“(Or maybe it was a real election because both were DS and they let the voters pick.)”
Both Skull & Bones brothers, I remember watching them debate infuriated because they embargoed the immigration issue - neither of them would go there.
This link from an article before the SHTF for Raniere & Mack:
This more recent link hints at ties to NXIVM for Schneiderman, Cuomo, Hochul & Hochul: