Candidates vying for a spot on the primary ballot this fall have a deadline to meet today. Petitions, or voter signatures of support, have to be filed with the Board of Elections office by the end of the day.
Legislators and legislative hopefuls had the last five weeks to collect signatures--a daunting task, considering the signatures must be from voters registered with the candidate's respective party and who live in their district. Congressional candidates need 1,250 valid signatures, state Senate candidates need 1,000, and 500 are required for the state Assembly.
Here's a little update on how the candidates in the 33rd Senate race fared:
We already know that incumbent Pedro Espada's filed his petitions--he did it very publicly at a press conference at the Bronx Board of Elections office on Monday. He said he had 10,000 collected.
Fernando Tirado told us this morning that he's already filed over 1,000 signatures. He declined to give a specific count, but said he had enough to "cushion" the potential signatures that could get thrown out by the BOE.
Kingsbridge attorney Daniel Padernacht said he filed his on Monday and had more than 4,500 signatures.
Gustavo Rivera's count was 6,250, according to campaign advisor Elizabeth Lorris Ritter.
Speaking of Rivera: City Hall News reported this morning that Gustavo took a spill while exiting a bus on the Grand Concourse. Ritter confirmed as much, saying Rivera lost his footing last Wednesday, tripping down the bus stairs and landing face first on the sidewalk. He went to the emergency room at Montefiore to get patched up, she said, and is fine, with the exception of some bruises and "quite a shiner."
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Primary Petitions Due Today
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Padernacht has flown under the radar but he seems pretty formidable if he can gather 4500 sigs...
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, the people who witnessed Padernacht's signatures don't know how to spell their own name consistently.
ReplyDeletePadernacht is an obvious Espada plant in this race. But I'm sure the people of the 33rd will not stand for anymore of his and his cohorts' shenanigans. He will finally be defeated come September.
ReplyDeletePadernacht is a "fan" of Pedro Espada on facebook so he doesn't even try to hide the connection...although I'm sure he's probably taken it down by now. Still funny though.
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