In the end, Cynthia Nixon came up short.
The former Sex And The City star had been running as a Democrat for the New York Governor seat, and lost by 30 percentage points in this week’s primary election to Andrew Cuomo.
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Nevertheless, Nixon took the loss in stride and was roundly optimistic in her post-election messages to supporters late last night.
In a series of tweets, the actor and activist called the event a “symbolic victory” and looked at the bigger picture (below):
I am so proud to have run alongside this incredible slate of IDC challengers. My hat is off to each and every one of you and the brilliant insurgent campaigns you’ve run!
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
While the result tonight wasn’t what we had hoped for, I’m not discouraged. I’m inspired. I hope you are too. We have fundamentally changed the political landscape in this state.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
This isn’t just a symbolic victory. This campaign forced the Governor to make concrete commitments that will change the lives of people across this state.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
Last year, the Governor opposed recreational marijuana. We came out strongly in favor of legalizing it as a matter of racial justice, and the next day, the Governor declared that “the facts on marijuana have changed.”
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
On the same day that we released our climate justice plan in the Rockaways, the Governor reversed himself and halted the construction of a pipeline that would’ve devastated that community’s water and health. #TheCynthiaEffect
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
As progressives and New Yorkers, we have to hold the governor accountable for the commitments he’s made over the last 6 months. But these are real victories. Some people have called this #TheCynthiaEffect. I call it what happens when we hold our leaders accountable.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
This campaign changed expectations about what’s possible in New York State. We moved issues of racial and economic justice to the forefront. We shined a light on inequality, and turned the media’s attention to forgotten communities across this state.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
We reached out to voters who’d never been talked to, and on issues they’d never heard addressed by any candidate. We expanded the electorate by bringing new voters and younger voters into the process — and we did it all without accepting a dime of corporate money.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
This is more than just a campaign – this is a movement. The movement we’re building isn’t just about one candidate, or one election. It’s about offering a vision of the way things COULD work, if only we have the leadership and the political courage to make it a reality.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
Before we can take our country back, we have to take our party back. I’m fed up with a Democratic establishment that warns candidates not to run on single-payer health care; that tells us to stop talking about abolishing ICE because it doesn’t poll well.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
If Democrats are going to win in November, we have to stand for something. It’s not enough to just be better than @realDonaldTrump. We have to give people something to show up and vote FOR.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
Our numbers show that the younger you are, the more likely it is that you voted for me today. I’m particularly proud of that fact, and it gives me so much hope for the future of our party and our country.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
I see the future of the Democratic Party in this room tonight. The future of the Democratic Party is young, it is diverse, it is progressive; and yes, the future is female.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
You are on the right side of history, and every day, your country is moving in your direction.
But we can’t afford to wait.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
As long as we have one education system that sends wealthy children to college, and another that sends the poor and children of color to prison, we will keep fighting.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
We know that we can fix our broken subway — and frankly, we don’t have a choice. If the subway dies, so does the City of New York, and we won’t let that happen.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
We can abolish cash bail. We can dismantle mass incarceration. We can demand police accountability. We can invest in schools, not jails. And when we say black lives matter, we need to mean it. For Kalief Browder. And for all the Kaliefs whose names we do not know.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
We can protect families from deportation, make rent more affordable, and commit to 100% renewable energy.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
Thank you all for believing and fighting and leaving it all on the field.
We started something here in New York, and it doesn’t end today.
This is just the beginning. And I know that together, we will win this fight.
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 14, 2018
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