>>> new yorkers went to the polls in primary leks yesterday in the race for mayor. as the returns came in last night, most of the news had to do with the two men turned away by voters in new york. anthony weiner and eliot spitzer , famous for sex scandals , were defeated. weiner, former congressman, got 5% of the votes in a crowded democratic primary . spitzer, the former governor, lost his race for city comptroller.