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PTA Mom Wins Primary for Assembly Seat on the Upper East Side

By Heather Holland | September 10, 2014 8:11am
 Rebecca Seawright, an Upper East Side mom who said she is most concerned about public education, won the primary on Sept. 9, 2014, for the Assembly seat in the 76th District.
Rebecca Seawright, an Upper East Side mom who said she is most concerned about public education, won the primary on Sept. 9, 2014, for the Assembly seat in the 76th District.
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UPPER EAST SIDE — Rebecca Seawright beat three Democratic contenders to win the primary for Micah Kellner’s 76th Assembly District seat on Tuesday.

Seawright, an Upper East Side mother of two, won 45.3 percent of the votes, with Gus Christensen earning 37.7 percent, David Menegon 10.1 percent and Ed Hartzog 7.8 percent.

She will now face Republican candidate David Garland in the Nov. 4 general election.

Seawright, a PTA mom, said public education is the biggest issue in the district, which runs from Third Avenue to the East River between 61st and 92nd streets and also includes Roosevelt Island.

She plans to fight for more middle schools, extra resources for teachers and smaller class sizes, she told DNAinfo New York in an interview in August.

Seawright, a first-time candidate, serves as the chairwoman of the Feminist Press and of the Law School Board of Visitors at CUNY.

“I’m a good negotiator,” she said in the August interview. “Chairing several boards has given me the negotiating skills to bring all sides together for a common goal.”