Mamaroneck Voters Pick Sides In Dem Party Rift After Bitter Race

VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK, NY — Democrats in Mamaroneck have decided who they want to represent them in the upcoming general election for 3 open village trustee seats.

Voters chose a slate of candidates endorsed by popular Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Tom Murphy, leaving a longtime incumbent out in the cold, according to unofficial results.

The three reform Democrats who eventually won their party's nominations had to go to court in May just to keep their names on the Democratic primary ballot for Village of Mamaroneck Trustee. Leilani Yizar-Reid, Manny Rawlings and incumbent Lou Young were knocked off the ballot after the Village of Mamaroneck Democratic Committee disallowed signatures on the candidates' nominating petitions based on technicalities.

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The party had earlier chosen their own slate of candidates that included Richard Litman, Andrew Spatz and incumbent Daniel Natchez. But it looks almost certain that the challengers to the party establishment, who only weeks earlier had to get a judge to allow Tuesday's primary to go ahead, will be the party's nominees.

"I am literally ecstatic to report that Leilani, Lou and Manny won by a better then 2-1 margin," Mayor Murphy wrote in a statement posted to social media just before 11 p.m. "The REAL Democratic Party has spoken!"