Light turnout, and images of a tearful Charlie Rangel
Briefing: The NY-06 ballot. John Scandalios via facebook
5:22 pm Jun. 26, 2012
At the Polls
"[F]ears of a light turnout on Tuesday appeared justified in some districts." [Andy Newman]
"Turnout is dead, everywhere," a consultant tells me. [Twitter]
NY-13
Rangel is confident. [Catalina Camia]
Rangel to CNN: "Fired up and ready to go." [Roland Martin]
Rangel: "Well, if I lose tonight, I will sleep just like a baby and cry myself to sleep." [Hunter Walker]
NY-08
An aide to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is working against City Councilman Charles Barron's congressional bid. [Sally Goldenberg]
A blog endorses Hakeem Jeffries. [Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn]
Gentrification complicates the race. [Matt Sledge]
Barron, explained: "Barron’s local politics are of a piece with those of any liberal Brooklyn Democrat." And "It’s the global black struggle against white oppression that, in his view, aligns him with Mugabe." [Ben Smith]
NY-07
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Rep. Carolyn Maloney and State Senator Dan Squadron campaigned with Rep. Nydia Velazquez. [Ed Litvak]
Silver: There's "a very bitter, deceitful campaign" against Velazquez. [David Freedlander]
Albany
A top Cuomo aide talks about the State Senate elections without pledging to uniformly back Democrats. [Liz Benjamin]
The Ads
