NY1 has the 2008 primary results and here are the headlines: Sheldon Silver won the 64th State Senate district, with 68% of the vote; Paul Newell got 23%, Luke Henry 9%. Edolphus Towns defended his House seat (District 10) with 67% of the vote; Real World alum Kevin Powell got 33%. State Senator Kevin Parker (district 21) won, with 49% of the vote; City Council members Simcha Felder and Kendall Stewart got 37% and 14%,......

The NY Times doled out a few endorsements for Albany-related primaries. The Times endorsed former Schumer aide and "enthusiastic new outsider" Daniel Squadron for incumbent State Senator Martin Connor's 25th District seat and endorsed incumbent Assemblyman Adriano Esapaillat for his 72nd Assembly District over challenger City Councilman Miguel Martinez. However, the biggest endorsement is for Assembly District 64--home of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver--and the Times throws its support behind challenger Paul Newell. Acknowledging it's an......