Vol. 75/No. 29      August 8, 2011

“Last week the battle lines seemed to be drawn for the race to fill Anthony Weiner’s vacated seat in Congress,” said an article in The Wave, a weekly published in Rockaway Beach, Queens, in New York’s 9th Congressional District. “This week, the Congressional contest is getting a little more complicated. The Socialist Workers Party, after gathering 7,000 signatures … is putting its own candidate on the ballot, Chris Hoeppner.”

Hoeppner “is a Queens native, factory worker, and son of a New York firefighter,” the paper said. It noted he has been on the picket line at the strike of building maintenance workers at the Dayton Beach Park apartments, located in Rockaway Beach. The strike is organized by Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ.

“For the next two months, Hoeppner is committed to leading a vigorous campaign … as the race’s ‘only working-class candidate,’” The Wave said.
 
 
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