 Former state assemblyman, former city councilman and candidate for the seat in 1996 and 2010 Adam Clayton Powell IV, the son of former U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr., whom Rangel unseated in the primary in 1970, ran for the seat.State Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright also ran for the seat.Democratic incumbent Joseph Crowley was challenged in the general election by Republican Frank Spotorno, with the former winning reelection, having attained 75% of the vote.