{"id":2452059,"date":"2025-06-25T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-gop-councilwoman-inna-vernikov-fends-off-primary-challenger-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:55:51","slug":"new-york-city-gop-councilwoman-inna-vernikov-fends-off-primary-challenger-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-gop-councilwoman-inna-vernikov-fends-off-primary-challenger-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City GOP Councilwoman Inna Vernikov fends off primary challenger &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-city-gop-councilwoman-inna-vernikov-fends-off-primary-challenger-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2452059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the recent GOP primary, New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov successfully defended her position against challenger ari Kagan. Vernikov received 66% of the votes, while Kagan garnered 33%, securing her re-election for the 48th District of brooklyn. After the results were announced, Vernikov expressed gratitude to her constituents for allowing her to continue serving for another four years. She also voiced concerns about the potential election of socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani as mayor, emphasizing her commitment to opposing policies that could negatively impact the community.<\/p>\n<p>Kagan conceded the race, expressing pride in his campaign efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >wich included extensive door-<\/a>to-door outreach. The primary was notably competitive, especially since Kagan had initially launched his campaign believing Vernikov would pursue a state Senate seat.Vernikov received endorsements, including one from Donald Trump Jr., while criticising Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his reaction to Mamdani&#8217;s primary win.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New York City GOP Councilwoman Inna Vernikov fends off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red\/\" title=\"Mich., Ariz. GOP censures several lawmakers over support for impeachment, failure to keep states red\">primary challenger<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2158391\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> councilmember to represent a portion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3453600\/chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries-applaud-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brooklyn<\/a>, Inna Vernikov, beat her primary challenger, Ari Kagan, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GOP primary<\/a> Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Vernikov&rsquo;s race was called after she led 66% to Kagan&rsquo;s, a former councilman, 33% with 90% of the vote counted. She represents the council&rsquo;s 48th District in southern Brooklyn and is one of only six Republicans on the 51-member council.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3454343\/jeffries-lauds-mamdani-affordability-focus-sidesteps-socialist-ideology\/\">Jeffries lauds Mamdani&#8217;s affordability focus, sidesteps socialist ideology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3453989\/curtis-sliwa-slams-andrew-cuomo-felt-entitled-coronation-nyc-mayoral-primary\/\">Curtis Sliwa slams Andrew Cuomo: &lsquo;Felt entitled to coronation&rsquo; in NYC mayoral primary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3454087\/democrats-crossed-the-line-nyc-mayoral-primary-zohran-mamdani-trump\/\">Trump says Democrats &#8216;crossed the line&#8217; after &#8216;lunatic&#8217; Mamdani wins NYC mayoral primary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Wednesday morning, Vernikov celebrated her win and cautioned against Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s likely tenure as mayor after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) conceded the Democratic nomination to the socialist on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tonight, I am beyond grateful to The People of the 48th for giving me an opportunity to lead this district for another four years,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InnaVernikov\/status\/1937750373562823049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">she wrote in a post on X.<\/a> &ldquo;I vow to continue standing up for you and your families every single day. But while we are overjoyed, the news of a potential Mayor Mamdani should be of deep concern to EVERYONE in our city. I am as ready and resolute as ever to fight the dangerous policies ANYONE attempts to impose on our communities, and I am as committed as ever to taking that fight straight to City Hall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, I am beyond grateful to The People of the 48th for giving me an opportunity to lead this district for another four years. I vow to continue standing up for you and your families every single day. But while we are overjoyed, the news of a potential Mayor Mamdani should be&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xcrpDnqA80\">pic.twitter.com\/xcrpDnqA80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InnaVernikov\/status\/1937750373562823049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Kagan, who represented the 47th District from 2022 to 2024, conceded on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Though I did not win yesterday, I am very proud of my campaign, my family, and my supporters,&rdquo; he said in a statement. &ldquo;I knocked more than 4,000 doors, talked to thousands of people, and received hundreds of donations from Southern Brooklyn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am 58, healthy and strong, have a beautiful family, good job, plenty of loyal, amazing friends,&rdquo; he continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/inna-vernikov-district-48-primary-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">before congratulating Vernikov.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kagan previously launched his campaign because he believed Vernikov would run for state Senate. Instead, Vernikov decided to stay for reelection, setting up one of the more competitive GOP primaries in the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/15\/us-news\/donald-trump-jr-backs-inna-vernikov-for-nyc-council-in-nasty-gop-primary\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kagan called Vernikov<\/a> an &ldquo;absentee councilperson&rdquo; as Donald Trump Jr. weighed in to endorse Vernikov in the race. Trump Jr. called Kagan a &ldquo;hack and fake Republican.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3453181\/cuomo-concedes-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-primary-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CUOMO CONCEDES NYC MAYORAL PRIMARY TO MAMDANI IN GOLIATH UPSET FOR SOCIALIST OVER EX-GOVERNOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vernikov previously criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for congratulating Mamdani on his mayoral primary victory.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you have no onions to call out the fact that New York City, as we know it, may be on the brink of collapse, and that a mass exodus of Jews is inevitable, maybe sit this one out? You have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libby-emmons-get-out-of-cities-i-left-the-sirens-of-new-york-city-for-the-church-bells-of-rural-america\/\" title=\"Libby Emmons: \u2018Get Out of Cities\u2019: I Left the Sirens of New ... for the Church Bells of Rural America\">long ago sold<\/a> out our communities for self-preservation. Thanks for the extra receipts,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InnaVernikov\/status\/1937950351828619764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">she said in a post on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2158391\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2158391\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inna Vernikov, NYC GOP Councilwoman, defeats primary rival Kagan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inna-Vernikov-e1750887258828.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6203,57917,36462],"class_list":["post-2452059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gop","tag-inna-vernikov","tag-new-york-city"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inna-Vernikov-e1750887258828.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452063,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452059\/revisions\/2452063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}