Indicted State Senator John Sampson Seeking Re-Election: Sources

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Ross Barkan

State Senator John Sampson, who has been indicted twice on corruption charges, is planning to seek re-election nonetheless, two sources familiar with his decision-making told the Observer Tuesday.

Mr. Sampson, a Brooklyn lawmaker and the senate’s former majority leader, is already facing several strong opponents in the eastern Brooklyn district he has long represented. But that hasn’t stopped him from pressing forward.

“He’s running and circulating petitions,” one Brooklyn Democratic source said of Mr. Sampson. A second source confirmed Mr. Sampson’s intentions to run.

Mr. Sampson’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.



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