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- 1 2 "In Brooklyn, Senate Race Veers Onto Bitter Ground", New York Times, February 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Storobin Celebrates A Race That's Too Close To Call". Observer.com. March 21, 2012.
- ↑ "FINALLY! 14-vote win for Storobin". BrooklynEagle.com. June 2012.
- ↑ "March 20, 2012 Special Election Results, New York's 27th Senate District" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ↑ "Photos: Storobin joins the Senate". Times Union. June 5, 2012.
- 1 2 Silberstein, Rachel (May 30, 2018). "Sen. Simcha Felder, explained". TimesUnion.com.
- ↑ "David Storobin Announces Reelection Campaign for The 'Super Jewish' District", politicker.com; accessed October 28, 2016.
- ↑ "District 48". The New York Times . November 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Chaim Deutsch Crosses Ethnic Barriers To Defeat Storobin By A Wide Margin". BKLYNER . November 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Inna Vernikov Is Sole Republican in Crowded Field for 48th City Council District". Hamodia.com. May 11, 2021.
- ↑ Brachfeld, Ben (November 3, 2021). "REPUBLICAN INNA VERNIKOV WINS SOUTH BROOKLYN COUNCIL SEAT AMID STRONG GOP SHOWING CITYWIDE". The Brooklyn Paper.