A moderate running in one of the country's most liberal districts, Goldman benefited from a logjam of progressive candidates vying for the newly drawn, open seat in Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Niou, who is on track to finish a close second, openly considered a third-party bid against Goldman in November. But she -- along with the Working Families Party, whose ballot line she could have run on -- ultimately decided against it. * "I will not be on the WFP line for the general," ...