Following his defeat on Tuesday to Councilman-elect Chaim Deutsch, former State Senator David Storobin told Sheepshead Bites that he has no plans of ever running for office again. “I have no intention of ever running for office again,” he said.
“I didn’t run for the last two years because I’m obsessed with campaigning for public office. I’ve always been interested in politics and felt it was a way of making a difference for the better,” Mr. Storobin wrotes in an email correspondent with Sheepshead Bites. “The way things lined up, I had to run 3 times in a row, a nightmare I would’ve never started had I known how long it would take. But once I was in it, this is what I had to do. Under the circumstances, those were the correct choices, regardless of the final outcome.”
“And now things will go back to normal. I will go back to being a lawyer. Brooklyn Democrats won’t have to worry about getting re-elected. Brooklyn Republicans will go back to being a small debating society. Everything makes sense to everyone again,” he further wrote, taking a swipe to the infighting within the Republican Party in Brooklyn.
Meanwhile, Councilman-elect Chaim Deutsch pointed to high turnout among Orthodox Jewish voters, that had helped him conquer the once described “Super-Russian” District.
“The notion that the 48th Council District was a Russian district was completely overblown,” Austin Finan, a consultant for Mr. Deutsch, told Politicker. “At a quick glance, it looks like a heavily Russian district. But the enrollment is stronger among Orthodox than Russian. There’s also sizable Chinese, Pakistani, Irish and Italian communities. All came out to vote for Chaim.”
According to the campaign, Mr. Deutsch had a significant edge among high-turnout voters, especially Orthodox Jews, who were motivated to elect one of their own. “Both candidates relied on their bases,” Mr. Finan said. “Our base turned out in greater numbers than did David Storobin’s. It was like night and day.
In a conversation with YWN, Mr. Storobin acknowledged that nothing could have been done to avoid defeat, “from the government shutdown to Bill de Blasio’s coat tails, it was inevitable.”
Mr. Sotorbin also shared his conversation with Mr. Deutsch, as he reached him Wednesday morning. “I told him he is a great man, he will be good for the community, and this is only the beginning for him as he will go to greater heights.”
(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)
Join the official YWN WhatsApp status
4 Responses
“Conquered”??? This was an election, not a military campaign!
“Brooklyn Republicans will go back to being a small debating society.”
He’s right about that! The Republican and Conservative Party’s of New York, but especially Brooklyn, is one big farce! Mike Long and Ed Cox have become the laughing stock of real politics!
Let’s remember that the righteous will always prevail.
Chaim ran his campaign WITHOUT mudslinging and that’s what won him the votes. He was and will forever be a reputable man whose objective is the benefit of his friend, neighbor and now his constituent.
He had no reason to run a negative campaign.
GO CHAIM!!!!
Chaims’s “base” knew his record and his sincerity. Starobin’s “base”, the Russian community didn’t think very highly of him to begin with and saw him more as an opportunist than an advocate for the community.
When it come time again for reelection Chaim will have the support of all the ethnic groups in the 48th CD.