For more than four decades, the people in Charles Rangel's Harlem congressional district have willingly kept him in office every two years.
For a repeat performance, he's got to first get through Tuesday's congressional primaries, where changed demographics in a redrawn district, shadows from an ethics controversy in recent years and strong challengers could result in something no one under the age of 42 has ever known:
Harlem represented by someone who isn't Charles Rangel.
"He's more than just a long-standing incumbent, he's a significant historical figure," said David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington. "He's somebody who, when you think of people who symbolize New York, he symbolizes New York."
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