New York County
A couple of interesting bits from the official results of the Democratic primary elections in Manhattan:
Eliot Spitzer was the top vote-getter, with 105,161 votes in New York County. That's slightly more than Hillary Clinton, who got 100,453.
Jonathan Tasini, got 23,608 votes in Manhattan. Compare that to Spitzer's opponent, Tom Suozzi, who got 14,503.
The real Manhattan battle during the primary was in the Attorney General's race. Andrew Cuomo, who I reported was focusing his resources on Mark Green's home turf in Manhattan, edged out Green 55,284 to 48,292. Sean Patrick Maloney picked up 13,896.
Other notable vote-getters in that race: Bill Clinton (1), Charlie King (3,748), Denise O'Donnell (1) and Joe Lieberman (1).
-- Azi Paybarah
How about the votes for Jesus Christ in Kings County?
According to the BoE results, Tasini averaged about 17% citywide, mirroring his statewide numbers.
However, his biggest support was in the 66th AD where he averaged about 33%, double the city average.
I guess the folks who live and vote near Ground Zero are not as impressed by Clinton as the rest of the city. In one ED, Tasini got 40% against her nibs.
Downtown Guy:
STATEMENT AND RETURN REPORT FOR CERTIFICATION
Primary Election 2006 - 09/12/2006
New York County
Democratic Party
FOR DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES SENATOR (NYC) NO. OF CANDIDATES TO BE ELECTED 1
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
PRINTED AS OF:
9/27/2006 2:06:15PM
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 66
87 EMERGENCY
243 ABSENTEE/MILITARY
252 FEDERAL
168 AFFIDAVIT
9,202 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
3,667 JONATHAN B TASINI
1 GARRISON KEILOR (WRITE-IN)
1 MARTIN CONNOR (WRITE-IN)
TOTAL VOTES 12,871
Sorry, but that's 28%, and its far from his best showing in the City. That would be the 48th AD, represented by Dov Hikind, where Tasini got 37%.