UMdemokhrasi uZephyr Teachout uqhuba iCongress kwiSithili se-19 saseNew York. Ujongene ne-Democrat u-Will Yandik kwindawo yokuqala eyenzeka ngoLwesibini, nge-28 kaJuni, kwaye nabani na ophumeleleyo oza kuthatha uJohn Faso okanye u-Andrew Heaney ngo-Novemba.(Ifoto: Zephyr Teachout for Congress) Sele ungunyaka oxakekileyo kunyulo kwiNew York State, enemihla emine yonyulo egalele ikhalenda, kubandakanywa nomongameli wokuqala onentsingiselo engaqhelekanga ngo-Epreli 19, iiprayimari zikarhulumente ngoSeptemba 13, kwaye ke yeyona nto yokwenyani ngoNovemba 8. Kodwa inokuba Yibani ngabona bancinci bafumene oku - ukhetho lwamalungu ebandla kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini-ngolwesiBini, nge-28 kaJuni- ophethe isitshixo sokulingana kwamandla eWashington.
I-New York State ibulale iindibano ezinomtsalane zebandla, ukusuka kwizinto eziqinisekileyo zeqela elinye elisaza kuzisa ubuso obutsha, njengemincintiswano yokutshintsha uCharlie Rangel kwi-CD13 emva kweminyaka ephantse ibe ngamashumi amahlanu okanye uSteve Israel kwi-CD3, ukuya kwiintlanga Unseat abameli abancinci kunye nezihlalo zeflip, ezinje ngeRiphabhlikhi uLee Zeldin eLong Island (CD1) kunye no-Elise Stefanik (CD21) okanye uDemocrat uSean Maloney (CD18).
Kodwa olona hambo lubalulekileyo lunomdla kuwo omabini la macala ebonisa amabali anyanzelisayo kwaye ophumeleleyo angalicala. Isithili seCongressional 19 sigubungela indawo enkulu yeCatskills kunye neHudson Valley emazantsi eAlbany. UChris Gibson umele i-CD19 ukusukela ngo-2010 kodwa eneneni uhlonipha enye yezo zithembiso azibekele zona ezopolitiko ukuba uninzi lwezopolitiko zaseRiphabhlikhi zilibale ukuba bazenzile xa befumana incasa yeLamb Loin exhaswa ngemali yi-Lamb Loin eCapitol Hill Club. I-19thikwanqabile kuba kwelixesha le-gerrymandering yinto yokwenene ye-tossup. Ingxelo ye-Cook Political Report ibeka i-D + 1, okuthetha ukuba ngumda omncinci ukuya kwi-generic Democrat vs iRiphabhlikhi yohlobo oluqhelekileyo (isihlalo sikaRangel, ngokuchaseneyo yi-D + 42) ngoko ke abantu baseNew York babini abaphezulu kwiivoti zikamongameli. phumelela.
Izihlalo ezikhuphisanayo zinika indlela yokuphumelela kukhuphiswano kwaye eli libonisa ibali elidlalayo kwilizwe lonke kumacala omabini.
Unjingalwazi wedemokhrasi wamabanga aphantsi oprofesa wesikolo (kunye nabanikeli maxa wambi ababoneleli) uZephyr Teachout vs. umlimi wasekhaya wesine u-Will Yandik. Yintoni enomdla apha kukuba u-Teachout, owayeqhuba iphulo eliphambili lika-Bernie Sanders-njenge-insurgency ngokuchasene nerhuluneli ehleliyo u-Andrew Cuomo, ngoku uphoswa njengokhetho lwedemokhrasi. Wonyuse ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sesigidi seedola kwikota yokuqala kwaye uya kunika ingxelo nangaphezulu kwe-Q2 kwaye unabasebenzi abaqeqeshiweyo. Ebaleka kwisithili esigcina ukutya ngakumbi, ude wayokutsho ngasekunene, eqinisekile ukuba eyona njongo yakhe iphambili - olona lonyulo loluntu lwakutshanje yayiyiKholeji yeTime Warner-Siena ukuvota obeka i-Teachout ekhokelela kuYandik 53-23-ngekhe imonzakalise kwiprayimari. Kwixesha elide ingxelo kugqatso olujolise ngokukodwa kugqatso lweDemokhrasi, Ijenali yeWall Street uxele ukuba u-Teachout uzibize ngokuba yiTeddy Roosevelt Republican kunye neRockefeller Republican.
Olu yayingelulo uhlobo lolwimi lwabavoti baseDemokhrasi abalivayo xa i-Teachout yothusa i-Empire State ngokuthimba malunga nesithathu sevoti ngokuchasene nerhuluneli ehleliyo. Nokuba ukhokele ngendlela eyoyikekayo, abaxhasi bakaYandik bayazibuza ukuba ingaba olo hlobo lokulalanisa luzakudlala kakuhle kwisizini yokuqala ekubonwe ngayo nguHillary Clinton anyamezele umceli mngeni omangalisayo osuka ekhohlo ngohlobo lukaBernie Sanders. 
Ngaba uYandik(Ifoto: registerstar.com)
Kwaye yenye into. Ukuntsokotha ukusekwa kwe-centrist vs i-progressive popline ye-populist yinyani yokuba iSanders ivumile ukufundisa, ngelixa u-Yandik exhasa uClinton kumabanga aphantsi. Ukufundiswa kuye kwavunyelwa ngabasenethi baseNew York bobabini, uKirsten Gillibrand noChuck Schumer, kwaye oko kunentsingiselo engaqhelekanga kuba iGillibrand yaziwa kakuhle ngokumela iinxalenye zesithili endlwini ngaphambi kokuphinda umda utshintshe imephu.
Kodwa isenzo sokwenyani sikwicala leRiphabhlikhi.
UJohn Faso uyaziwa ukusuka kwiminyaka yakhe yokumela le ndawo njengenkokeli yegcuntswana leNdibano yoMbuso. Ngaphandle kwesithili awasisebenzelayo, igama lakhe lalikwivoti eyaneleyo yokufaka igama lesazisi-wasishiya isihlalo sakhe seNdibano waya kugqogqa i-State Comptroller ngo-2002, waphulukana nomdyarho osondeleyo ku-Alan Hevesi owayephoxekile ngoku ngo-2006. Ukutyunjwa kwe-GOP kwirhuluneli, apho waphulukana khona nomhlaba omkhulu we-W-fatigue e-Eliot Spitzer ngoku.
Oluvoto lunye lweSiena lwaluneFaso ebetha usomashishini uAndrew Heaney ngama-50% -28% phakathi kwabavoti abasisiseko. Kodwa ukuvota kwangasese kwangoko kubonisa u-Heaney ukuvala isikhewu, ubuncinci ngokweqela likaHeaney. Iphulo likaHeaney lathumela ii-imeyile ezimbini kubaxhasi kunye noonondaba becacisa amandla. Isithethi sikaHeaney, uDavid Catalfamo, uxelele uMbonisi, Siphakathi kwamanqaku ali-9 eFaso emva kokunyamezelwa kukungaphezi ukuhlaselwa okungalunganga okuvela kwiSuperPAC yeFaso- umnikelo omnye ongaphezulu kwe- $ 650,000 kwi-billionaire ebaxhasileyo. 
UJohn Fasoifunqa.com
ICatalfamo kuyacaca ukuba ibhekisa kuBob Mercer, i-Long Island esekwe kwi-co-CEO yeRenaissance Technologies, owayengumnikeli omkhulu kuTed Cruz kwaye exhasa iClub for Growth. UMercer luphawu olunomdla oluchitha inkcitho yakhe kwezopolitiko kukudlala komntwana ecaleni komdlalo wakhe womntwana -I-yacht eyi-200 yeenyawo ezinendawo yokudlala enomxholo wepirate, uneseti yoololiwe eyi- $ 3 yezigidi, kunye ingqokelela yemipu yoomatshini kunye nemipu yembali ibandakanya umhlola ongumhlolokazi ka-Arnold Schwarzenegger's badass Isiphelo sendlela .
Enye i-imeyile evela kwiqela likaHeaney libanga ngokuthe ngqo Olu hlanga lungumtya kunye nedatha yokuyibuyisela. Imemo ikhankanya inzondelelo evela kuhlobo lwabavoti ababonisa into kulindeleke ukuba ibe lolona suku lokuvota olusezantsi kulo nyaka uxakekileyo wokuvota: Ndiphumelela abavoti abathi bavotela uDonald Trump nge-2-1 margin , kwaye aba banokuba ngabona bavoti bonwabileyo ngemini yokhetho.
Inzondelelo kaTrump ibonakala ngathi ithathe isigqibo seQela uHeaney. Ekuvukeni koyiso lokuqala olothusayo lukaTrump, u-Heaney ukwabaleka njengosomashishini kunye nomphambukeli kwezopolitiko ongaboniyo kwimidla ekhethekileyo. Ukwamkeleka kwakhe ngokupheleleyo kuTrump kuhlawula ubuncinci ngendlela enye - umntakwabo omncinci otyunjwe ngumongameli, uRobert Trump, ubamba ingxowa-mali kaHeaney kule veki kwikhaya lakhe laseMillbrook. Kwaye uHeaney nokuba Ukuqhuba iintengiso umtshato wakhe isiphelo sakhe kuDonald. Indawo enye enamandla kakhulu umgqatswa obhekisa kwikhamera kunye nomtyunjwa kamongameli kwiscreen sokuqhekeka: UDonald Trump kwaye ndimela yonke into ethiyileyo nguJohn Faso kunye noogxa bakhe. Indawo iya kubhenela ku Abavoti abafanayo baseRiphabhlikhi owanikezela uTrump uloyiso olukhulu e-New York State, kodwa omnye u-Heaney ngentengiso engaqhelekanga iidilesi Isidingo sesibambiso sokunyaniseka esiza kufundwa esikolweni ngelixa ethembisa ukugcina amaSyria anobungozi ngaphandle- kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba ukuvota kubonise ukuba iklasta yokuvela iyavela.
Lo somashishini uqhuba njengomboniso wangaphandle wenza umahluko omkhulu kuFaso, oxhamla kwisazisi esinegama eliphakamileyo kodwa wakuphumeza oko kwamkelwa njengopolitiki okhe wasebenza ixesha elide kwaye ke njengomntu ongaphakathi kwezopolitiko, esebenza njengendawo yokuphembelela inkampani enkulu enxulumene nezopolitiko.
Lo mahluko udlala ngohlobo lwezigidi zeedola kumaza omoya, ukugcwalisa iindaba zeFox News, imidlalo yeYankees nakweyiphi na indawo abavoti baseRiphabhlikhi abanokuthi bamkele umyalezo.
Akumangalisi ke ukuba loo miyalezo iye yajika yathi ayibi.
UJohn Faso uhlasele u-Andrew Heaney ngolona lwaphulo mthetho-uHeaney wanika max ngaphandle komnikelo ku-Barack Obama ngo-2007. UFaso uxelele uMqwalaseli, u-Heaney nguye yedwa owanika uMongameli u-Obama kwaye abavoti bayazi ukuba ungomnye kuthotho lwabagqatswa abazizityebi abavela ezantsi abazamile ukuthenga esi sithili senkongolo. Andikholelwa ukuba uza kuphumelela.
Kodwa u-Heaney uye wagxothwa, eqonda ukuba inkampani ka Faso, isigebenga esikhulu uManatt, uPhelps noPhillips, wanika imali kwiiDemokhrasi ezininzi, kubandakanya u-Obama, uNancy Pelosi, kunye noHarry Reid kunye nomchasi kaChris Gibson. 
UAndrew Heaney(Umfanekiso weskrini: heaneyforcongress.com)
Akumangalisi ukuba, ukuphanzisa uFaso kwigama lesiqalekiso lobbyist yintsika yesicwangciso sikaHeaney.
Abantu bakaHeaney bayakhawuleza ukukhomba ukuhlala kukaFaso eManatt, ePhelps njengobungqina bokuba ungumntu ongaphakathi eAlbany, nto leyo isiqalekiso kubavoti baseRiphabhlikhi. Ngokwelungu elinye leqela likaHeaney, uJohn Faso kunye nefemu yakhe babevinjelwe [ekugqugquzeleni eAlbany] kangangeminyaka emihlanu ngenxa yepenshoni. UFaso uthi akazange enze into ephosakeleyo, kodwa indawo yokuhlala ye-NY AG ikhankanya ngokungaziwayo 'iqabane elisekwe e-Albany / lobbyist.'
Ngo-2010, igqwetha jikelele laseNew York u-Andrew Cuomo ubhengeze ukuvalwa kwiManatt, Phelps nasePhillips ezivela phambi kwayo nayiphi na imali yomhlala-phantsi yaseNew York ukusombulula izityholo zokungalungi. Ifemi ihlawule isohlwayo esingama- $ 550,000. Iqela likaHeaney linyanzelisa ukuba elo qabane kufuneka libe nguFaso kwaye iNew York Law Journal iyavuma, esithi ukuba iqabane elise Albany elingazichazanga igama 'elenza umthetho kunye nobudlelwane kurhulumente, kubandakanya ukuphembelela' yayinguJohn Faso.
UFaso akazange atyholwe ngolwaphulo-mthetho okanye abenoxanduva lokunxibelelana nomhlala-phantsi ngendlela engeyiyo, kodwa i-Albany Times Union ikhankanye umthombo osondeleyo kuphando ngokunika ingxelo yokuba u-Faso wenza amalungiselelo okanye wazama ukuhlela iintlanganiso phakathi kwenkampani yotyalo mali. UKellner DiLeo & Co kunye namagosa kurhulumente Ingxowa-mali Yomhlala-phantsi Eqhelekileyo , kunye nootitshala, amapolisa kunye neengxowa-mali zomlilo.
IManatt, iPhelps kunye nePhillips ngokwazo zinomdla wokuthakazelisa wezopolitiko. Ifemu yamagqwetha yaqalwa eLos Angeles nguChuck Manatt, owaba ngusihlalo we-DNC xa uBill Clinton wayengumongameli (kwaye kamva waba ngu-Ameli waseMelika kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican). Owayesakuba nguSenator wase-US u-John Tunney (D-Calif), unyana weqela le-heavyweight uGene Tunney, wajoyina i-70s ukomeleza ukusebenza kwemicimbi karhulumente. UJohn wayehlala noTeddy Kennedy kwigumbi lezomthetho kwi-UVA. Emva kokuba uFaso ephulukene no-Eliot Spitzer ngo-2006, waba liqabane apho.
U-Heaney uqokelele imali eninzi kwixesha lokuqala kwaye uzinikezela ukuze afumane umyalezo wakhe ochasene neFaso kumabonakude. I-PAC exhasa u-Heaney, obizwa ngokuba yi-New York Jobs Council (ngokungathandekiyo, ngubani owathiya ezi zinto?) Kuthethwa ngu-Heaney insider ukuba ukhulise kwindawo eyi- $ 300,000 ukuya kwi- $ 400,000.
UFaso akahlali nje engenzi nto ngelixa i-pro-Heaney inyanzelisa le miyalezo yokulwa ulwaphulo-mthetho. Ubetha uHeaney ngokuba ngumgcini wekhaphethi owafudukela kule ndawo wabalekela iCongress. UHeaney uyalichitha ityala, exelela uMbonisi, mna noLeslie bafudukela apha kwaye bendiqeqesha iLigi encinci, ndavolontiya kwisebe lomlilo lendawo- ngaphambi kokuba nabani na azi ukuba uChris akabaleki kwakhona. Inyani ziinkokheli zeriphabhlikhi zalapha ezize kum malunga nokubaleka.
Umthombo onolwazi olunzulu ngobuhlanga ubanga ukuba uMercer wenze i-NY Wins, i-PAC ebixhasa uFaso emoyeni ngoJanuwari 16 ngokufaka i-500k kuyo kwaye waphosa kwenye i-350k kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Elo nani leedola ezingama-500,000 laqinisekiswa yi-Braganca-iphepha le-6 leNew York Wins 'FEC yeFomu 3X ibonisa isibonelelo esinye seedola ezingama-500,000 ezivela kwaMercer. Kwaye ukusukela ngexesha lokugcwaliswa kokugqibela, loo $ 500,000 yayiyeyona galelo lePAC, kubonakala kufanelekile ukubonisa uMercer njengomsunguli wayo. Ngokomthombo onolwazi nge-PAC, umnikeli we-GOP ka-billionaire uPaul Singer naye ube negalelo kwi-PAC ye-Faso, kodwa oko akunakuqinisekiswa (ummeli we-Singer akabuyisanga i-imeyile.)
Ke loo mali iyakucacisa uthotho lweentengiso ezityhola uHeaney ngokuxhasa u-Obama kwiminyaka eli-9 eyadlulayo. Kodwa ngaba iintengiso zisebenza ngokuthanda kukaFaso?
Inamandla enye evelileyo yindlela uFaso anokukwazi ngayo ukusondela kumtyunjwa kamongameli waseRiphabhlikhi, ngenxa yesisa sabaxhasi bakhe. Nge-PAC exhasa uFaso exhaswa nguMercer kunye noMculi, abaxhasi ababini abakhulu abathe bathetha phandle ekuxhaseni abagqatswa boMongameli be-GOP ngaphandle kukaTrump, ukwamnkelwa kukaHeaney ngokupheleleyo ngumqambi wobukrelekrele kunokwenza le ngqungquthela ibe sisindululo sokuba ingaba iqela leqela liye lahlangana ngokupheleleyo na. ujikeleze uDonald. (UMercer, exhasa uTed Cruz, utshilo kwisithethi sakhe uKellyanne Conway kuqwalaselwa ixhasa i-pro-Trump Superpac ngelixa i-Singer ibonakala imbiwe ngokuchasene neTrump emva kokuba ixhase uRubio kumabanga aphantsi.)
Umdyarho weRiphabhlikhi odlala ngaphandle unokuba nefuthe elikhulu ekubeni izihlalo ziyabhabha ngo-Novemba.
Umtyunjwa weDemokhrasi kwi-2014, uSean Eldridge, uphulukene nesithili sokuphosa ngamanqaku angama-20, kodwa ukubala kuye kwaphindeka kabini kwiminyaka yobongameli kwaye ngaphandle kwesikhundla, kuya kuba nzima kwi-GOP ukubamba isihlalo. Ngokomnye umlandeli womdyarho, Emva kokuba u-Eldridge ephulukene, iiDemokhrasi ziye zaya kude nangasekhohlo, beqesha uZephyr Teachout, owabaleka ngokuchasene noAndrew Cuomo kwiRhuluneli kuba wayengenayo inkululeko ngokwaneleyo. Uye wafudukela kwisithili esuka eBrooklyn ukuba abaleke, uqinisekisiwe nguBernie Sanders, kwaye uninzi lwabantu lucinga ukuba ungumchasi obuthathaka ku-Heaney, kodwa womelele kuFaso, kuba ngokuqinisekileyo uya kugqamisa umsebenzi wakhe wokucela u-Faso njengenxalenye ye-pitch yakhe . Oko kubhekisa kumcimbi owaziwa kakhulu we-Teachout, oyimali kwezopolitiko, kunye nokucinga kwalo mhlalutyi kukuba uFaso unokuba semngciphekweni ngakumbi kwizityholo zangaphakathi zikarhulumente ezivela kugqatso lwe-Teachout kunokuba wayeza kuba nguHeaney.
Ngapha koko, uHeaney ngokwakhe uxelele uMbonisi, uFaso naye akathembekanga malunga neengxaki zakhe zokuphembelela. Ukuhlawuliswa kwakhe kunye neminyaka emihlanu yokuthintelwa yinto ayiphikileyo ukwala nakuphi na ukubandakanyeka, kodwa isibhengezo kunye nesohlwayo ziyinyani. Kwaye ngoku ukunganyaniseki kwabo ngabo kufanelekile. Ukuba asikwazi ukulawula, uZephyr Teachout uya kumxhoma nayo. Ufundisile wenze igama lakhe lokukhankasela urhwaphilizo kwaye umsebenzi wakhe wawukhankanyiwe ligcuntswana kwisigqibo seCitizens United.
Ngokwenxalenye kaFaso, abasebenzi bakhe bavakalisa ukuzithemba okuphezulu. Bakhomba kwi ibali kule veki kwi-Politico ethi, u-Andrew Heaney urhoxise phantse i $ 200,000 kwiintengiso ze-TV kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini ukuya njengobungqina bokuba uHeaney uyanikezela.
UFaso ngokwakhe uxelele uMqwalaseli, uMnu. Heaney ebeqhuba iphulo elibi ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo. Izityholo zakhe zibizwa ngokuba yi-'smear 'nguFred Dicker we-NY Post, ekubhekiswa kuye izimvo UDicker wenza ukubonakala kukamabonwakude waseAlbany.
Ngokwengxelo eziyimfihlo zokuthengwa kweendaba ezifunyanwa nguMqwalaseli, akukho kunqongophala kwenkcitho macala. Iphulo likaHeaney libeke i-553,861 yeedola kwikhebula ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngelixa uFaso echithe i-261,792 yeedola kwintambo nonomathotholo. Imiyalezo ye-NY Wins anti-Heaney ifikelele kwi-764,298 yeedola, kubandakanya i- $ 117,176 ekhohlakeleyo kwiveki kaJuni 13-19 kuphela ngelixa inkcitho ye-anti-Faso yeBhunga lezeMisebenzi laseNew York izabalazile ukugcina isantya kunye neentloni ze- $ 40,000.
Akukho namnye kwiidemokhrasi osemoyeni okwangoku, enika umbono wokungenakuphepheka kwi-Teachout, ehleli kwindawo enkulu ekhokelayo kunye nokuzithemba okukhulu.Andikwazi ukulinda ukuthatha nokuba nguFaso okanye uHeaney, u-Teachout uxelele uMqwalaseli. Omnye owayesakuba ngusopolitiki waseAlbany wajika waba lilungu onenzuzo kwinkqubo yezopolitiko eyaphukileyo, kwaye wavota ngokuchasene nokuhlawulwa ngokulinganayo kwabasetyhini amatyeli amane. Enye i-SuperPAC exhaswa ngemali yi-baron yeoyile evela eLong Island.
Kushiyeke iiveki ezimbini elugqatsweni kwaye phantse i-2 yezigidi zeedola ichithwe nje kumaza omoya, akuthathi bhanti limnyama kwezopolitiko ukuqonda ukuba yintoni esemngciphekweni apha. Kukho uluvo lokuba isihlalo ngasinye sokhuphiswano simele ithuba lokungathumeli umntu eWashington kodwa nokuba agcine okanye afake umbutho ophetheyo kwilizwe liphela. Nokuba ziindaba ezimnandi ezo zaseMelika ngaphaya koMbonisi ukuba athi. Kodwa inye into icacile: ziindaba ezimnandi kwabo bathengisa intengiso kumabonwakude e-Hudson Valley.
