Council Member Mathieu Eugene (photo: John McCarten/City Council)

As City Council Member Mathieu Eugene faces term limits and is vacating his seat representing Brooklyn’s 40th District—comprising parts of Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens—some 11 candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in this month’s primary, with voting culminating on Tuesday, June 22.

The winner of the primary, which is just a few days away, is all but certain to be the next

Blake Morris (photo: @BlakeMorris4NYS)

The race for control of the New York State Senate is again this year a key touchstone of a state election cycle, but before the November general election that will determine whether Democrats can win a majority from Republicans, and thus control both houses of the Legislature, there is a series of competitive primaries on the Democratic side that will be decided September 13.

Among them are eight races in which incumbents -- former members of the now-defunct Independent Democratic Conference -- are being challenged,