Lew Fidler (Photo: Facebook)
Gregory Davidzon, the owner of a number of Russian-language media outlets, announced at the Baku Palace restaurant last night that he’s endorsing Councilman Lew Fidler in the special election to replace Carl Kruger in the State Senate. Mr. Davidzon is credited with helping push Russian voters to the polls in the last special election in southeastern Brooklyn, where Congressman Bob Turner routed his Democratic opponent. Mr. Kruger’s district, vacant since he plead guilty to corruption charges and resigned a few weeks ago, contains an even higher percentage of Russian-speaking voters.
However, it remains to be seen how much impact Mr. Davidzon’s endorsement will have this time around. Councilman Fidler’s likely Republican opponent, David Storobin, was born in the Soviet Union and is fluent in Russian.
It also remains to be seen if Mr. Davidzon will use his influence to rally voters in the same full-throated fashion as he did for Congressman Turner. However, one Democratic insider assured Politicker that the media head would indeed be working hard on the Councilman’s behalf, saying that “Greg is going all out for Fidler.” Mr. Davidzon said at the event that he was frustrated with the Senate Republicans efforts to divide southern Brooklyn in redistricting.
Mr. Davidzon, who runs Davidzon Radio 620 and the Davidzon Weekly, has been known to occasionally benefit financially from his political arrangements. Mr. Turner spent $20,000 purchasing media from Davidzon Media.
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I guess Davidzon was serious when he said that if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination that he openly fought for, he’ll go with the Dems.
It’s petty, and it doesn’t show good leadership. Plus, the Russians will vote Republican regardless what he says, and it will take away all the credit he’s taken for the Turner race. It’s a bad mistake for Davidzon, both politically and personally.
He’s letting his emotions in not getting the GOP nomination get in the way of both his personal and his community interest.
Or he is just in saying that Russian Americans got the shaft by the Senate GOP when it came to new senate maps and so he doesnt want to deal w such people anymore.
He is on the record as saying that he only cares about getting the GOP nomination, and will go against tge GOP if he does not get the nomination.
He never mentioned redistricting before. He can invent it as a reason now, but there is a long record of what he is doing and why he is doing it.
The Fidler camp promised to spend 100K for this election, according to a knowledgeable source.
Everyone in the Russian community knows that Davidzon is for sale. Whoever gives him the most money gets his endorsement.
Are you saying Weprin camp could not pay Davidzon more than $20,000 he received from Turner?
I would say Davidzon has a pretty impressive record of choosing the winners.