Primary Results: Silver, Towns, Squadron Win

NY1 has the 2008 primary results and here are the headlines:

Sheldon Silver won the 64th State Senate district, with 68% of the vote; Paul Newell got 23%, Luke Henry 9%.
Edolphus Towns defended his House seat (District 10) with 67% of the vote; Real World alum Kevin Powell got 33%.
State Senator Kevin Parker (district 21) won, with 49% of the vote; City Council members Simcha Felder and Kendall Stewart got 37% and 14%, respectively.
Martin Connor lost his State Senate race (district 25) to newcomer Daniel Squadron, who had 54% of the vote to Connor's 46%.
And the Staten Island Congressional race is set: It will be Democrat Michael McMahon, who bested Stephen Harrison, 74% to 26%, and Republican Robert Straniere, who had 59% to Jamshad Wyne's 41%.

Other winners include Adriano Espaillat over Miguel Martinez in State Assembly District 72 and Inez Barron (wife of Charles) for State Assembly District 40 . Efrain Gonzalez, the State Senator indicted for mail fraud, lost to Pedro Esapda in State Senate District 33. More here.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 10, 2008 1:16 AM

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JMH

"simcha fine for you deserve to be a loser for your vote for congestion pricing!!!!!!

no tax on brooklyn very clear"

You're an idiot.

Gregoire

I agree. I voted for Luke Henry who probably had a tenth of the budget Silver has to work with. Its very hard to affect change in local politics where advertising plays an almost exclusive role in getting somebody elected.

fugothamist

whats the matter with these idiots who keep electing shelly silver, the most corrupt politician in Albany

Roxanne

@blablanyc, what a travesty that we have the most unethical hypocritical people in politics. I wish they would just do away with the city council They hurt us more than help us.

blablanyc

Roxanne - Robert Straniere is awful. Straniere is as crooked as they come. Staten Island's congressional race is a loss either way.

JaneBeck

Felder deserved to lose and the voters got this one right. What a freak.

Now voters need to do some more homework and steer clear of McMahon, another self-serving, spineless politician who doesn't understand the meaning of the job or the concept of public service. He is one of the worst council members, and that is saying something!

Roxanne

Alert, Michael McMahon is one of the worst council members.His brother is the lobbyist Thomas McMahon. He voted to give himself a raise. he is for extending term limits even though we voted twice for term limits of 8 years. He does not believe in woman equality. he flip-flops on the war in Iraq. He is unethical and hates animals. His brother is the lobbyist for the Horse drawn carriage industry. The stable owner donated money to Michael mcMahon. this same sable owner rents a building from the board of education. We need schools yets the board of educations rents out to Shamrock at a good deal. SOMETHING is ROTTEN. Lets vote for republican Robert straniere.

Roxanne

Yes 100% right on Simcha felder who voted himself a raise and now wants to extend his job even though voters voted TWICE against term limits. Many persons informed the voters of his ANTI-ANIMAL stance and his inhumanity that I believe it made an impact. I am so glad that he lost.

Roxanne

Yes 100% correct of Simcha felder who wants to extend his job, voted to give himself a raise and is ANTI-animal. I am glad the boycott against him worked. People coordinate to inform all those voters that simcha feders works against humane issues.