So who are the winners and losers from the Public Advocate and Comptroller races? First, in order, the winners:
- Bill de Blasio: he won the Public Advocate primary by a commanding margin, which sets him up as a leading mayoral candidate next go round. Between his vote total, the money he raised and the way he got back on the ballot, it's fair to say de Blasio has the best field team and campaign team of all the NYC Democrats.
- John Liu: he ground out a win.
- Working Families Party and the city unions: between the original primary and the run off, field won again and again. WFP gets the credit.
- David Yassky: by making it to the runoff, he retains just enough credibility to run another day.
And the losers:
- Bill Thompson: incredibly low turnout should have the Thompson campaign worried about the lack of enthusiasm among NYC Democrats.
- Mark Green: his name recognition got him to the runoff, but he was expected to walk away with the primary. Hard to see how he increases the number of people voting for him.
- Eric Gioia: he raised more money than anyone in the Public Advocate race, but came in third. Hard to see him raising that much again.
- New York Times and other endorsers: a low turnout election makes it clear what works to convince people to vote. And what's clear is that field beat endorsements.
- The person handling the de Blasio campaign's petition cover sheet: WTF dude?
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