With the Democratic dominance politics in the five boroughs, a decade in the City Council, the support of Brooklyn’s powerful Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club and a huge fundraising advantage, conventional wisdom is that Lew Fidler is the “overwhelming favorite” against David Storobin in the special election to fill convicted former State Senator Carl Kruger’s seat in Brooklyn’s 27th District, but members of the Brooklyn GOP, who describe themselves as the “boots on the ground” in Mr. Storobin’s campaign think their man has a chance to win.

“It’s a horse race, it’s a definite horse race and whoever works the hardest is going to win, and I think we’re going to outwork the democrats,” Gene Berardelli, vice chairman of the Kings County Republican Committee told The Politicker. Read More