Actress Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City to run for NY Governor

[wesmoorenerd]

Seven out of eight IDC members trailing now that some votes from Valesky's district are in. Only Savino is leading.

[Figueira]

Simcha Felder is winning, but he would have won on the Republican ticket anyway, right?

[Oryxslayer]

State of IDC:

11, 13, 17, 20, 23, 31, 34, 38 and 53.

11: 52% Liu, 48% Avella* 81% in
13: 56% Ramos, 44% Peralta* 76% in
17: 61% Felder*, 39% Morris, 74% in
20: 56% Myrie, 44% Hamilton*, 77%
23: 67% Savino*, 21% Robinson, 79% in
31: 57% Jackson, 38% Alcantara*, 67% in
34: 54% Biaggi, 46% Klein*, 77% in
38: 69% Goldberg, 31% Carlucci* 4% in
53:  53% Valesky*, 47% May, 15% in

IDC*, Victor

Basically, almost all are getting wreaked, even as the progressives die at the top of ticket.

[wesmoorenerd]

State of IDC:

11, 13, 17, 20, 23, 31, 34, 38 and 53.

11: 52% Liu, 48% Avella* 81% in
13: 56% Ramos, 44% Peralta* 76% in
17: 61% Felder*, 39% Morris, 74% in
20: 56% Myrie, 44% Hamilton*, 77%
23: 67% Savino*, 21% Robinson, 79% in
31: 57% Jackson, 38% Alcantara*, 67% in
34: 54% Biaggi, 46% Klein*, 77% in
38: 69% Goldberg, 31% Carlucci* 4% in
53:  53% Valesky*, 47% May, 15% in

IDC*, Victor

Basically, almost all are getting wreaked, even as the progressives die at the top of ticket.

Felder and Savino were going to win anwyay, so it's great news that almost everyone else is trailing.

[jman123]

Who's gonna win LG and AG?

[ajc0918]

What are the odds Dems retake the State Senate even if Smicha still caucuses with the GOP?

[Chief Justice Keef]

Who's gonna win LG and AG?

Hochul's likely to pull ahead in the LG race as Williams is underperforming upstate, and neither Teachout nor Maloney are gonna be able to catch up to James in the AG race.

[ON Progressive]

Julia Salazar is destroying Dilan:

https://twitter.com/samknight_one/status/1040414301314592768

Not surprised, tbh. Even with all the Salazar controversies, Dilan's primary opponent in 2016 openly admitted to beating her son and still got 40% of the vote.

Why is Dilan so weak in the first place?

[Sestak]

Teachout and Maloney split the vote here - I think either one of them would have had a shot to beat James alone.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Teachout and Maloney split the vote here - I think either one of them would have had a shot to beat James alone.

That's why I'm mad that Maloney decided to run for AG. He had no reason to.

[Mr. Smith]

RIP Williams.

[Suburbia]

Tony Avella is one of the last centrist Democrats in New York City. Sad.

He represents white ethnic blue collar outerborough voters.

Can Vicki Paladino beat John Liu in November? Possibly not. Paladino is well known because she confronted Mayor de Blasio in 2017.

https://qns.com/story/2018/04/17/two-republicans-little-neck-whitestone-launch-bids-avellas-queens-state-senate-seat/

[Chief Justice Keef]

Tony Avella is one of the last centrist Democrats in New York City. Sad.

He represents white ethnic blue collar outerborough voters.

Can Vicki Paladino beat John Liu in November? Possibly not. Paladino is well known because she confronted Mayor de Blasio in 2017.

https://qns.com/story/2018/04/17/two-republicans-little-neck-whitestone-launch-bids-avellas-queens-state-senate-seat/

lolowned

[Chief Justice Keef]

Teachout and Maloney split the vote here - I think either one of them would have had a shot to beat James alone.

That's why I'm mad that Maloney decided to run for AG. He had no reason to.

Some people on Twitter are saying that he intentionally ran to siphon off votes from Teachout and give the election to James. I don't think that's the case, I think he's just enough of a narcissist to believe he could've actually won.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So what's so bad about Dilan exactly? He's the only non-IDC incumbent losing.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Teachout and Maloney split the vote here - I think either one of them would have had a shot to beat James alone.

That's why I'm mad that Maloney decided to run for AG. He had no reason to.

He's a very right-wing Democrat who pretended to be progressive. I suspect he was there to split the vote.

[Chief Justice Keef]

So what's so bad about Dilan exactly? He's the only non-IDC incumbent losing.

Incredibly close to developers and landlords.

Teachout and Maloney split the vote here - I think either one of them would have had a shot to beat James alone.

That's why I'm mad that Maloney decided to run for AG. He had no reason to.

He's a very right-wing Democrat who pretended to be progressive. I suspect he was there to split the vote.

He never branded himself as a "progressive". He was running a pretty bland centrist campaign to appeal to upstate voters.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

So what's so bad about Dilan exactly? He's the only non-IDC incumbent losing.

Incredibly close to developers and landlords.

Teachout and Maloney split the vote here - I think either one of them would have had a shot to beat James alone.

That's why I'm mad that Maloney decided to run for AG. He had no reason to.

He's a very right-wing Democrat who pretended to be progressive. I suspect he was there to split the vote.

He never branded himself as a "progressive". He was running a pretty bland centrist campaign to appeal to upstate voters.

Well, I know someone who thought he was progressive and was going to vote for him until he heard Bernie endorsed Teachout.

[The Dowager Mod]

And Hochul takes the lead.

[ajc0918]

Good riddance to the IDC traitors.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Good riddance to the IDC traitors.

Let's dub them Judas Democrats. Because that's what they are. They aren't Rs, just Ds who sold out.

[ajc0918]

Another one bites the dust?

https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1040425859277119491

[JMT]

I'm glad to see Maloney losing, simply because he represents an R+1 district and he will remain the Democratic nominee in his district and will probably win reelection. If Democrats had to renominate a candidate here, it may have been tougher to hold the seat.

On a related note, I was hoping Teachout would win, but doesn't look like that's happening

[NYSforKennedy2024]

A couple of takeaways.

- Is tonight the death of the IDC? A good idea, executed horribly.

- Nixon's inability to hit 40%, let alone win any part of NYC proves that not every Bernie populist will see success, big name or not. Similar to Brianna Wu in Massachusetts, it doesn't matter if your name is affiliated with something popular if you have a horrible campaign staff.

- Is Williams giving Hochul a run for her money? It's close, but I'd still expect Hochul to win.

- Cuomo will stomp Molinaro in November.

- Tonight's Cuomo victory virtually confirms a 2020 Presidential campaign. I can't wait to watch it crash and burn.

- I really hope Zephyr Teachout settles for an Assemblywoman or State Senate seat one day. Clearly, Upstate NY is not a buyer of the politics she sells, but she's a great progressive with a lot of integrity. I would hate to see her career stop at two failed campaigns.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Williams must be from Brooklyn.

He is.

Who did you support for Governor?

Cuomo reluctantly. Don't hate me lol.

I don't. I would have voted the same way reluctantly. Too bad NY Dems are scared of going against Cuomo.