It may have taken two weeks longer than he hoped, but Queens City Councilmember John Liu will be the Democratic nominee for City Comptroller this November.
Liu defeated Brooklyn City Councilmember David Yassky in a runoff on Tuesday, September 29 receiving 56 percent of the vote compared to Yassky’s 44 percent with 98 percent of the precincts reporting.
Meanwhile, in the Democrat Public Advocate’s race, Brooklyn City Councilmember Bill de Blasio handily defeated former Public Advocate Mark Green in the runoff by 63 percent to 37 percent of the vote with 98 percent of the precincts reporting.
The runoffs, which were prompted because no candidate registered 40 percent of the vote during the regular September 15 primary, saw very low turnout throughout the day with many polling sites reporting voters trickling in to vote.
Liu, who served as a Queens City Councilmember for the past eight years, received 38 percent of the vote on primary night with Yassky coming in second with 32 percent.
During the two weeks leading up to the primary, Liu retained a slim lead over Yassky in the polls and the Yassky campaign went out on an aggressive attack, but that strategy did not sway voters.
