After months of speculation, Cynthia Nixon has made it official.
In a two-minute ad posted to her Twitter account, the Sex and the City star announced her candidacy for Governor in New York. Nixon will run as a Democrat and square off with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a primary later this year.
Nixon also launched her campaign website — and in a lengthy statement the reasons why she is mounting her bid, she blasted Cuomo for showing his “true colors.”
We hear all the time about how the big money interests control D.C. But if Washington is a swamp, then Albany is a cesspool. Andrew Cuomo promised to clean up Albany, but instead, he and his cronies have cleaned up for themselves. There’s a reason why people close to Cuomo keep winding up under indictment for corruption.New York’s eight years under the Cuomo administration have been an exercise in living with disappointment, dysfunction, and dishonesty. Our state could be a place where every single New Yorker has what we need to thrive, if only we could stop our governor from selling New York off to the highest bidder.
Nixon hinted at her run in a Tweet and CNN op-ed back in January:
Early polls show Nixon has an uphill climb. According to a Siena College survey (via The New York Times) Nixon currently pulls down 19 percent of the vote — with the incumbant Cuomo at 66 percent.
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