After a nail-biter on Tuesday night, Dan Goldman defeated Yuh-Line Niou and a splintered field of progressives
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Images/Shutterstock Dan Goldman, the former federal prosecutor who poured millions of his personal fortune into his bid for New York’s 10th congressional district, narrowly won on Tuesday night after a nail-biter against the progressive state assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou.
“It is a rebuke of Donald Trump. He tried and failed again to meddle in an election,” Goldman said, referencing Trump’s bizarre quasi-endorsement last week. “We are facing threats unlike any we have seen before. Donald Trump and his authoritarian Republican Party are a danger to our progressive values, our safety, and our way of life. Make no mistake about it - he will run again in 2024 and he will try to steal the next election.
As he loaned his campaign close to $4 million of his fortune in the final month, Goldman was accused of trying to buy the seat — which Niou referenced during her remarks at a campaign event at the Brooklyn Marina. “Our district is not for sale,” she told throngs of supporters who were upbeat as vote totals showed her within striking distance of Goldman. With some absentee ballots yet to be counted, she refused to give up, though acknowledged she was trailing.
The race was unusual for the city — an open congressional seat. It began after a set of maps that were highly favorable to Democrats were struck down by New York’s highest court as unconstitutional. Under new maps ordered by the court, Jerry Nadler decided not to run to represent the new 10th, which had cleaved off his Upper West Side base and attached a huge swath of Brooklyn.
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