Primary Day is June 23 and there’s a ton on the ballot, including our US Rep seat, state senate and assembly seat and state comptroller. For the 10th Congressional District, Brad Lander is challenging incumbent Dan Goldman, who was elected in 2022.

THE DISTRICT
All of Lower Manhattan from Chelsea on down PLUS western Brooklyn — Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park.

THE COVERAGE
Folks have said that the difference between these two candidates is razor thin, except when it comes to Israel. The Times has a story on that issue, noting that while “both candidates are Jewish and describe themselves as liberal Zionists, Mr. Lander has marshaled shifting public attitudes to turn Mr. Goldman’s defense of Israel — which aligns with the longtime status quo in American politics — into a potent line of attack.”

The pair debated on June 1, where Goldman called Lander a career politician (see below) and Lander called Goldman a ‘Danny Come Lately,’ and then again on June 15, where they tackled Israel, immigration and AI.

Goldman, a Levi Strauss heir and one of the richest members of Congress, put $1 million of his own money into his coffers in April and pledged then to match every donation he receives in the run-up to the primary. ~ The New York Times

THE POLLS
The latest poll from Emerson College of 450 likely voters shows Lander at 57 percent and Goldman at 23 percent. The Times has a summary of polls going back to last September here.

DAN GOLDMAN

Age: 50

Hometown: Washington, DC

Lives in: Battery Park City

College: Yale College, 1998

Grad School: Stanford Law School, 2005

Former Jobs:

• 2005 to 2007 | clerk for Charles Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• 2007 to 2017 | Assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York under Preet Bharara
• 2012 to 2014 | Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Unit
• 2014 to 2017 | Senior Trial Counsel in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force
• 2019 to 2021 | Senior Advisor and Director of Investigations for the House Intelligence Committee; lead counsel for the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
• 2022 | Elected to Congress

Endorsements
Kathy Hochul
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Assemblymember Deborah Glick

Total contributions: $5,030,912.44
Loans made by candidate: $2,025,000.00

BRAD LANDER

Age: 56

Hometown: Creve Coeur, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri,

Lives in: Park Slope

College: University of Chicago, 1991

Grad School: University College London, master’s degree in anthropology
Pratt Institute, master’s degree in urban planning

Former Jobs

• 1993 to 2003 | executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, a Park Slope nonprofit organization that develops and manages affordable housing
• 2003 to 2009 | a director of the Pratt Center for Community Development
• 2009 to 2021 | City Councilman for 39th District
• 2022 to 2025 | New York City Comptroller
• 2025 | ran for mayor

Endorsements
Zohran Mamdani
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Jumaane Williams

Total contributions: $2,249,341