HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — In the end, round one was not close.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday received more than 95.3 percent of the weighted vote at the state Democratic Committee’s annual convention AT Hofstra University, with his primary opponent Cynthia Nixon picking up just over 4 percent.

The result means she will have to petition her way onto the ballot, going through the time-consuming process of collecting signatures to qualify for the September vote.

Nixon herself was not wholly surprised by this: She appeared at the first day of the convention briefly to hear nominating speeches and then left, calling Cuomo a “dynastic governor” who of course would receive the backing of the party he largely controls.

“We felt it was important to come, to meet people, to reach out, to talk them about the issues and show them that they have an alternative,” Nixon said in an interview on NY1. “And this is my party too and I wasn’t going to be scared out of the room.”

Nixon did indeed reach out to convention delegates to seek their endorsement ahead of the meeting on Long Island.

In a letter obtained by Capital Tonight, the Nixon campaign sought from members of the state committee, hosting a conference call on Monday in advance of the convention vote.

“As members of the state committee, you play an important role in the political process and I want to give you the opportunity to hear from me directly and I’d like to hear from you too,” the letter states.

The letter also touted to committee members a campaign with a “progressive agenda to address the issues facing our state” that insisted there was a path to victory.

“Though I recognize this is an uphill battle, across the United States, we are witness candidates with progressive platforms win on a local and national level like never before,” the letter states.

For allies of the governor, the letter is a contradiction of the nonchalance Nixon has had toward the process about the convention.

“She thinks this is going to end like movie and when it goes embarrassingly bad she does what she does best — acts like she doesn’t care,” said one Democratic source backing Cuomo.