I don’t think New York has run-offs. Twelve challengers could be the best thing to happen to her.
Agreed. All the "challenger" votes would be split among 12, so no one challenger would accumulate enough votes to defeat her.
Hopefully, one of the other challengers gets another party’s line. Remember, New York has fusion and 8 ballot-qualified parties. If the Independence Party or teh Serve America Movement (SAM) Party would cross-endorse one of Occasional Cortex’s liberal-to-left challengers, it might help pave the way for a moderately conservative candidate to win.