(N.Y.) Stonewall Democrats Club Chooses Cuomo Over Nixon
On Wednesday afternoon, Cynthia Nixon’s campaign sent an email blast to supporters, mocking Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s application for the Stonewall Democratic Club’s endorsement, accusing him of lying in a desperate bid to shore up support.
Hours later, the club, the city’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Democratic organization, endorsed Mr. Cuomo.
In the slog to September’s primary elections, the Stonewall Democrats are just one among a bevy of groups that have weighed in on the closely watched race for governor. But their choice makes clear the challenge facing Ms. Nixon, a political novice who would be the state’s first openly gay governor, as she seeks to unseat a two-term incumbent with a measurable track record.
“I have not agreed with the governor on everything he has done, both from a policy and politics perspective,” said Jeffrey LeFrancois, a Stonewall Democrats board member. “But at the end of the day, in the state of the country, state of the world right now, to take a gamble on somebody who has had zero experience in a political or governing environment is not a risk that I think is appropriate.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/nyregion/nixon-cuomo-lgbtq-gay-stonewall-democrats.html
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