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2009 Mayor Race

Thompson and Avella Try to Remind Gay Democrats There’s a Race On

Whether they coordinated their timing or not, Comptroller Bill Thompson and Councilman Tony Avella arrived in convenient succession last night at a New York University auditorium, getting a politically influential audience of gay and lesbian Democrats to themselves for an hour each. They didn’t have to deal with erstwhile Democratic mayoral contender Anthony Weiner. The Read More

Mike Bloomberg: Independent, Except for All the Party Labels

Michael Bloomberg, the Democrat-turned-Republican who swore off the concept of party membership altogether in the summer of 2007, is now set to seek re-election this fall as the official candidate of the Republican Party. He will also run as the standard-bearer of the Independence Party and, if he gets his way, the Working Families Party. Read More