It wasn’t even close when the AP called it last night: Democrat establishment favorite Hakeem Jeffries crushed former Black Panther Charles Barron in a landslide, 75 percent to 25 percent. The Daily News recaps:
State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries trounced City Councilman Charles Barron in a showdown for Brooklyn’s 8th congressional district.
With 54 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press deemed Jeffries the easy winner, 75 percent of the vote to Barron’s 25 percent.
“The political pundits said that this was going to be a close race, but that was before the people had spoken,” Jeffries told his supporters after hearing early results. “The people spoke with one loud voice and that’s why we’re going to Washington.”
Jeffries landed almost every major endorsement, winning the backing of Sen. Chuck Schumer, Gov. Cuomo and most Democratic bigwigs.
Recall that Barron lost his 2006 congressional race against incumbent Ed Towns by a mere eight points, so how did he manage to lose so epically to a newer, lesser-known politician like Jeffries just six years later? The David Duke endorsement video might have had something to do with it, but it’s likely the last-minute deluge of cash and endorsements for the Jeffries’ campaign helped him build an impressive get-out-the-vote effort in the typically low-turnout district. The Daily News suggests as much in its article comparing Barron’s campaign HQ to Jeffries’:
Earlier in the day, about 20 volunteers donned bright yellow t-shirts inside Barron’s makeshift campaign headquarters in a transformed family owned diner, Sistas’ Place on 456 Nostrand Ave.
Meanwhile, an army of volunteers flooded a campaign office in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, where Jeffries’ father, Marland, 73, was patiently waiting for the election results.
Despite the drubbing, Barron reportedly refused to concede the race and is calling for a recount. Barron may be the sorest loser, but Crain’s New York makes the case that the biggest loser of the race is DC 37, the powerful city union that backed Barron and looked ineffective in the process:
DC 37. By backing Charles Barron for Congress, the city’s largest public employees’ union fueled speculation that the bomb-throwing councilman’s campaign was surging in its final weeks. But Barron’s crushing defeat by Jeffries was further proof of the union’s diminished political clout.
A stinging defeat for unions and David Duke fans all in the same day? Who could ask for anything more?
Wait till Mondoweiss, Glenn Greenwald and the NYTimes hints that the Jews rigged the vote.
Trduy, Greenwald has his deficiencies as a legal analyst (and as a clam and reasonable human) but to link him with the dog pus that is MondoWeiss is reasonable on your part…….linking the NYT to same sorta shows that you've got problems dealing sanely with life.
Orrin Hatch won his primary. Charles Barron lost his primary. Two examples of good news. Moderates can win. elections.
My Gosh–Oren Hatch described as a "moderate." That's wonderful!! I remember how the lefties described him as the worst plague since the Black Death and this was not that long ago. n nIt shows how our poloitical center has moved to the right and, as the convicted Democ-rat Party donor Martha Stewart puts it, THAT'S A GOOD THING!
hi, George. good to "see" ya.
It disturbs me that open, public, unvarnished, and genuinely hateful anti Semitic bigotry now has a place in American politics.
An article noted that the Sierra Club endorsed Barron. First, is that true? Second, if true, why did they? Then let's not forget and make it an issue for them at every trun from now on!
thanks for all the alarmism and spew, Alana.
Only 35,000 in a district with nearyly 700,000 residents turned out to vote in this one.
Can't you hear the 635,000 whining like children when new policies are enacted that affect them, but they had their chance and passed.
and the low turnout was expected to provide Barron with his only hope of winning. n
Right, that was his hope, other's fear, that his hardcore base would do it for him in a low turnout election. Well, it was a low turnout, but it didn't matter. n nI wonder how many votes elected Barron to the NY city council and what, if any, opposition he faced when he ran for that lesser office. Like the execrable Pat Buchanan, another antisemite, Barron is said to be quite personable and appealing on that basis while loathsome for what he represents. Supposedly, the Amsterdam News endorsed Barron over Jeffries, but I can't find it on Barron's website or elsewhere
DC 37's endorsement of this anti-Semitic bigot followed by the election result is further proof not only of its diminished clout but of how that and so many other unions have fallen into the extremist pit that even harms their own members. The unions in this country, particularly the government employee unions, are the backbone of the American left. When unions represented the industrial workers of this nation, under the leadership of George Meany, they were one of THE main anti-communist forces in the world. I remember an Israel Rally held in the Polo Grounds in 1960 at which George Meany spoke and began his speech with the words, "Mazel Tov" and went on to praise the Histradrut. I doubt the head of that union combine, this corpulent excuse of a leader Trumpka, would even know what those words mean. Meany's anti-communism and pro-Israel positions led him, among other reasons, to refuse to support the pro-Viet Cong (and pro-Arab) candidacy of George McGovern. n nThat they dominate today's Democ-rat Party along with the Hollywood culture debasing degenerates and the John Edwards tort shysters should make all decent voters vote Republican!
sure you're older than you've been, but I hope that in 20 years from now, you've be surprised at realizing what a youngster you were today. n nheck if you hang around another 10 years, you might have the satisfaction of seeing Israel still standing strong and North Korea crumbling.
From the DC37 website: "United in DC 37, we are a mighty and powerful force to be reckoned with. We’re also part of AFSCME—the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees—with more than 1.6 million members like us nationwide." n nHow the mighty are fallen.
Alana is about as influential as my sister's cat, bp. it was the utter lack of enthusiasm for Barron's candidacy that defeated him …along with the efforts of the Democratic Party. n nBarron's time has passed and he's been passed by, just as the old enfeebled "war of civilizations" dotards such as Norman and the far uglier-minded Marty P.