Sexting, extramarital sex lose in New York primary elections for Weiner, Spitzer, sex scandals bring losses to Anthony Wiener and Eliot Spitzer in Tuesday's Democratic primary in NYC for mayor and comptroller respectively, Weiner dead last in five-way primary with 4.9 percent of vote, Wiener gives hecklers his middle finger after getting into a limousine after his concession speech, Huffington Post says "good riddance" to Weiner in editorial
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| Anthony Weiner, left, and Eliot Spitzer. Weiner is a former congressman who lost a bid for New York City mayor in Tuesday's Democratic primary. He resigned from Congress in 2011 following a sexting scandal where he sent cell phone photographs of himself and his penis to hundreds of women. Spitzer lost the Democratic primary for city comptroller. He resigned as governor of New York in 2008 after admitting to paying a prostitute for sex. While Weiner came in dead last with only 4.9 percent of the vote, Spitzer came in second in his race and lost with 48 percent of the vote. Weiner's wife Huma Abedin is a former aide to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. |
NEW YORK, New York- Sexting and extramarital sex both lost out Tuesday night as Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, both married and both hit by highly public and rightfully embarrassing sex scandals, lost elections for mayor and comptroller respectively in Tuesday's Democratic primary in New York City.
Wiener, 49, admitted to sexting hundreds of women and resigned his congressional seat in 2011, and Spitzer, 54, got caught with a prostitute and resigned as governor in 2008. Both ran for the posts with full support from their respective spouses.
Seventy percent of New York City voters are Democrats.
But while Spitzer, also a former CNN news host, lost with 48 percent of the vote to Democratic primary winner Scott Stringer, Weiner came in dead last in the race for mayor, and with only 4.9 percent of the vote. Bill de Blasio led the pack in that five-way race, and set the stage in his efforts to lead the nation's largest city. He got 260, 473 votes , or 40 percent of the vote.
Stringer will face a Republican, Independent or other in November's general election and de Blasio, a former metropolitan transit authority chief, will take on Republican Joe Lhota.
Wiener gave hecklers his middle finger after entering a limousine Tuesday night following a concession speech were he said the loss was in part because he is "imperfect."
The former congressman had refused to step out of the race early on and even after more news broke that he had sent cell phone photographs of himself and his penis to an array of women after his public apology and resignation from Congress.
Weiner's wife Huma Abedin is a former aide to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who is at the end of a third consecutive term, did not seek reelection, though his message of family values resonated with some voters and likely hurt Weiner and Spitzer.
Bloomberg was once a Democrat who won election to New York mayor as a Republican in 2001.
In 2007 he became an Independent.
The losses, say political pundits, show that personal shortfalls often do matter in political elections, at least for the married Spitzer and Weiner.
The Huffington Post did an editorial after Weiner's loss calling him a disgrace and dubbing his political fall from grace a "good riddance."
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