'This week’s primaries suggest New York Republicans want to keep fringe candidates on the sidelines,' writes errollouis
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images New York’s sleepy late-August primaries — ordered by a state court to settle contests for congressional and State Senate seats — didn’t draw much of a turnout , but the results could have big political consequences. Below are four dynamics that could play out across the state in the fast-approaching November general election and beyond.Roe v.
As Molinaro himself acknowledged after losing: “Democratic voters were energized by the Supreme Court decision.” That’s a lesson other Democrats running in swing districts will likely take to heart.Progressives didn’t make big inroads — but they didn’t lose ground, either. Progressive candidates supported by the Democratic Socialists of America and/or the Working Families Party made a respectable showing on Tuesday, but they didn’t win some of the key prizes on the ballot.
In the State Senate races, 27-year-old DSA candidate Kristin Gonzalez won a decisive victory in the primary for the newly drawn 59th District, which covers all or part of Astoria, Long Island City, and Greenpoint. Gonzalez got over 58 percent of the vote, while her nearest rival, former city councilwoman Liz Crowley, finished with 32 percent, despite being endorsed by Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Left-leaning lawmakers are both becoming entrenched in New York politics and getting rejected at the polls. It’s likely Niou and Biaggi, who first won office in the 2018 wave, will leave office at the end of this year. But the proven staying power of incumbents like Brisport and Ocasio-Cortez — who did not have even a token challenger in her primary — means the long war between progressives and mainstream Democrats will continue.The power of incumbency.
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