Dan Donovan wins special election in New York to fill Michael Grimm seat
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Version 0 of 1. Dan Donovan, the district attorney connected to the Eric Garner police chokehold death case, has won a special election to fill a New York City congressional seat that became vacant when the Republican incumbent pleaded guilty to tax fraud. With more than 70% of precincts reporting, Donovan, a Republican, had 58% of the vote on Tuesday and Democrat Vincent Gentile had 41% in the 11th congressional district. Donovan came to national attention last year when a Staten Island grand jury he empaneled did not charge a white police officer in the videotaped chokehold death of Garner, an unarmed black man. Congressman Michael Grimm stepped down from the seat after pleading guilty in December to federal tax evasion. The district covers Staten Island and a small part of Brooklyn. |