What Cynthia Nixon Won by Losing

Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 11:34 a.m.

b'Andrew Cuomo didn\\u2019t need to do much to discredit Cynthia Nixon as a gubernatorial candidate. As soon as the actress and activist announced she was challenging the Democratic governor in March, social media feeds filled with jokes about the bawdy exploits of the lawyer Nixon played on Sex and the City. It was an obvious comparison; Miranda Hobbes was easy to imagine in public office, and it\\u2019s by far Nixon\\u2019s most-famous role.'