Winners and Losers in the Democratic Primary

Insurgent candidates fall short in bid to upend establishment

By Will Bredderman

As it turned out, Cynthia Nixon was not the one. 

The left-wing actor-activist and her slate of would-be statewide allies failed to capture the hearts and votes of most participating Democrats on Tuesday. But private sector interests had cause to both weep and cheer as the results came in.

Depending on what branch of government they looked at, the election was either completely predictable or utterly erratic. But as always, for some to win, others must lose. Let's start with the latter.

LOSERS:

Independent Democratic Conference: The state senators formerly known as the IDC are now, for the most part, the IDCers formerly known as state senators. The eight-member splinter conference that has maintained a power-sharing deal with the GOP in the upper chamber found itself all but routed, its numbers reduced to two. Most stunning of all was the defeat of Bronx state Sen. Jeffrey Klein, once one of New York's biggest power-brokers, at the hands of first-time candidate Alessandra Biaggi. Gone too are Upper Manhattan state Sen. Marisol Alcantara, Brooklyn state Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Queens state Sen. Jose Peralta.

Losers by extension are all the interests that aligned with Klein and his compatriots, including the Greater New York Hospital Association, private carting outfits, the Real Estate Board of New York and charter schools.

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Source: CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS (via Empire Report New York)