Cynthia Nixon: ‘We Need Bluer Democrats’ in New York

By Madina Toure

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon—who is considering challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 gubernatorial race—says New York needs “bluer Democrats,” seeming to indicate she is getting closer to making a decision about a potential political campaign.

Last month, Nixon said she might challenge Cuomo, when asked by NY1 at a fundraiser she was co-hosting with a feminist collective, whose directors include Mayor Bill de Blasio’s finance director and the communications director for his reelection campaign. Nixon is a close ally of de Blasio, who often feuds with the governor.

At the Human Rights Campaign’s Greater New York gala on Saturday night, Nixon—an Upper West Side resident who has gained prominence for her advocacy on education issues—did not formally announce a gubernatorial bid but seemed to lay out a potential campaign platform.

Although the organization—the United States’ largest LGBTQ civil rights organization—endorsed Cuomo for reelection, it presented Nixon with the HRC Visibility Award.

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Source: Observer (via Empire Report New York)