Malcolm Smith, minority leader of the Senate Democrats did not have a great primary night. A couple of the incumbent horses he bet on and put money behind lost and these losses may have a lasting effect on the leadership.
Senator Efrain Gonzalez lost in a primary to Pedro Espada, who is a former Senator also and Senator Marty Connor, who is a former minority leader and important to the Democrats with his in-depth institutional knowledge, lost to Dan Squadron. Malcolm Smith had his money behind Gonzalez and Connor.
While Squadron will remain true to his party leadership (he is a former Schumer aid) Espada is a wild card for the Democrats. The last time Espada was in the Senate he aligned himself with the Republicans, Espada along with Senators Ruben Diaz and Carl Kruger will make for some tough sledding for the Senate Democrats.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is big enough to take away everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson
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how much money did the senate dems put into primaries? i though they were saving their cash for the general...
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