Anthony Weiner loses political comeback bid

The controversial former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has lost his second attempt at a political comeback, losing the Democratic nomination for a seat on the New York City Council, Decision Desk HQ projects. 

He was defeated by state Assembly member Harvey Epstein.

Weiner and Epstein were part of a five-person race for the Democratic nomination for District 2, part of Manhattan. Weiner’s loss doesn’t come as a surprise given the controversies surrounding him for the past 15 years. 

He received about 10 percent of the votes, coming in fourth place, according to DDHQ.

Weiner had represented New York’s 9th Congressional District in the House for years when he was revealed to have sent sexually explicit photos of himself to multiple women while married. He resigned from office. 

He attempted a political comeback previously, running in the 2013 mayor’s race, but he performed poorly in the Democratic primary as additional revelations of sexting came out while he was running. Additional disclosures came out in later years, and he pleaded guilty to a charge of sending obscene material to a minor after he was revealed to have sexted with an underage girl. 

He served more than a year in prison and registered as a sex offender.