Other Races, Other Endorsements
September 12th, 2005

For all the attention paid to the campaign for mayor, most New Yorkers would probably be surprised to learn there are hundreds of other candidates for office.
If New Yorkers are finding it difficult enough to figure out for whom to vote for mayor, despite so much campaign literature, so many television ads, all those debates, published comparisons of their positions on the issues , and well-publicized endorsements — then what hope is there for all these other names on the ballot?
Actually, in many districts, it’s not so tough.
Take district 27 in Queens, which encompasses Cambria Heights, Hollis, and St. Albans. The Carib News enthusiastically endorsed Leroy Comrie: “Comrie may not be a boisterous office holder but he stands up for the rights and the needs of his constituents and he has a sound vision for the District.” On the other hand, it would be impossible for any voter in the district not to take the newspaper’s guidance, except by staying home. Comrie is not only running unopposed by any other Democrat. He is also running on the Working Families Party, the Independence Party, and the Republican Party.
There are 26 Council members in total — the majority — who have no primary challengers.
But in the 28th district right next door to Comrie’s, which includes Richmond Hill, Rochdale Village and South Jamaica, there is a crowded field of challengers to incumbent Allan Jennings, who, among other exploits, was charged with sexually harassing his female employees. Still, an editorial in the Daily News was probably not something that many voters in that district will take into the polls with them for guidance: “Endorsing any of these clowns is out of the question.”
There are about a dozen other races being decided today in which the result is not a foregone conclusion, and few newspapers rule out endorsements in most of these — eight seats on the City Council, the campaign for Manhattan borough president, and the contests for public advocate, as well as the District Attorneys of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Here are some newspaper endorsements in three of the most high-profile races (This is in no way meant to be exhaustive):
PUBLIC ADVOCATE
For incumbent Betsy Gotbaum: New York Times, , Daily News, Jewish Press
For challenger Norman Siegel: El Diario,
Amsterdam News,
Carib News
MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY
For incumbent Robert Morgenthau: Daily News,
New York Post, New York Observer,
Amsterdam News,
Carib News
For challenger Leslie Crocker Snyder: The New York Times
BROOKLYN DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
For incumbent Charles Hynes: New York Times, New York Post
For challenger Arnold Kriss: Amsterdam News
For challenger Mark Peters: Daily News
For challenger John Sampson: Carib News
CITY COUNCIL RACES
For newspaper endorsements in nine city council races, click here or find your district by going to Campaign 2005, and typing in your address and zip code.
By Jonathan Mandell on September 12, 2005, 9:49 pmIn category: Electoral Politics | No Comments »



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