Anthony Weiner Sexted A Minor. New Yorkers Likely Just Rejected Him For City Council.
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Weiner, who spent time in prison for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, is trailing in fourth place.
NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is trailing badly in the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat as the race moves to a ranked choice vote count to decide the winner.
Initial returns Tuesday showed Weiner running in a distant fourth place in the five-person race for a council district in Manhattan.
Weiner had entered the race in the hopes of restarting his political career after it was derailed by sexting scandals. He was eventually sent to prison for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl.
Among those running ahead of him is Harvey Epstein, a state lawmaker whose name inspired a “Saturday Night Live” bit over its unfortunate closeness to convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. Also vying for the seat are Sarah Batchu, the leader of a local non-profit, and Andrea Gordillo, who chairs the local community board.
Weiner had been a strong Democratic voice in Congress before his political star plummeted in 2011 after he sent a lewd picture of himself to a college student on Twitter. He resigned from Congress, tried a comeback by running for New York City mayor, then got caught up in another sexting scandal. In 2017, prosecutors said he had illicit online contact with a high school student. Weiner pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor.
