by Lucie Levine
New York got out the vote yesterday, and here in the 12th district, which includes Greenpoint, Williamsburg, a large swath of the East Side of Manhattan, and parts of Queens, Carolyn Maloney defended her seat in the democratic primary against political newcomer Suraj Patel.
Maloney nabbed nearly 60% of the vote throughout the district, running with the endorsement of the New York Democratic Establishment, but Patel, a former Obama campaign staffer…
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She got lucky. I am not making a statement one way or another re her. I don’t know much about her.
Usually when senior dems get primary opponents in NYC they beat the other guy 90-10%. I believe her yes vote was 60-40 and she lost the No. Bklyn part of her area by app. 66-34.
Crowley her male colleague in Queens was not as lucky losing 60-40 to a much younger upstart.
The point being, whether good or bad, eventually people want new blood.