Is Staten Island ready to be represented by a progressive?
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Is Staten Island ready to be represented by a progressive?
Brittany Ramos DeBarros certainly thinks so, after gaining more than 1,000 donors in the first two months of her congressional campaign.
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Just two months after filing to run for Staten Island and southern Brooklyn’s conservative-leaning congressional seat in 2022, political newcomer Brittany Ramos DeBarros raised nearly $129,000 from more than 1,000 donors, she told City & State.
The progressive Democrat and Afro-Latina combat veteran is trying to win the support of the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican who represents the 11th Congressional District, defeated moderate Democrat Max Rose last year. She said she is not concerned about running as a left-leaning candidate in a conservative district that no moderate Democrat – let alone a progressive Democrat �