Kew Gardens resident Melquiades (Mel) Gagarin will challenge four-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Grace Meng in 2020. Photo courtesy of Gagarin By Emma Whitford
Four-term Queens Congressmember Grace Meng will face her first primary challenge since taking office, the Queens Daily Eagle has learned.
Meng, 43, is a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and was elected Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2016. In the sprawling 6th Congressional District — which includes Flushing and runs through Elmhurst to the west and Bayside in the northeast — she is backed by the Queens County Democratic Party and has […]
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