I was curious if the Graham Platner stuff was known outside of Maine, so I asked my three friends if they had heard about Graham Platner.
Friend 1: No idea
Friend 2: No idea
Friend 3: "Oh, is he that gay senator from South Carolina?"
@bornposting I feel like it kinda used to be just casually silly, and since around the Chibnall era, it started to just feel like haha look we're funny and random look how crazy
According to The New York Times, Gov. Kathy Hochul asked Mayor Zohran Mamdani to endorse Espaillat. Mamdani refused. Instead, he backed democratic socialist challenger @DarializaforNY , giving her campaign a major progressive boost in the final stretch.
The race for New York’s 13th Congressional District is entering its final weeks, and Rep. Espaillat is fighting to hold onto his seat despite the Mayor’s backing.
Espaillat is being heavily supported with PACs associated with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The Caucus’ top donor is AIPAC.