Incumbent Tom DiNapoli was nominated as the Democratic Party’s pick for state comptroller at the party’s nominating convention on Friday, Feb. 6, in Syracuse.
DiNapoli will now automatically appear on the ballot in the June primary, but after 15 years in office, he is seeing his first primary challenges.
Former Kansas state RepresentativeRaj Goyle,who moved to New York City in 2010, and non-profit CEODrew Warshawcontested DiNapoli’s re-election.
Warshaw was the only challenger to attend the Democratic nomination and received only 10% of the vote to DiNapoli’s 90%.
“It’s an honor to once again receive the endorsement of state Democrats to be New York’s Comptroller,” DiNapoli wrote in a statement.
“Excited to be on the dream team alongside Tish James, Kathy Hochul and Adrienne Adams. We won today. We’re going to win in June. And we’re going to win in November. Because nobody is better prepared than me to protect our budget, protect our retirement fund and protect our state from Trump corruption.”
Attempts to contact Warshaw were unavailing, but City & State reported that Warshaw will petition to be put on the primary ballot.
The New York State Democratic Committee, the governing body for the state party, votes at the convention for the party’s official endorsement.
Source: LI Press
