A Democratic politician in Brooklyn is expected to switch to the Republican Party to challenge a first-term congressman who took over Sen. Charles Schumer’s seat in the House of Representatives. Noach Dear, who is challenging Rep. Anthony Weiner, has long represented a heavily Orthodox Jewish constituency on the New York City Council.
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