After Goldman seemingly wins narrow pluralty in 10th Congressional District, a WFP challenge from Niou in November? Brisport easily holds state Senate seat.
In a low-turnout August election for the new 10th Congressional District, which includes Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park, the relatively moderate, significantly self-funded (and NY Times-endorsed) candidate, former impeachment counsel Dan Goldman, seems to have won a narrow plurality, at least without the absentee ballots counted, according to the Times. The farthest left candidate, Yuh-Line Niou, came in second, and did not concede, saying she wanted to see the absentee ballots counted. That leaves open the possibility that she could challenge Goldman in November on the Working Families Party line; see this argument . She'd still be battling uphill, and that doesn't mean that votes from Mondaire Jones and Carlina Rivera would necessarily go to her. Journalist Ross Barkan suggested that Jones, a sitting Congressman who relocated to Brooklyn to run in the new district, faced the biggest loss. Interestingly, as indicated on the maps, Niou might have triumphed had the votes...