What happens with Nydia Velazquez?

She's running in NY-07 https://twitter.com/ReElectNydia/status/1528045262467436546

everone runs for congress now it seems

No clue what is reasoning is here...

Mondire's reasoning is simple: he's used to running in open seats, this seat is open

Mondire's reasoning is simple: he's used to running in open seats, this seat is open LOL - he has only run one other time. Am I missing something did he run in some other open seat we don't have listed here? I think his reasoning is this district is probably more open to electing a person from outside the district. Park Slope and Lower Manhattan - if there are ppl there are are "natives" they are certainly vastly outnumbered by non-natives. He also said it in his announcement - he is a gay man and this is the home of Stonewall. He is hoping a built in LGBT constituency gives him some automatic base.

LOL - he has only run one other time. Am I missing something did he run in some other open seat we don't have listed here? The seat he ran for was open. He originally planned to primary Nita Lowey, but she retired not that long after he jumped in: thus giving him the advantage of running in an open seat. Mondaire's not used to primarying people, so this is the path of least resistance

How many candidates are we getting here?

Such disrespect for Mondaire.... Really treatin this like it is an open seat lol

And nowhere near 50% of the vote required..

Watch Simcha Felder sneak through.

Winner of this race may not crack 30%, and they'll grab a congressional seat.

This is quite a race

Poor Jones

Councilwoman Rivera is currently a slight betting odds favorite over Representative Niou. Should be an interesting race.

Poor Jones Seems worse for De Blasio for me.

Seems worse for De Blasio for me. But who gives a shit about him.... Jones has it worse cuz he was robbed from his seat

Heh, robbed. No one is guaranteed or owns a seat in Congress.

Heh, robbed. No one is guaranteed or owns a seat in Congress. Yes robbed.

I mean to be fair, nothing was stopping Jones from running against Maloney in his own district. Maloney isn’t some kind of electoral juggernaut, it would’ve been competitive. He made an extremely poorly thought out decision to carpetbag to NYC and it looks like he’ll likely be a one termer because of it.

I mean to be fair, nothing was stopping Jones from running against Maloney in his own district. Maloney isn’t some kind of electoral juggernaut, it would’ve been competitive. He made an extremely poorly thought out decision to carpetbag to NYC and it looks like he’ll likely be a one termer because of it. The plan was actually gonna be in his favor. Since NY Dem Party was trying to run him against Bowman, where they'd back him. But he chose this route thinking he'd have a path...guess he was wrong

But who gives a shit about him.... Jones has it worse cuz he was robbed from his seat My point isn't who is gives a shit about him, more that it seems to me he should be pulling more than 3 - 5% in polls. For a guy that served 2 terms as Mayor and ran for President, to only be placing last or 2nd to last in polls is pretty bad. Its pretty embarrassing - worse that way.

My point isn't who is gives a shit about him, more that it seems to me he should be pulling more than 3 - 5% in polls. For a guy that served 2 terms as Mayor and ran for President, to only be placing last or 2nd to last in polls is pretty bad. Its pretty embarrassing - worse that way. He was polling 15th out of 20 during his Prez run and left office with 26% liking him. It's pretty consistent

Good on de Blasio for finally taking the hint.

I wish he had stayed in. I love train wrecks.