LIZ BENJAMIN (from “O'Donnell Considering Congressional Run”): I asked [Assemblyman Daniel] O'Donnell if he thought the fact that the composition of the district and the fact that the seat has been considered a "black seat" would pose a problem for him. He noted that the composition of his AD "almost mirrors" that of Rangel's district, and he performed well across all voting blocs in 2002.
2002 Statistics from the New York state Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment:
ASSEMBLY DISTRCT 69
NON-HISPANIC WHITE: 46.55%
NON-HISPANIC BLACK: 18.71%
HISPANIC: 24.71%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 15
NON-HISPANIC WHITE: 16.38%
NON-HISPANIC BLACK: 30.50%
HISPANIC: 47.85%
Well, you gotta hand it it to Danny. He proven's conclusively that at least one member of his family is capable of saying something worthy of a laugh.