Tuesday night brought an historic upset triggered by an insurgent candidate running against the Queens political establishment. No, not Tiffany Cabán — this one was a landslide. Lumarie Maldonado Cruz scored a resounding victory in the borough’s first primary for a civil court judge seat in over a decade, defeating the Queens Democratic Party’s pick, […]
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Insurgent Candidate Battles Queens Democratic Party in Primary for Judgeship
If last year’s victory of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the congressional seat held by the Queens County Democratic Party chair was the earthquake, then Lumarie Maldonado Cruz’ bid for a civil court judgeship is an aftershock. For the first time in a generation, a candidate is running in a party primary to challenge the county […]