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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Easily Defeats Cynthia Nixon in New York Primary


Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a decisive step toward a third term on Thursday,
quelling a liberal rebellion by turning aside the insurgent challenge of
Cynthia Nixon to claim the Democratic nomination in New York.

Mr. Cuomo had marshaled the support of nearly all of the state and country’s
most powerful Democratic brokers — elected officials, party leaders, labor
unions and wealthy real estate interests — to defeat Ms. Nixon, beating her
by 30 percentage 
points.

The race cemented both Mr. Cuomo’s standing as an unmatched force in New
York politics and a merciless tactician with little regard for diplomacy.

Ms. Nixon had cast her first-time candidacy as a fight for the direction of
the Democratic Party in New York and beyond, offering a pure brand of
liberalism against Mr. Cuomo’s more triangulating pragmatism, a style
defined less by ideology and more by 
what he deemed possible.

In the end, the governor’s record of achievements — on gun control, gay
marriage, the minimum wage, paid-family leave and more — and his gargantuan
fund-raising advantage spoke louder than Ms. Nixon’s objections over
legislation he sidelined in 
the byzantine corridors of Albany’s capital.

The race was called about 30 minutes after the polls closed, with Mr. Cuomo
watching the results roll in over dinner with senior staff at the Governor’s
Mansion in Albany. Mr. Cuomo never appeared publicly after the polls closed on
Thursday, letting 
the results speak for themselves.

Ms. Nixon called to offer Mr. Cuomo a private concession before a fiery speech
before her supporters in Brooklyn, where she and her two insurgent allies for
statewide office, Zephyr Teachout and Jumaane Williams, had gathered.  All
three lost.

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