THe IDC Is Getting The Stuffing Kicked Out Of It

Nine candidates ran against members of the IDC…these are the ones who prevailed so far

NY SD 11: John Liu…Winner*
NY SD 13: Jessica Ramos…Winner*
NY SD 20: Zellnor Myrie…Winner
NY SD 31: Robert Jackson…Winner*
NY SD 34: Alessandra Biaggi…Winner *(Running against the IDC leader Jeff Klein) …she was on HRC’s Team
NY SD 53: Rachel May …Winner

“WHEN NEW YORKERS go to the polls today, they’ll have an opportunity to cast judgement on a group of Democratic state senators who, for years, caucused with Republicans, giving the GOP a constructive majority in a Democratic legislature. The group, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, disbanded in April in a move that’s been interpreted as an attempt to mitigate criticism ahead of primary challenges this fall. But all eight members of the IDC are nevertheless facing primaries.

For years, the IDC effectively turned control of the state Senate over to the GOP, contrary to the wishes of voters who sent Democratic majorities to Albany in 2012 and 2016. The conference first came into existence in January 2011, when Sen. Jeff Klein, D-Bronx and three other Democrats — Carlucci; Diane Savino, D-Staten Island; and David Valesky, D-Oneida — broke from the Democratic caucus and joined what was then a Republican majority in exchange for committee chair positions and increased power. “They decided that they would make alliance with the Republicans to be in power and get perks,” said George Albro, co-chair of the New York Progressive Action Network.

The IDC has come under repeated criticism for stymying the ability of Democrats in the Senate to get things done. Progressives cite the caucus’s alliance with Republicans as one of the factors preventing the Senate from addressing legislation — like single-payer health care, marijuana legalization, and the DREAM Act — meant to improve the lives of New Yorkers. Cuomo didn’t seem interested in exercising his power over what could pass through the Senate, Kang told The Intercept. “Cuomo made sure not much reform got through anyway.”

Now, on election day, the moment of reckoning appears to be upon the IDC. Though no public polling has been done on the individual races, there are indications that at least some of the caucus members won’t be returning to Albany. The Senate Independence Campaign Committee, or SICC, the IDC’s campaign fundraising account, is funneling money to five of the incumbents: Alcantara, Hamilton, Klein, Avella, and Peralta.”

https://theintercept.com/2018/09/13/new-york-democratic-primary-cuomo-idc/

The defeat of Klein will be seen as a real blow to Cuomo and a comeuppance/warning

Complete results here:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/elections/results-new-york-primary-elections.html