Low turnout, few surprises in 2014 primary
On Tuesday, September 9, democracy limped its way to the finish line in this year’s state legislative primaries, with low – sometimes abysmally low – turnouts in local races, despite the fact that, in several cases, the seats have been vacant since the beginning of the year.
With 307,356 people in an average State Senate district, the Democratic Brooklyn senate primary with the largest turnout garnered only 13,325 votes, according to unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections. Similarly, while the average Assembly district population is 129,089, only one Assembly primary in the borough exceeded 10,000 voters, despite the electorate being barraged, in many cases, with mail and phone calls.
In the 18th Senate District Democratic primary, incumbent Martin Malave Dilan, with 5,333 votes (58 percent) handily defeated insurgent Debbie Medina, who got 3,859 votes (42 percent).
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