Politics controls far too much of my emotional life. I think I can finally admit this, after last night’s primary elections in New York have me absolutely elated. How did I get so addicted to this emotional rollercoaster?

It’s a funny drug, politics. For much of the last decade, I wallowed in the political hangover of the Bush years. The progressive resurgence in 2006, followed closely by the Obama campaign in 2008, lifted me back to incredible highs. Since then, the post-Obama malaise left me (and so many others) dispirited again. You could have mistaken me for an on-again-off-again junkie — up, down, up, down.

Yesterday night, I got another huge high. In the New York primaries, I had a personal clean sweep — victory in every single race of importance to me. This is probably because I share my political views with the Working Families Party. And these days, what the WFP wants, the WFP gets. Last night, the party showed how their solid electoral organizing and progressive aspirations translate into concrete wins. Their power grows with each election cycle.

Here’s the rundown:

• Eric Schneiderman beat the odds to become the Democratic nominee for NY Attorney General. Eric is a lifelong progressive with the clout to clean up Albany. This was a hard fought race, in which the establishment “smart money” lined up behind his lame opponent, Kathleen Rice. They didn’t count on a wave of progressive primary voters riled up by the WFP.

• Reform candidate Gustavo Rivera unseated the most corrupt man in the NY State Senate, Pedro Espada, 62% to 33%. This was the Working Families Party’s top race. I threw them a house party to fund this battle, and I’m so proud that the few thousand I raised got put to such good use. Once again, the WFP proved its unique power to primary out bad Democrats. This victory is the most important blow for Albany reform since the WFP elected Daniel Squadron to the State Senate last cycle. The march towards competent, progressive NY State government continues!

• Progressive upper-East-Side Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney crushed Wall Street plant Reshma Saujani, 81% to 19%. What a blowout. Saujani was a media sensation because she ran on an unapologetic platform of defending the super-rich in her tony district. Apparently even the super-rich don’t feel the need to defend the super-rich. The “anti-populist backlash” is a phantom.

• In my neighborhood, Assemblywoman Joan Millman retained her well-deserved seat, fending off an ugly challenge from attack dog Doug Biviano. This was expected, but still satisfying.

• Also not shocking but very satisfying, State Senate crook Hiram “Slash My Girlfriend In the Face” Monserrate went down to his challenger, Francisco Moya. Like Espada, Monserrate was a regressive machine politician who has wrecked havoc in Albany. Good riddance.

• On the other side of the political spectrum, results were equally good for progressives. In New York’s Republican primary for Governor, Tea Party candidate Carl Paladino, a billionaire businessman from Buffalo, beat the mainstream GOP candidate Rick Lazio. This belies the huge rift in Republican politics this year — moderate Republicans and Tea Party activists at war — and bodes poorly for their success in November. To be fair, the Democratic candidate, Andrew Cuomo, is heavily favored to win the Governor’s race, whether he faced Paladino or Laizo. But the spin today matters, and the spin is that the GOP’s infighting will sink its chances in New York.

• In the same vein, Delaware’s Republican primary for US Senate has Democrats cheering. Ultra-conservative (and totally underwhelming) candidate Christine O’Donnell beat mainstreamer Mike Castle. Castle is the respected former governor who was a favorite to win the general election. O’Donnell beat him based on Sarah Palin’s endorsement — she’s apparently a fellow “mama grizzly” — and energy from Tea Party activists. Fortunately, she’s got little chance in November. The GOP establishment won’t put any money into this race, the moderate-to-liberal voters of Delaware will reject her, and the Democrats will be much more assured of keeping control of the US Senate.

Karl Rove has a bad political hangover this morning. Albany’s “business as usual” lobbyists feel like crap. Their political drugs were bunk last night. And that makes me very, very politically high.