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City Council District 28

Incumbent: Thomas White, Jr. (D)

Challengers: Lynn Nunes may demand a recount.

Communities: Jamaica, Baisley Park, Cedar Manor.

October, 2009

Wills to run as Conservative against White

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: City Council candidate Ruben Wills lost his bid to be on the Democratic ticket for the November election, but that is not stopping him from trying. Comment.

Nunes to challenge as White wins by a whisker

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: Lynn Nunes is taking his fight for City Hall to the courts after the city Board of Elections announced that City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) had won the Democratic Primary by the skin of his teeth. Comment.

Nunes concedes primary to Tom White

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: After being denied the chance to fight his four-vote primary loss by a Queens Civil Court judge, Lynn Nunes formally conceded his race against City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) Tuesday afternoon. Comment.

September, 2009

Awaiting recanvassing results, Nunes vows to fight on

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: The waiting game continues for the Democratic voters in southeast Queens as the city Board of Elections waits to make public its counting of ballots in the near-stalemate between City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) and primary runner-up Lynn Nunes. Comment.

White, Nunes separated by six votes in cliffhanger

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: With City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) holding a razor thin lead of only six votes in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, his main challenger said he will continue to fight for a chance to be the leader of the 28th Council district. Comment.

Incumbents to face primaries in SE Qns

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 31: Southeast Queens’ City Council incumbents will be facing off in Tuesday’s Democratic primary against several challengers who are vying to become first-time City Hall legislators. Comment.

August, 2009

Police say Wills’ punch landed on aide to Jennings

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: Council candidate Ruben Wills on Friday took his campaign into his own hands — his fists, to be exact, police said. Comments (2).

Nunes hopes to oust White, revive SE Queens

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: Political candidate Lynn Nunes says he has seen southeast Queens suffer tremendously over the last four years. Comment.

July, 2009

28th District race heats up

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: All Lynn Nunes and Mireille Leroy wanted to do was to get their shot to represent their community in the City Council and now both Democratic candidates said their campaign signatures are being challenged for no reason. Comment.