Grisanti’s NY state senate district is SD-60, not 50, and it’s a fustercluck. Yes, Kevin Stocker (presumably not the firmer Phillie shortstop) beat RINO Mark Grisanti in the GOP primary, but Grisanti will be on the general-election ballot on the Independence Party line. Moreover, not only will Stocker not have the Conservative Party line, a third candidate has it: one Tim Gallagher. And to add to our odds of losing what should be a safe GOP seat, Mark Panepinto, who already had the Working Families Party ballot line, narrowly won the Democrat nomination as well, so the ultraliberal vote won’t be split. I don’t know what the NY Conservative Party was thinking in nominating someone who didn’t even run for the GOP nomination, but I hope that the party and Tim Gallagher do the right thing and nominate Gallagher to an unwinnable race for a judgeship so that Stocker can get the Conservative Party line and have a better chance if election.
Oh dear. And despite it’s Republican Senator, district 60 was won by Obama by a wide 56%-42% margin, so it’s hardly unwinnable by the rats anyway. It might be the least Republican district held by a Republican.
This fusion crap is causing us problems lately, having it combined with the NY’s restriction on candidates being able to withdraw is horrendous.
In CD 21, IP nominee Matt Doheny, who lost the GOP primary back in June, dropped out and endorsed GOP/CON nominee Elise Stefanik, but his name is still on the ballot.
An aside, there was very light turnout in this primary, low enough for Zephyr Teachout to win many counties over Cuomo. NY election law is just bizarre.