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08-05-2008, 04:40 PM
Nelson Castro, who emigrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States as a child, looks to become the first Dominican elected to the State Assembly for the Bronx. The 36-year old Castro is facing Mike Soto during the 9 September primaries. Traditionally the candidate who wins the primaries goes on to win the elections in November. Castro was born in the Villa Juana sector of Santo Domingo and has lived in the Bronx for four years. An estimated 350,000 Dominicans live in the Bronx.

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