3 Vying To Oust Engel From Democratic Ballot

SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER, NY — Three people are trying to knock incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, off the ballot in November. There are four names on the Democratic ballot for the primary Tuesday for the 16th Congressional District.

Joyce Briscoe, Bronx
From her website: “The People believe the politicians do not understand their issues. I understand the issues and plan to bring the resources and the information into the community that will address these and many other issues.”

Eliot Engel, 71, Bronx
From his website: Engel was elected to Congress in 1988 and is currently the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as its Subcommittee on Health and Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Derickson Lawrence, 61, Mount Vernon
From his website: “I believe, together, we can unlock America’’s promise. But the truth is these are painful, frightening and unprecedented times, where the facts no longer matter. This is the moment where we must ask ourselves the question as Americans: Who are we?”

Jonathan Lewis, 56, Scarsdale
From his website: “Voters in Westchester and the Bronx’s 16th Congressional District deserve a creative problem-solver as their representative in Congress. We need a fighter willing to stand up to the chaos and corruption in Washington and say ‘no.’ “

The 16th Congressional District includes the northern Bronx and Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, Scarsdale, Eastchester, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Pelham, Pelham Manor, Rye, Rye City, and parts of Ardsley, Hastings-on-Hudson, and Edgemont.

Polls will be open in Westchester County from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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