Jeff Smith triumphed over a crowded filed on Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination for the state Senate 4th District seat.
Smith captured just under 37 percent of the vote, easily topping Yaphett El-Amin (24.2 percent) and Derio Gambaro (23.61 percent), Amber Boykins (12.21 percent) and Kenneth Jones (3 percent).
While El-Amin fell short of her Senate seat aspiration, her husband, Talibdin El-Amin won the seat she relinquished in the state House of Representatives. He won 43.75 percent of the vote in the 57th House district and topped Joseph Palm (29.13 percent) and Karla May (27.13 percent).
Jamilah Nasheed, the third member of “Team El-Amin,” also launched her political career by beating political veteran Sharon Tyus in the race for the 60th House district seat. In one of the closer races of the night, Nasheed triumphed with 43.7 percent of the vote.
Running unopposed, Alderman Mike McMillan won the Democratic nomination for city license collector with 98 percent of the vote. His campaign partner Greg F.X. Daly also cruised to nomination for the office of collector of revenue with 98.5 percent of the vote.
State Rep. Rodney Hubbard (58th District) thumped William (Bill) Haas by taking 73.3 percent of the vote. State Reps. Connie Johnson (61st) and Robin Wright-Jones (63) ran unopposed.
