Long-shot Pedro Challenger Fernando Tirdado has his signatures successfully challenged and will not be on the primary ballot:
Sen. Pedro Espada will face one less challenger during the Democratic primary on Sept. 14. That is actually a bad thing for him as pundits have said that the anti-Espada vote could be split. Fernando Tirdado was booted from the ballot on Thursday as his petitions were successfully challenged. Espada now faces Gustavo Rivera, a former aide to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Daniel Padernacht, a Bronx based lawyer
It looks like there is a perfect storm shaping up for Pedro- the opposition will be less divided, have the organizational muscle of the WFP, and have the advantage of running in a year when public anger at Albany and Pedro as the poster boy for that dysfunction is at an all time high. Although Pedro will almost certainly end up in jail, it's looking like we will have the satisfaction of removing from him from office before then.
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Gustavo Rivera for State Senate
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