The above photo should speak for itself as Senator Jeff Klein handily won re-election. While my crystal ball predicted a 3 - 1 victory Klein won 2 - 1 or 67% to 33%.
It was not a good night however for the Bronx Democratic County organization. My CB predicted only one loss for county, but it seems now that two county backed candidates may wind up losers. In the 79th A.D. independent candidate Michael Blake won with 37%, Bronx Democratic county organization candidate Marsha Michael was only able to garner 23%, Independent candidate George Alvarez 23%, and 15% for the other 3 candidates in this race. In the 86th A.D. where my CB predicted a win by Hector Ramirez over incumbent Victor Pichardo the results (98%) have Hector Ramirez ahead by 11 votes 1,764 (50.2%) to Victor Pichardo 1,753 (49.8%). This race will obliviously be contested (probably by both candidates), and let's see if it can be resolved by the November election.
In other races -
33rd State Senate Gustavo Rivera won 60 - 40 - slightly lower than predicted.
36th State Senate Ruth Hassel- Thompson won 84 16 - as predicted
77th A.D. Latoya Joiner won win 70% of the vote
78th A.D. Jose Rivera won with 77.2 % of the vote, but will be facing his Democratic opponent again who is running on the Republican line in Nov.
85th A.D. Marcos Crespo won with 76% of the vote.
In all with the Bronx Democratic County organization missing the boat on the mayoral primary and the race for speaker of the city council last night was just another disappointing election night for the Bronx Democratic County organization and Chairman Carl Heastie. There are grumblings much like was heard in 2007 under then Bronx Democratic County Chairman Jose Rivera. The top name to replace Heastie has said that he is not interested right now, but it is believed that there are not enough votes right now to install a new county leader. The Bronx Democratic County Committee meeting is next week right after the primary. We shall see.
