Sex and the City character, Cynthia Nixon, wants to give up Manhattan’s glamour for decidedly unsexy Albany.
Nixon made her long-rumored Democratic Primary Bid against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Official with a Video and Email Release Monday afternoon.
Nixon has never held Elected Office but is a longtime Advocate for Public Education and a Political Ally of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cuomo’s nemesis.
The Governor recently suggested the Mayor had steered the Actress and Activist into a Campaign against him.
She faces daunting Odds against the Deep-Pocketed and universally known Cuomo.
A Siena College Poll released hours before the Announcement found Cuomo leading Nixon by 47% among Registered Democrats, only 39% of whom said they knew enough about her to form an Opinion. Nixon will also face Competition from at least one other Primary longshot, former State Sen. Terry Gipson.
One Consultant suggested Nixon could only seriously threaten Cuomo’s chances of a Third Term if she Secured the November Ballot Line of the Working Families Party, a Liberal Group She and her Wife have contributed Money to, and which has Twice Endorsed the Centrist Governor despite Fighting with Him on Policy Matters.
Bradley Tusk, a former Strategist to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, suggested that such a Split in the Liberal Vote could create a narrow Pathway to Victory for a Republican, though he cautioned Cuomo would still probably edge out his Opponents.
Gov. Cuomo has come under increasing Media Scrutiny since the beginning of the Corruption Trial of his Aide and Confidant, Joseph Percoco, who was ultimately Convicted.
His former Upstate Economic Development Chief, Alain Kaloyeros, will go on Trial in June for allegedly Rigging State Contract Bids in favor of Political Donors.
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