Election To Replace Weiner Set For September 13

The New York Times reports:

Fulfilling the wishes of local political leaders, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Friday that a special election to fill the seat of former Representative Anthony D. Weiner would be held on Sept. 13.

The special election means that party leaders will select the candidates to represent the Ninth Congressional District, which covers parts of Queens and Brooklyn. Some good-government advocates had hoped that there would be open primaries to allow for more candidates, even though they conceded that there was no legal consensus as to whether such primaries could be held to fill a Congressional seat.

Mr. Weiner, a seven-term Democrat who was once viewed as a rising star in the party, resigned on June 16 after being felled by a scandal over his lewd online behavior. Whoever wins the Sept. 13 special election would serve out the rest of Mr. Weiner’s term, through the end of 2012.