The activist and former Sex and the City star is staging a high-profile challenge against two-term incumbent Andrew Cuomo.
By
Jen Kirbyjen.kirby@vox.com
Mar 19, 2018, 7:44pm EDT
Sex
and the City actress and activist Cynthia Nixon is running for governor of New
York, staging a high-profile Democratic primary challenge against two-term
incumbent Andrew Cuomo.
Nixon’s
announcement has been teased for months, but she made it official on Monday with
the release of her first campaign ad.
Cynthia Nixon
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@CynthiaNixon
I love New York, and today I'm announcing my candidacy for governor. Join us: http://bit.ly/gocynthia
2:02 PM - Mar 19, 2018
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“I
love New York,” Nixon says in the ad. “I’ve never wanted to live anywhere else.
But something has to change. We want our government to work again, on health
care, ending mass incarceration, fixing our broken subway. We are sick of
politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about
us.”
Nixon,
51, hasn’t previously held public office, and while she’s probably still best
known for playing lawyer Miranda Hobbes on the HBO series Sex and the City, she
has been a longtime activist on progressive issues. She’s pushed for LGBT
rights, and she’s also a vocal education advocate, calling for increased funding
for public schools. She is also a prominent supporter of New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio — who just so happens to have a public feud with Cuomo — and
Nixon’s wife worked for de Blasio’s administration in the Department of
Education before recently stepping down.
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