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Alvin Bragg Clinches Manhattan DA Primary
Law360 (July 2, 2021, 3:23 PM EDT) Former New York state and federal prosecutor Alvin L. Bragg Jr. is poised to become the next Manhattan district attorney after winning the Democratic primary Friday, besting a crowded field in a heated race that focused on criminal justice reform.
Bragg, a former chief deputy attorney general in New York and assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan, edged out his closest rival, former federal prosecutor Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who conceded the race on Friday. Earlier today, I spoke with Alvin Bragg and congratulated him on his historic election as Manhattan s first Black district attorney, Farhadian Weinstein said in an email. We had important disagreements.
Alvin Bragg poised to win Manhattan DA Democratic primary, setting him up to lead probe into Trump Organization
KMIZ
By Sonia Moghe, CNN
Alvin Bragg is set to win the Democratic primary for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, after his top challenger conceded Thursday setting the former state and federal prosecutor up to eventually lead the investigation into the Trump Organization.
Bragg will likely succeed current district attorney Cyrus Vance, whose term is set to expire at the end of the year, as Manhattan is largely Democratic. He’ll first face Republican Thomas Keniff, a former prosecutor, JAG lawyer, Iraq war veteran and defense attorney in the general election in November.
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Sputnik International
By Syndicated Content
By Jonathan Allen and Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) â Alvin Bragg, a former federal prosecutor and civil rights lawyer, looked likely to become the next Manhattan district attorney after his main rival for the Democratic nomination, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, conceded on Friday.
Bragg, 47, would become the first Black person to lead one of the countryâs most high-profile prosecutorâs offices, which made headlines this week with a sweeping indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trumpâs namesake company and its longtime financial chief, Allen Weisselberg.
Bragg held 34% of the votes by registered Democrats in the June 22 primary elections, while Farhadian Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor, was in second place at 30%, with thousands of absentee ballots still to be tallied. Six other candidates trailed far behind.