New York State Senate 34th District Democratic primary, 2014

New York States Senate 34th District Democratic primaries
September 9th
Turnout 42%

  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Jeffrey Klein Oliver Koppell
Party Independent Democratic Democrat
Alliance IDC
Leader since 2010
Popular vote 8,258 4,107

the 2014 New York State Senate 34th District Democratic primary was fought between incumbent Jeffrey Klein and challenger Oliver Koppell.

Challenge

Former NY Attorney General, and City Council rep Oliver Koppell announced that he would stop the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), led by Klein; by winning his seat. Soon after, more people such as John Liu joined Koppell in his attempts to defeat the IDC by running for state senate in their own districts.[1] NY governor candidate Zephyr Teachout endorsed Koppell.

Election

In the first 5 minutes of the election, Koppell trailed Klein just 4 votes.

At 10:50 PM Eastern Standard time, Koppell conceded to Klein with 33% of the votes in.

The East Bronx

Jeff Klein saw a landslide win against Koppell in the East Bronx, by over 1,000 votes.

Riverdale

Oliver Koppell took Riverdale by just 400 votes.

South Westchester

Klein took South Westchester by 600 votes.

References

  1. ↑ "Koppell Promises IDC Death Sentence If Elected". Gotham Gazette. Gotham Gazette. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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