Yonkers Democratic Chair Tom Meier with DA candidate Susan Cacace
Yonkers Democratic Chair Tom Meier with endorsed candidate for District Attorney Susan Cacace
The Yonkers Democratic Executive Committee met on Feb.7 and endorsed George Latimer for Congress and Susan Cacace for District Attorney.
“I am so honored to have earned this endorsement,” said Cacace. “As Democrats, we are leading the way in making our criminal justice system stronger and fairer by not only holding wrongdoers accountable, but also showing compassion and finding better ways to prevent crime and get at-risk people on a better track.
“I am officially announcing my endorsement of Yonkers native Judge Susan Cacace for Westchester County DA. Her immense experience as a former prosecutor and a County Court Judge make her uniquely qualified to be out next District Attorney,” said Yonkers Democratic Chair Tom Meier
George Latimer was also selected by 80% of the weighted vote of the Democratic Exec. Committee, defeating Congressman Jamaal Bowman with 20%.
“We interviewed all of the candidates, and its obvious that the incumbent doesn’t really embrace and respect the democratic party. He has ignored the party until he wants an endorsement. He is more of a Working Families Party candidate. The majority of our committee supports George Latimer for Congress.”
Cacace defeated William Wagstaff in the exec. committee vote for DA by a 60%-40% margin. “Even though the party has spoken, it is disappointing -i’m that some members of the democratic party are not abiding by the results of the committee,” said Meier. Both Bowman and Wagstaff are running in democratic primaries against Latimer and Cacace in June, and both have the WFP endorsements.
A third democratic candidate for Westchester DA, Adeel Mirza, informed the Exec. Committee that he was withdrawing his name from consideration, but was still running in the democratic primary set for June 25.
