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Primary '10: PH votes Schneiderman Owens, Montgomery — Brooklynian

Primary '10: PH votes Schneiderman Owens, Montgomery

raulism
raulism
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights

Subject: Primary '10: PH votes Schneiderman Owens, Montgomery

I'm experiencing a very strange experience. My candidates for a local race won, and won big!

I counted votes at PS 9, and the parts of Prospect Heights in the 52nd Assembly District voted overwhelmingly for Chris Owens. As far as I can tell in my bleary state :shaking2:, Chris's largest margin of victory in the 52nd AD was here, winning 340 versus 52 for Jesse Strauss versus some lower number for Williamson.

Strauss was actively endorsed by the Assembly Rep of the 52nd. Williamson was actively endorsed by City Council Representative Steve Levin.

Montgomery won by a large margin as well. Of all the State Senate races in New York. Velmanette won by one of the largest margins.

I didn't get the Schneiderman numbers, but he won by huge margins here.

In the 57th Assembly District at PS9, Olanike Alabi beat (I think) Renee Collimore, but by a pretty small margin.

There are more results here:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/38/dtg_electionroundup_2010_09_17_bk.html

Comments

  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Nice! I also voted for the amazing Schneiderman and for Owens.

    I wish we could oust gillebrand in favor of someone downstate though. Her appointment was total bullshit.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    Carnivore wrote:
    I wish we could oust gillebrand in favor of someone downstate though. Her appointment was total bullshit.
    appointments in general are bullshit (not that i have a terrific alternate solution, you understand), but do you actually have a problem with her record (in the senate)? as for downstate-ness, again, do you see a related problem in her record? my gut feeling is that we'll have an easier time keeping an upstate dem in office in this political climate.

    ^those questions are genuine, by the way.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Not with her record per se. It's just that Upstate already has a disproportionate amount of power in New York compared to their population. I don't think she'll have an easier time than any other Democrat would this year, and I'd rather we city folk have representation.
  • novanglus
    novanglus
    Carnivore wrote: Not with her record per se. It's just that Upstate already has a disproportionate amount of power in New York compared to their population. I don't think she'll have an easier time than any other Democrat would this year, and I'd rather we city folk have representation.
    Our other Senator lives in Park Slope. I don't think it's necessary--or even wise--for the Democrats to run only NYC pols for statewide office (Cuomo is from Queens, Schneiderman is from Manhattan, etc).
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    that's the definition of the senate: disproportionate representation.

    it's not that i disagree that it's a problem on a national level -- why do delaware and montana get to louse things up for states with actual people in them? -- but in this instance, i'm more or less with novanglus. hard to get to worked up when we do have one very local senator and one whose actual record doesn't make me think she's opposed to my interests.

    besides, since most voters live downstate, she has to appeal to us, no matter where she comes from (unlike the senators from wyoming, etc.). what's the problem?

    meantime, we do have a few folks in the House....
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I just hate the pandering to upstate voters as if their opinions count more than downstate voters. At the state level, we get screwed repeatedly by this (MTA subway vs commuter rail funding, school funds from the lottery, as examples).
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    i agree with that principle, i just don't think this is a good example of a problem.
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