The Dukakis Effect Inspires Our Candidates

In the past, it seemed that Greek-American politicians were being elected to office in every state except New York, despite the fact that the New York Metropolitan Area has the highest concentration of Hellenes in the U.S. Massachusetts, Maryland, Indiana, Florida, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, California, New Hampshire sent many Greeks to their state capitals or to Washington. But nobody was elected at any level in New York. The tradition in other states continues. We have not, however, paid proper attention to some stunning developments in Astoria, where we now have three elected representatives: Michael Gianaris in the State Senate, Aravella Simotas in the State Assembly, and on Nov. 5 Costas Constantinides was elected to the City Council.

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