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WINNERS & LOSERS
Who was up and who was down last week
Thanks to the coronavirus crisis, New York is awaiting an influx of absentee ballots to determine the final primary election tallies. But one thing is already clear: The Democratic Socialists of America came out on top. Four DSA picks – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, state Sen. Julia Salazar, state Senate candidate Jabari Brisport and Assembly hopeful Zohran Mamdani – all had strong leads. But you don’t always need an election to tell you who’s on top – sometimes you just need Winners & Losers.
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WINNERS OUR PICK
JAMAAL BOWMAN
New York City political candidates should know not to declare victory prematurely, but for Jamaal Bowman – the progressive, Black candidate leading by 16 points against Rep. Eliot Engel – it might be safe to start choreographing a victory dance. Bowman – hyped throughout the Democratic primary as the next AOC – declared victory even though the race hasn’t been called yet. But with a large lead, and a strong gust of Bowmentum behind him, things are looking good for the former principal. LOSERS OUR PICK
NATE MCMURRAY
If at first you don’t succeed, fail, fail again. After a narrow loss to thenRep. Chris Collins in 2018, Democrat Nate McMurray decided he would try again after Collins resigned in disgrace upon pleading guilty to federal insider trading charges. To win the reddest district in the state, McMurray would have needed some luck – and he didn’t seem to have any. Although thousands of absentee ballots remain uncounted, he’s so far behind that it looks like it’ll be three strikes, Nate’s out.
THE BEST OF THE REST
MONDAIRE JONES & RITCHIE TORRES
Out with the old, in with the new. With 76-year-old Rep. José E. Serrano and 82-year-old Rep. Nita Lowey retiring, these two young gay Black millennials are poised to replace them.
JENIFER RAJKUMAR
There were a few hiccups along the way, but the civil rights attorney could become the first person of South Asian descent to be elected to the state Legislature from New York City. If Assemblyman Michael Miller starts asking around in the district, he might even figure out how he lost.
THE REST OF THE WORST
LAURA MCQUADE
Just because an organization is progressive doesn’t mean its leadership is. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York CEO Laura McQuade was let go for being verbally abusive to staff and not addressing unequal pay for Black employees.
GEOFFREY BERMAN
In other countries, a president sacking a top prosecutor who’s digging into his allies might not surprise anyone. But in the U.S., political factors aren’t supposed to tip the scales of justice – especially when it comes to the U.S. attorney of the Southern District of New York.
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