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City Councilwoman Yvette Clarke won the hotly contested 11th District Congressional primary in Brooklyn yesterday. Clarke got 31% of the vote, with fellow City Council member - and the only white candidate in the four-way race - David Yassky getting 26%, State Senator Carl Andrews with 23% and Chris Owens, Mayor Owens who is retiring the Congressional seat, getting under 20%.

Here a few Chisholm quotes, and heris Chisholm's bio from Congress. You can also try to order her book, Unbought and Unbossed, from Amazon, and on March 1 of this year, a DVD about her will be released.