NY-15: How a Trump-praising Democrat could win a New York House primary [View all]

Ruben Diaz Sr. , a New York City Councilman who has praised President Donald Trump, and protested against gay marriage – could be the next Democrat sent to Washington from the South Bronx.

Diaz Sr., a socially conservative 77-year-old Pentecostal minister and Army veteran, has a history of inflammatory comments, and embracing Republicans over Democrats seeking higher office in New York and across the country.

But his decades in New York politics and commitment to community outreach has made him a fixture in the Bronx – and could help him eke out a victory in the crowded 12-way primary to replace the retiring Rep. Jose Serrano in New York’s 15th Congressional District, one of several high-profile and raucous House primaries taking place in New York on Tuesday.

“He is a right-wing Republican masquerading as a Democrat,” said Ritchie Torres, a two-term city councilman who has been endorsed by the New York Times editorial board, who claimed that he’s neck-and-neck with Diaz at the top of the field.



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