Democratic Primary Results
The Democratic primary, held yesterday, was, in many ways, about Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez—whether his hand-picked candidates would get pushed through to run for City Council on the party ticket. Steve Levin, from team Lopez, won in the 33rd District with 33.7 percent of the vote (Jo Anne Simon was his closest competitor, with…
The Democratic primary, held yesterday, was, in many ways, about Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez—whether his hand-picked candidates would get pushed through to run for City Council on the party ticket. Steve Levin, from team Lopez, won in the 33rd District with 33.7 percent of the vote (Jo Anne Simon was his closest competitor, with 20.2 percent); Maritza Davila, endorsed by Lopez, lost in the 34th District to Diana Reyna, a former Lopez staffer who fell out with the party boss. Incumbent Letitia James won in the 35th District with 81.2 percent of the vote, and Brad Lander took the 39th District with 41.1 percent due to, he told The Brooklyn Paper, his stances on “affordable housing, livable communities, jobs, and good schools.” In the race for comptroller, Councilman John Liu of Queens came out 8 points ahead of Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky, but with 38 percent of the vote, did not have the 40 percent required to win outright. Thus there will be a runoff election held September 29. For more primary results, check out the Eagle’s coverage of the State Senate race.
33rd District: Levin Wins Handily [Brooklyn Paper]
35th District: James Steamrolls Yards-loving Foe [Brooklyn Paper]
39th District: Lander Crushes Four Rivals [Brooklyn Paper]
Liu and Yassky Headed for Runoff [NY Times]
State Senate Primary Results [Brooklyn Eagle]
Bill de Blaba (whose pockets are lined with money from 4th Ave developers) hopefully will lose big in the run-off for public advocate. This man has no business advocating for anyone except himself and the crazy wife in the ads.
Thompson would destroy the progress NYC has made since 9/11.
His speech was primarily an attack on the “term limits” issue. He also complained a lot about Bloomberg only caring about the rich, and complained that Bloomberg appointees on the Rent Guidelines Board increased rents for rent stabilized apartment too much, even though the increases have been tiny over the last decade. (My rent stabilized rents average $750/mo, less than half of market rents.)
Watching Thompson’s speech, he seemed to me to be an angry person who blames other people instead of solving problems himself. Thankfully, this little angry man has almost no chance at all of being elected.
gowanusog – but you are only talking about primary voters (which are very few) – if Thompson can’t generate enthusiasm among the base (primary voters) – what chance does he have with the general electorate…
Btw – it is fine by me – I think Bloomberg will go down as the greatest Mayor in NYC history….but I dont understand how the press ignores these realities.
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I was lukewarm on Thomspon as I don’t find him very compelling but planned to vote for him in November. Thompson did give an excellent speech last night and I was pleasantly surprised. I hope he keeps this up. Myself and others I know voted for Tony Avella knowing he wouldn’t win but we like him and appreciate his integrity. Those votes will most likely go to Thompson in November.
I almost voted for the “rent’s to damn high guy” because his platform amused me.
Well. The real new council member for the 33rd is someone unelected, unaccountable, and often accused of corruption: Vito Lopez. This is the dark side of term limits.
If just two of the other candidates had dropped out Mark could have one handily! What a missed opportunity to finally get the leadership we need in this district. I also hope Mark will be on the ballot in Nov. Meanwhile we need some unification of all those other forces against vann(ished).
How can the media ignore the fact that Thompson only won 70% of the vote…considering he ran more or less unopposed, the fact that 30% voted for someone else shows that he has no shot
I don’t want to sound like a nag, but as a homeowner, local politicians have far more influence on your day-to-day life than, say, President Obama. That you can own a house in BK and not care who your city councilman is is a little surprising to me.
Oh – and Did I mention how happy I am that Skaller lost? Go Nets!
I know…I know…I’ve been M.I.A., but how the hell did Al Vann win again. Sugar, Honey, Ice, Tea