The defeat – in an obscure race well down the ballot below the mayoral and City Council choices — marked an unceremonious end to a century of political dominance by the McManus club, the oldest Democratic Club in the city and the last of the Tammany-era holdouts. “They had the whole establishment against us, everybody,” said Mr. McManus who helped nurture the political careers of many of the elected officials who opposed his club on Primary Day. McManus was not the only longstanding political club to be defeated by an upstart formed in response to Mr. Trump’s election. Like the Hell’s Kitchen club, the Grand Street club candidates criticized their entrenched opponents as being part of insular and outdated political machines. District leaders appoint paid workers at polling sites, influence club endorsements, help select judicial candidates and help elect county party chairs.

Source: New York Times September 15, 2017 18:08 UTC