From TimesUnion.com:

Gustavo Rivera and his backers say Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is the “poster child” for a dysfunctional Senate that has, in the estimation of many, hobbled the workings of state government for years.

Espada is hoping the benefit of incumbency will prove unbeatable, as it has consistently for decades. No mind that he’s under investigation by county, state and federal prosecutors, thousands of dollars in fines to the Board of Elections and a festering charge that he actually lives in suburban Mamaroneck, not the west Bronx district he has represented since 2009.

Several incumbent Democrats are facing primary challengers, claiming they should no longer be in office because they have become part of a body that went from stagnant to sour. Luke Martland is tarring Sen. Neil Breslin, D-Bethlehem and Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy is taking on Sen. Bill Stachowski, D-Lakeview.

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