Keith Wright still isn’t conceding the primary race to succeed Congressman Charles Rangel despite Adriano Espaillat holding a seemingly insurmountable lead. But as NY1’s Bobby Cuza explains, there are signs of party unity.
Tuesday night, Keith Wright said, “This ain’t over. Every vote’s going to be counted.”
Officially, Wright is still not throwing in the towel. He made no public statements Wednesday, instead leaving the talking to campaign advisors.
“This is a very difficult decision on how to proceed,” said Wright campaign strategist Charlie King. “It’s a razor-thin race. He spent 13 months of his life working for this. And you want to make sure that every vote is counted.”
But after a race marred by personal attacks in its final days, the bitterness appears to be easing, perhaps helped along by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who reached out to both camps in an effort to broker a peace.
“We need to have a climate of coming together, and not of acrimony and rancor that pits communities against communities inside the district,” Sharpton said.
While Sharpton did not endorse Wright or any other candidate in this race, he did speak out forcefully here last weekend after Espaillat supporters circulated a memo that made reference to suppressing the African-American vote. For the full article click here
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