I wonder why Edward Mangano, the GOP candidate for Nassau County Executive, failed to get the Conservative Party endorsement. If Mangano was an acceptable candidate, the CP really screwed up in this race; if he is a RINO, then the GOP primary voters screwed up by nominating someone that they knew would not get the CP endorsement and thus would have a big handicap in the general election.
On Tuesday, I noticed we lost the White Plains (Westchester Co.) Mayorship when the incumbent Republican retired. I didn’t catch the margin of victory for the Democrat (although one challenger, couldn’t tell if it was the Republican, had mounted a write-in bid). But the more galling loss, which reminded me of NY-23, was in Syracuse. The Dem incumbent, Matt Driscoll, retired and another Dem, Stephanie Miner, succeeded him with right about the 50% mark — she had two opponents, the Republican (39%) and the Conservative (10%). Had we unified around one, we might’ve taken that office (we held it prior to Driscoll in 2001).
Either possibility is a good one. One of the parties screwed up.