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   Gov. Andrew Cuomo Easily Defeats Cynthia Nixon in New York Primary   
      
      
   Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a decisive step toward a third term on Thursday,   
   quelling a liberal rebellion by turning aside the insurgent challenge of   
   Cynthia Nixon to claim the Democratic nomination in New York.   
      
   Mr. Cuomo had marshaled the support of nearly all of the state and country’s   
   most powerful Democratic brokers — elected officials, party leaders, labor   
   unions and wealthy real estate interests — to defeat Ms. Nixon, beating her   
   by 30 percentage    
   points.   
      
   The race cemented both Mr. Cuomo’s standing as an unmatched force in New   
   York politics and a merciless tactician with little regard for diplomacy.   
      
   Ms. Nixon had cast her first-time candidacy as a fight for the direction of   
   the Democratic Party in New York and beyond, offering a pure brand of   
   liberalism against Mr. Cuomo’s more triangulating pragmatism, a style   
   defined less by ideology and more by    
   what he deemed possible.   
      
   In the end, the governor’s record of achievements — on gun control, gay   
   marriage, the minimum wage, paid-family leave and more — and his gargantuan   
   fund-raising advantage spoke louder than Ms. Nixon’s objections over   
   legislation he sidelined in    
   the byzantine corridors of Albany’s capital.   
      
   The race was called about 30 minutes after the polls closed, with Mr. Cuomo   
   watching the results roll in over dinner with senior staff at the Governor’s   
   Mansion in Albany. Mr. Cuomo never appeared publicly after the polls closed on   
   Thursday, letting    
   the results speak for themselves.   
      
   Ms. Nixon called to offer Mr. Cuomo a private concession before a fiery speech   
   before her supporters in Brooklyn, where she and her two insurgent allies for   
   statewide office, Zephyr Teachout and Jumaane Williams, had gathered.  All   
   three lost.   
      
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