The Democratic Party in New York has nominated Assemblyman and municipal bond banker David Weprin to fill the congressional seat vacated by Anthony Weiner.
Weprin, 55, will face a still-unnamed Republican opponent in a Sept. 13 election for the 9th Congressional District seat that represents parts of Queens and Brooklyn.
He comes from a Queens political family. Weprin represented the same district as did his father, Saul, and his brother, Mark. Saul Weprin was Assembly speaker from 1991 until his death in 1994. Mark Weprin has been a New York City councilman since 2009.
Weprin has held senior public finance positions with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Kidder Peabody & Co., Paine Webber Inc., Advest, and Sterne Agee, where he led a push into the Northeast.
Weiner, 46, resigned on June 16 after admitting he had conducted sexually explicit online conversations with several women.
