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Dan Padernacht Endorses


Gustavo Rivera for State Senate!

Espada’s Challengers to Join Forc


By SAM DOLNICK es Against Him
Published: September 5, 2010
Gustavo Rivera, the main challenger
to State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., rece
when a third candidate in the upcoming ived a major boost Sunday
Democratic primary decided to drop
out and back Mr. Rivera.
The exit of the candidate, Daniel Pad
ernacht, a lawyer and member of a Bro
that the anti-Espada vote will no longer nx community board, means
be split between him and Mr. Rivera.
Mr. Espada, the Senate majority leader,
is facing a difficult primary after a yea
lenges. Mr. Rivera, a former political r of legal and political chal-
aide who is running for office for the
cant support from unions, donors and first time, has received signifi-
elected officials across the state in his
seat. bid for the northwest Bronx

Mr. Padernacht was always a long-sh


ot candidate, but in a district known for
he was expected to receive enough vot extremely low voter turnout,
es in the primary, on Sept. 14, to strengt
hen Mr. Espada’s hand.
A poll of 400 likely Democratic prim
ary voters released last month showed
8 percent of the vote, enough to deliver Mr. Padernacht receiving
victory to Mr. Espada. In a head-to-he
Padernacht, the poll, conducted by Red ad matchup without Mr.
Horse Strategies, a political consultanc
group, showed Mr. Rivera and Mr. Esp y hired by an anti-Espada
ada tied, with each receiving 32 percen
plus or minus 4.8 percent. t. The margin of error was

“I’m basically going to put all my sup


port behind Gustavo right now so we
and try to knock Espada out,” Mr. Pad can join forces as Democrats
ernacht said in an interview Sunday nig
ht.
“We didn’t want to take the risk of Esp
ada getting back into office.”
Mr. Padernacht’s name will still appear
on the ballot, but he said he would spe
paigning for Mr. Rivera and asking his nd the next eight days cam-
supporters to back Mr. Rivera.
Mr. Rivera called Mr. Padernacht’s sup
port a major development in the campaig
our own means that we will be able to n. “Adding his strength to
take out this guy,” he said.
Read the full article at www.NYTimes
.com

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