Letitia James Wins Attorney General Race, Defeating 3 Rivals

[nycbos]

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Source: NY TIMES

Letitia James became the first black woman to win a major party statewide nomination on Thursday, defeating three rivals in New York’s Democratic primary for attorney general.

With her win, Ms. James, 59, the New York City public advocate, has positioned herself as a prominent face of resistance to the policies of President Trump, a role that the New York attorney general’s office has embraced since Mr. Trump took office.

With Democrats outnumbering Republicans in New York State by a margin of more than two to one, Ms. James will be heavily favored in November against the Republican candidate, Keith Wofford, who ran unopposed. If Ms. James wins, she would be the first black woman to assume statewide office, just five years after becoming the first black woman elected to citywide office in New York.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/nyregion/letitia-james-attorney-general.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=click&contentCollection=nyregion&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

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GO TISH

[rpannier]

1. Maloney finished 3rd

A distant and pathetic 3rd

[DURHAM D]

2. Maps always help -

Link to tweet

[djg21]

10. Or, maybe James got lucky?

James would have lost had Maloney and Teachout not split the anti-establishment vote. Many people I spoke with wouldn’t vote for James because of her connections to Cuomo and Heastie, and their stated desire to have an independent AG beholden to neither. The decision was whether to vote for Maloney or Teachout.

[Retrograde]

3. Interesting breakdown of votes at the NYT web site

James carried the New York City counties, Suffolk, Nassau, Rockland and Westchester counties - and nothing north of that. Teachout carried most of the eastern third of the state, and Maloney got most of the western 2/3.

[Scurrilous]

4. K&R

[Power 2 the People]

5. Go get em Letitia!

[Julian Englis]

6. Let's hope she wins & she gets indictments & convictions of the Trump Crime Syndicate members n/t

[onetexan]

7. Bravo!

[beachbum bob]

8. could be the trumps worse nightmare, a black woman with the power of investigation and

prosecution of all things trump in New York

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Wow wow.

Let's hope the various factions in NY state can reconcile. There will be some heavy heavy cases coming up over the next couple years.

[DonViejo]

11. Locking...

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