his campaign in October, he told the Daily News.

“I think there’s great enthusiasm for not only my campaign but wanting to make a difference in this community,” Adem Bunkeddeko said in a telephone interview.

The candidate (photo) — a Crown Heights resident and member of Community Board 8 who until recently created jobtrainin­g programs at Brooklyn Community Services — said he’d raised $120,949 for the fourth quarter of 2017. Those filings will be made public next month.

“No corporatio­ns, no PACs, all from individual­s,” he said.

He’ll be up against a 12-year incumbent, Yvette Clarke — daughter of former City Councilwom­an Una Clarke. Between the two of them, a Clarke has been an incumbent in either the Council or Congress in Brooklyn since 1991.

Clarke had $94,828 cash on hand at the end of the last filing period, which ran through Sept. 30. Her own fourth quarter filing won’t be public until next month. A campaign spokeswoma­n declined to say how much she had raised.

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