Gentile Sees ‘Smaller and Smaller’ Pockets Golden Can Rely on to Win-My state senate district.

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Ross Barkan

Vincent Gentile lost his State Senate seat in Brooklyn more than a decade ago to Marty Golden–and now the councilman may be ready for a rematch.

Mr. Gentile, a Democrat, confirmed to the Observer yesterday that he is mulling a bid against Mr. Golden, a Republican, and hinted that if he ran, the outcome could be far different than when Mr. Golden toppled him in 2002.

“It would take a lot to pull me away but certainly I understand the bigger issues in our state and the goal of getting a Democratic State Senate so based on that I am getting the input I should be getting and we’ll see in a week or two,” Mr. Gentile said at City Hall yesterday. “I am enjoying my job but I’m saying there are bigger issues here.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, labor unions and Democrats in the State Senate have been actively working behind-the-scenes to return the senate to Democratic control, sources say, and one area these forces have singled out is southwest Brooklyn, where Mr. Golden presides

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