{"id":2451543,"date":"2025-06-24T23:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weiners-political-comeback-falls-flat-in-new-york-city-council-primary-defeat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T23:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:33:09","slug":"weiners-political-comeback-falls-flat-in-new-york-city-council-primary-defeat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weiners-political-comeback-falls-flat-in-new-york-city-council-primary-defeat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Weiner\u2019s political comeback falls flat in New York City Council primary defeat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fweiners-political-comeback-falls-flat-in-new-york-city-council-primary-defeat-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Congressman Anthony Weiner&#8217;s attempt to make a political comeback in the New York City Council primary was unsuccessful. In the primary contest held on Tuesday, Weiner garnered just over 10% of the votes, significantly trailing behind state Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, who received nearly 40%, and other candidates Sarah Batchu and Andrea Gordillo, who each secured just over 20%. Weiner&#8217;s political career has been marred by scandals, beginning with a 2011 incident where he shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-high-schools-steering-students-to-alleged-porn-producer-for-scholarship\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: High Schools Steering Students To Alleged Porn Producer For \u2018Scholarship\u2019\">sexually explicit photo<\/a> on Twitter, leading to his resignation. After a failed mayoral campaign in 2013 due to another sexting scandal, Weiner faced legal consequences for inappropriate communications with a minor and was sentenced to prison. This primary was his first attempt at re-entering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-member-elected-to-l-a-city-council-faces-recall-threat-less-than-6-months-after-taking-office\/\" title=\"DSA Member Elected To L.A. City Council Faces Recall Threat Less Than 6 Months After Taking Office\">electoral politics<\/a> sence his release, but it ultimately fell flat, highlighting the lasting impact of his past controversies on his political aspirations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Weiner&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >political comeback falls flat<\/a> in New York City Council primary defeat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2157486\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> Council candidate and former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-weiner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Anthony Weiner<\/a> failed on Tuesday in his bid to return to the political scene after a career plagued by scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Weiner was running against a menagerie of opponents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York&rsquo;s<\/a> 2nd City Council district Democratic primary, including state Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, Sarah Batchu, Andrea Gordillo, and Allie Ryan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3453181\/zohran-mamdani-leads-cuomo-nyc-mayoral-primary-ranked-choice\/\">Cuomo concedes NYC mayoral primary to Mamdani in goliath upset for socialist over ex-governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3452759\/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-wins-democratic-primary\/\">Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg wins Democratic primary handily against ex-prosecutor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3452503\/pritzker-to-announce-running-third-term-governor\/\">Pritzker to announce he is running for a third term: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With over 80% of the votes counted on Tuesday night, Weiner held only just over 10% of the share, with Epstein at nearly 40% and Batchu and Gordillo at just over 20%. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Weiner waits outside a residence while campaigning for a seat on the New York City, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Angelina Katsanis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former congressman entered politics in 1991 when he won a contested Democratic primary for the city&rsquo;s 48th council seat, later serving until 1998 when he won election to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Weiner then found himself embroiled in scandal as he neared the middle of his seventh term in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2011, Weiner posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-cheer-star-jerry-harris-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse-image-charges\/\" title=\"Netflix \u2018Cheer\u2019 Star Jerry Harris Pleads Guilty To Child Sexual Abuse Image Charges\">sexually explicit photograph<\/a> of himself on his Twitter account, saying he meant to send it to a woman who was following him. Weiner was married at the time to former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin.<\/p>\n<p>He denied posting the image before admitting to doing so in a press conference. Weiner also said he &ldquo;exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Weiner would resign from Congress less than a month later and disappeared from the political spotlight until reappearing to run for mayor of New York City in 2013. Weiner would be among the front-runners until another sexting scandal tanked his campaign, ultimately leading to him finishing fifth in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Then another major scandal hit. Weiner would be investigated by the FBI in 2016 for sexting a 15-year-old from North Carolina before he surrendered to the agency and pleaded guilty to a charge of transferring obscene material to a minor. Weiner was required to register as a sex offender and sentenced to 21 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>He would be released and sent to a halfway house in 2019. Weiner was freed several months later.<\/p>\n<p>His 2025 candidacy was his first step back into electoral politics in years, and he pleaded with voters to give him another chance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3448451\/jim-clyburn-endorses-cuomo-nyc-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JIM CLYBURN ENDORSES CUOMO FOR NYC MAYOR, CALLS HIM SOMEONE WHO CAN &lsquo;SAVE THE NATION&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6d3a73\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not denying. I&rsquo;m not pointing fingers. I&rsquo;m not asking for a pardon,&rdquo; Weiner said last month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-58a74f\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve served my time. I accepted responsibility. Now I&rsquo;m moving forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2157486\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2157486\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weiner&#8217;s political comeback fails in NYC Council primary loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2451544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/anthony-weiner.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36462,36289,57841],"class_list":["post-2451543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-new-york-city","tag-political-comeback","tag-weiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/anthony-weiner.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451547,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451543\/revisions\/2451547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}