The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/nixon/)
Incumbent Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D-N.Y.) earned the Democratic nomination for New York governor on Thursday evening. But he didn’t earn the majority of votes in Tompkins County, home of Ithaca and Cornell.
Correction appended.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faced his Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon in their only scheduled debate last week. It was an unimpressive and shallow display. For an hour, the two Democrats shouted over each other and spouted political clichés, allegations and factual inaccuracies as they each postured to embrace a policy agenda further to the left of the other. The debate’s obvious takeaway is this question: Why would we seek to entrust this state to either of these candidates for the next four years? It is not a rhetorical question.
“Being a leader in renewable energy is not only good for our health but a growing industry that New York needs to be on the ground floor of,” Nixon told a crowd of over 200 supporters at The Space @ GreenStar.