BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter
Former State Senator Elijah Reichlin Melnick, Democratic candidate for the NYS 38th Senate District lost his bid to have his name on the Working Families Party line to Barbara J. Francis 205 – 141. Melnick got over 5100 votes on that line in 2020 and over 2600 in 2022.
This means it is a three-way election and puts Senator Bill Weber up against two Democratic candidates in the general election in November.
Looking at history, when a party’s vote is split between two candidates, as in the elections of 1860 (Split in the Democrat party gave Lincoln the presidency) and 1912 (Split in the Republican party gave Wilson the presidency) this gives Senator Weber a clear advantage in this election.
As both parties would say, nothing is certain, and everyone needs to get out and vote.
There will be more to come on this.