NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY SIMONE WEICHSELBAUM AND GLENN BLAIN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’ 23-year run as the borough’s top prosecutor has come to an end following his stunning defeat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
Hynes was the city’s first sitting district attorney to be voted from office since 1955 after he was defeated by former prosecutor Kenneth Thompson 55% to 44%, according to unofficial results.
A Brooklyn District Attorney had not been voted out of office since 1911.
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