The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/primary/)
Incumbent Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten (D) won the Democratic D.A. primary in a comeback victory over Edward Kopko, who led election night returns with 57.5 percent of the vote. Tompkins County Legislator Anna Kelles (D-2nd District) maintained her election night lead, cruising to victory in the primary race for New York State assembly.
The race for Tompkins County District Attorney has seen its fair share of mudslinging: Edward Kopko had routinely slammed incumbent Matthew Van Houten’s record on racial justice, an increasingly pertinent campaign message amid a national reckoning on racial injustice in the United States.
Hosted by the Tompkins County Democratic Committee, the forum focused partly on District Attorney Matthew Van Houten’s relationship with law enforcement and on New York State’s recently passed bail reform.
On June 23, NYS registered voters will now only be able to vote for candidates in congressional and local races — not the presidential.
“It makes no sense to me to tell people you have to put your life at risk, violate social distancing, to come out to vote,” Cuomo said in a Friday press conference.
Democratic candidates for Tompkins County District Attorney, New York State Senate and State Assembly debated their policies during a virtual candidate forum.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) pushed the state’s presidential primary from April 28 to June 23. His decision comes after 11 other states and territories postponed their presidential primaries.
“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.
“I’m going to be very loyal to New York, to New York State,” Trump, stationed in front of a row of American flags, promised the crowd to uproarious applause.
Graphic design has always eeked its way into presidential campaigns. Many remember the famous analysis of the Bush/Cheney and Kerry/Edwards logos which analyzed everything from the choice of fonts (obnoxiously bolded sans serif vs. light highbrow serif) to the placement of the flags (firmly anchored vs. flying off the page). All this seemed to confirm Bush’s brawny, strength-obsessed politics, versus the perception of Kerry as an elite weakling.