Keith Powers, the incumbent in the 74th Assembly District now has an uncontested path to the Democratic party nomination as the two main challengers in the race both said that they are suspending their respective races.
Community activists Kevin O’Keefe and Josh Arnon both said they were suspending their campaigns in the Democratic primary within minutes of one another on Feb. 20.
Powers won a special election on Feb. 3 over Republican/Conservative business Joe Foley to fill the unexpired term of Harvey Epstein, who opted to leave the seat in order to run for City Council. As the incumbent, Powers was already a heavy favorite in the primary race and a heavy favorite in the November election. The heavily Democratic district covers parts of the lower East Side, the East Village, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village , Gramercy Park, Union Squard, Tudor City, Kips Bay, Union Square and parts of Murray Hill. …