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On 09/15/2010 12:06 PM, Tommy News wrote:
Downstate, voters dump Espada, Monserrate
Published: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 10:26 AM
Updated: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 10:29 AM
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NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of New York Democrats who've grabbed headlines
for legislative antics and legal woes have gone under the political
steamroller.
Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx was trounced by
Gustavo Rivera in Tuesday's primary. Former Sen. Hiram Monserrate of
Queens lost his Assembly bid to Francisco Moya.
In 2009, Espada and Monserrate staged a monthlong state Senate coup by
joining a Republican-dominated coalition that overthrew the majority.
Espada is accused of illegally directing millions of dollars in
government grants to his health clinic.
Monserrate was expelled from the Senate in February after a
misdemeanor assault conviction involving his girlfriend.
More:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/voters_dump_ny_pols_who_staged.html
The Results
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2010/09/15/the-results/>
September 15th, 2010
Sen. Pedro Espada is out. Gustavo Rivera is in–at least as the
Democratic candidate. Carl Paladino is the Republican candidate for
governor. And most incumbent legislators held on to their seats. Throw
the bums out? Not quite.
Check out our election list
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/Albany/20100915/204/3363> and
see who survived. Hint: If you had a sitting Democratic incumbent they
are likely still the party’s nominee.
The margins weren’t exactly close:
Sen. Ruben Diaz defeated Charlie Ramos with 79 percent of the vote.
Sen. Jose Serrano beat his challenger by 81 percent. Assemblyman
Marcos Crepo took 74 percent of the vote. Sen. Shirley Huntley won by
73 percent.
Not heartening news for the reform crowd or Ed Koch’s NY Uprising
<http://www.nyuprising.org/>. Voters did manage to keep former Sen.
Hiram Monserrate from having a second go as a state legislator. Check
out our in-depth coverage here
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/Albany/20100915/204/3364>.
For more on the man who beat Espada check out our primary-eve
interview with Gustavo Rivera
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/Albany/20100915/204/3366>.
More:
http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2010/09/15/the-results/
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