CPRM, Pt 3: LA 11/6

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Go Richardson! 

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RIP Capuano.

Well, I guess that’s why they say no one ever went broke banking on the stupidity of the American people

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https://twitter.com/kelleratlarge/status/1037143857824194560

Well f***, easily the most disappointing election of the cycle thus far!

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Capuano supported sanctuary cities in the 1980s. in the 1990s, he supported Medicare-for-all. By the morning, everyone will talk about how he was a "corporate, centrist dem."

Something something muh identity politics something something

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WULFRIC PROJECTIONS:

U.S. House District 7
Democratic Primary

CANDIDATE   VOTE   PCT.   
Ayanna Pressley
5,107   56.6%   
Michael Capuano*
3,913   43.4   
9,020 votes, 13% reporting (34 of 270 precincts)

U.S. House District 8
Democratic Primary

CANDIDATE   VOTE   PCT.   
Stephen Lynch*
6,391   73.9%   
Brianna Wu
1,747   20.2   
Christopher Voehl
513   5.9   
8,651 votes, 13% reporting (33 of 250 precincts)

Sad day for America; RIP Mike Capuano, you deserved better

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Capuano supported sanctuary cities in the 1980s. in the 1990s, he supported Medicare-for-all. By the morning, everyone will talk about how he was a "corporate, centrist dem."

I don't get it, if this is the case, why does he have a primary challenger? What did he do?

Sometimes it's about what the incumbent did, but rather what the challenger WILL do.

Although, Capuano also made very out-of-touch comments about race, and he passionately supported the Blues Lives Matter bill (and said it didn't go far enough).

Oh, that’s why you supported Shalala?  Because of what she’ll do?  Come on, I know this is Atlas, but quit insulting everyone’s intelligence.

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Between Koh leading and Capuano losing, this has not been a good night in my book.

Spoke a bit soon there. Koh is now in third place and losing by 24 points.

True that Koh is now trailing, but Trahan is hardly any better than him. Where's my L'Italien surge?

Yeah, I was really pulling for L’Italien here

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https://twitter.com/kelleratlarge/status/1037143857824194560

Well f***, easily the most disappointing election of the cycle thus far!

Seriously? Even among primaries for you Democrats this is worse than Lipinski surviving? Or expanding to all elections this is worse than Ohio 12, or the special elections in Kansas, South Carolina, Arizona, and Georgie you all nearly lost?

A little perspective is due here, man

I mean, I Capuano has been my favorite member of the House since 2011, so I was pretty invested in this race.

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Koh supports single payer and a $15 minimum wage. Trahan does not.

#TeamKoh

does he? Welp, lets go Koh!

This although L’Italien would’ve been much better

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I wonder where Jeppe could be

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It looks like today can be interpretted two different ways:

1. Progressives completely failed in the top ballot, with Cuomo and his LG winning. James, while Liberal, has ties to the establishment, and so can be counted as a loss. It seems that the establishment/moderates/whatever you want to call them will be holding onto the top offices of NY.


2. The progressives turned the down ballot into a complete and total rout for the establishment/moderates. 6-7 IDC members have lost to progressives/DSAs and a state senator not even on the radar lost to a DSA member. It seems that NY may have one of the most progressive state legislatures of the Democratic states.

Nah. The better interpretation is that the party discipline has been imposed. The only "establishment moderate" to lose is a single obscure state senator. The IDC members lost not because they were "establishment moderates" but because they were traitors - the opposite of being party establishment.

As for the state legislature, methinks, you do not know how NY State legislature works. Once the leadership is elected, this is all that matters. The governor, for the most part, negotiates with majority leaders in the chambers. Things might have changed a bit since the "three men in the room" was the thing, but do not overestimate that change. Once elected, your "progressives" will not really be a problem at all for the party leadership - unlike the IDC guys they have nowhere to go, they cannot caucus with the Republicans. If Dems get an outright majority in the State Senate, they will be loyal soldiers. 

Cuomo won. Hochul won. Everything is going wonderful for the mainstream of NY Democratic Party.

Correct