Some of Harlem celebrated Jordan Wright’s victory Tuesday in the Democratic primary for state Assembly District 70.

Wright won the four-way primary with over 48% of the vote, capturing 4,000 out of 8,400 votes cast.

“Servant leadership is the family business here, and I’m happy to be a part of it. This means a lot to me, to be on the street named after my grandfather — Judge Bruce Wright Place — and we’re here for the next generation of Harlem,” Wright told NY1 on Tuesday.

What You Need To Know

  • Jordan Wright won the four-way Democratic primary for state Assembly District 70 with over 48% of the vote, capturing 4,000 out of 8,400 votes cast

  • In Upper West Side’s Assembly District 69, longtime political operative and government staffer Micah Lasher came out on top

  • Wright faces a Republican candidate come November and Lasher could face a challenge from Eli Northrup – if he decides to run on the Working Families Party line, even though he lost the Democratic primary

If victorious in November’s general election, he’ll occupy the seat once held by his powerbroker father Keith Wright.

His son’s win follows City Councilman Yusef Salaam’s victory last year — where the younger Wright was his campaign manager and then chief of staff.

“Let me tell you something, we have more victories to proclaim. One Harlem!” Keith Wright said, during his son’s victory speech.

He also serves as Manhattan’s Democratic Party Chairman.

Current representative Assemblywoman Inez Dickens backed the younger Wright after running in a contentious primary against Salaam.

“The bottom line is: it’s about the community, it’s about the village of Harlem. It’s about the strength politically, socially and economically to bring resources to the community,” she told NY1.

Turning to the Upper West Side’s Assembly District 69, longtime political operative and government staffer Micah Lasher came out on top.

“I’m a kid from the West Side and this was a campaign of the West Side, and the people in this room. You made this happen!” he shouted to a crowd during his election night speech on Tuesday. “Tonight, this kind of West Side politics triumphed in a big way.”

He scored almost 20 points above his four opponents.

“West Side voters are smart voters. They care about experience, they care about track record and I think both locally and in government I was able to make that case to voters,” Lasher told NY1 on Wednesday during a Zoom interview.

Lasher most recently worked under Gov. Kathy Hochul, but also served under Bloomberg and longtime Upper West Side representative, Jerold Nadler.

“We also talked a lot about issues like vacant commercial storefronts and scaffolding that gets left up forever, which I think are two intertwined issues that really have contributed to a decline in quality of life on the West Side,” Lasher said.

Wright faces a Republican candidate comes November and Lasher could face a challenge from Eli Northrup — if he decides to run on the Working Families Party line, even though he lost the Democratic primary.

A WFP representative told NY1 that Northup has “the option to decline” to run on the line and the party has yet to discuss his decision with him.