Alvin Bragg wins Democratic nod in Manhattan DA reelection bid

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination for another term in office, fending off a more moderate challenger, Decision Desk HQ projects. 

Bragg, who received widespread national attention over his successful prosecution of President Trump, defeated Patrick Timmins, a former prosecutor in the Bronx who ran on a more moderate platform. Timmins argued that the district attorney’s office under Bragg should have been more aggressive in prosecuting certain crimes. 

Bragg, the first African American to hold the office, ran in 2021 on a more progressive platform calling for an end to prosecuting lower-level nonviolent crimes and lesser charges and sentences for nonviolent crimes as well. He faced some criticism during his tenure over accusations that he backed away from some of what he called for. 

But Timmins sought to challenge Bragg from the center, as others have successfully done in some major cities in recent years. 

But Bragg seemed likely to easily win the nomination, with one internal poll showing him well ahead.