The State Senate race in New York’s 60th district in Buffalo featured a four-candidate race, in which the winning Democrat, Marc Panepinto, won with only 32.65% of the vote.
The incumbent State Senator, Republican Mark G. Grisanti, lost the Republican primary to Kevin T. Stocker. Grisanti had voted for a gun control measure and Stocker based his campaign on opposition to the measure, although it had already been passed and signed into law. But Grisanti was still in the general election because the Independence Party nominated him. The Conservative Party ran its own nominee, Timothy D. Gallagher, because both Grisanti and Stocker support same-sex marriage. Thus, there were four candidates in the race.
The results were: Panepinto received 27.71% on the Democratic line and another 4.94% on the Working Families line, for a total of 32.65%.
Stocker received 30.86% on the Republican line.
Grisanti received 28.10% on the Independence line.
Gallagher received 8.40% on the Conservative line.
Another example of how a 3rd party can use the “balance of power” position and influence the outcome. Had the Working Families Party not co-nominated Panepinto, the GOP candidate might have won.
Then again, 3rd parties have to decide on why they exist. Do they want to hold to a philosophy – win or lose – or do they want to provide the edge in a close election and hopefully get a “seat at the table?”
There is rationale in both positions.
One more plurality – minority rule extremist in a gerrymander district.
How soon before a gerrymander civil war starts inside New York ???
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
Here you go again, Demo Rep. Spouting off one sentence retorts without elaborating. Don’t you know anything except P.R. and nonpartisan App.V?
Would be nice to carry on a nice exchange with you, as it seems you and I are about the only one whom comments on B.A.N. to any extent. But its hard for me to comment or reply to the same statements day in and day out.
The CRISIS is N-O-W.
The forces of Democracy versus the EVIL control freak forces of monarchy/oligarchy
— i.e. ALL the gerrymander incumbent robot party hack MONSTERS from political Hell.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
For the CLUELESS — once upon a time there were short comments like —
Independence NOW [1776)
Abolish Slavery NOW (1776-1865).
“P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.”
I love Puerto Rico and Microsoft’s Application Virtualization, too.