NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has easily won the Democratic Party’s nomination for a third term.
Cuomo won more than 95 percent of the votes cast by delegates at the party’s convention Wednesday on Long Island.
“Sex and the City” star and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon won less than 5 percent of the vote in the process, largely controlled by Cuomo supporters. She can still secure a place on September’s Democratic primary ballot by collecting voter signatures.
Republicans are holding their convention in Manhattan, where they nominated Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro as their candidate for governor on Wednesday.
Former secretary of state, U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to address the Democratic convention later Wednesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak to delegates on Thursday.
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