Vance Captures Nomination for District Attorney

Source: New York Times

Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the hand-picked successor to a legendary prosecutor, won the Democratic primary for Manhattan district attorney on Tuesday, all but ensuring that he will become the fourth person to run that office since 1941.

Mr. Vance’s campaign had started out slowly against Leslie Crocker Snyder, a former judge who lost her bid for the job four years ago, and Richard M. Aborn, a gun-control advocate who racked up a number of labor endorsements. But Mr. Vance emerged as the establishment candidate with the backing of the current district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, who has held the office since 1975.

With 96 percent of the vote counted unofficial results showed Mr. Vance with 43 percent of the vote and Ms. Snyder with 30 percent.

Overall turnout was anemic, even though the Democratic primary typically decides the November election in a city that is Democratic by a ratio of five to one. But this year, with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pointing his well-financed operation toward November to win a third term, interest flagged in a lopsided Democratic mayoral primary in which City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. handily beat City Councilman Tony Avella of Queens.

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I'm sure Vance will rush out and indict the Wall Street establishment. And Christine Quinn, the Bloomberg suckup, got back in.

Anemic turnout may have something to do with not much point to voting this year, it's all been already decided.