The Fiorello LaGuardia Republican Organization’s upcoming fund raiser signals its move into the 46th AD, a full immersion outreach into new constituencies and a significant pivot away from the old-style politics of all the other Brooklyn GOP organizations

A quick look at the names and places on the LaGuardia Republican Organization’s fund raising invitation shows that this is no longer your father’s LaGuardia Club

The 46th AD LaGuardia Republicans are getting ready for a pitched battle against what is left of the Seergy Republicans in the 46th AD that remains largely hunkered down its Dyker Heights redoubt. Sure, the traditional leadership of the old regular Republican organization of the 49th AD is still well represented in the new GOP coalition that has formed in the 46th AD, but prominently in the forefront are newer  names showing a presence and intent to strongly contend in the deep ends of the district  —  Bay Ridge and Coney Island.

Most prominent of the newcomers is Marcus Aurelius Nussbaum, who is seeking to join incumbent State Committee Representative Lucretia Regina-Potter as part of the new 46th AD team of representatives to the New York State Republican Committee and on the Kings County Republican Executive Committee (much more about Mr. Nussbaum in a later post).

Perhaps the items that stand out as the clearest signals of the LaGuardia Club’s strategic shift is —  the selection of the site of the event at Restaurant OLEANDR (Oleander), 410 Brighton Beach Avenue (btw Brighton 4th & 5th) Brooklyn, NY, and  —  the inclusion of Gregory Davidzon, President Davidzon Media, as a member of the “Host Committee” (for the uninitiated, Mr. Davidzon was a key supporter and a key factor in the special election victory of Congressman Bob Turner).

It remains to be seen what Craig Eaton’s team is going to do in the 46th AD — run his own slate, support the Nussbaum-Potter team, support the Seergy Club slate, OR some piece or combination of those things. Rumor has it that Gregory Davidzon is saying ... (SHHH —  I’m told that’s not ready for the public to hear about yet).

Stay tuned  — the 46th AD promises to be one of the biggest and hardest-fought fronts in the 2013 GOP primaries.