NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Several Caribbean candidates are on the ballot in the New York Democratic Primary on Tuesday.

Among the candidates in key races are Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants; Haitian-born New York City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse; New York State Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman, the daughter of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants; Trinidadian-born Assembly Member Jaime Williams; District Leader Anthony Beckford, the son of Jamaican immigrants; and Guyanese-born lawyer Michelle DeSouza-Forte, who is running for a Civil Court judgeship in Brooklyn.

In seeking re-election in the predominantly Caribbean 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, Clarke told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that “proven fighters” are currently needed in the United States (US) Congress.