New York city held partisan primaries on September 15. Although it is rare for incumbent City Councilmembers to lose their bids for re-election, four Democratic members were defeated for re-election in the primary. Three of them were defeated partly because Working Families Party activists campaigned against them. See this New York Times article, which says that 350 WFP paid activists spoke to over 62,000 voters during the campaign.
It’s too bad WFP couldn’t defeat 16-year incumbent Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings. But they did manage to beat 18-year treasurer Betty Barnette. Fortunately, Corey Ellis, the Working Families candidate will still have the WFP ballot line in November.
That is pretty damned impressive.