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Weiner Bows Out of NYC Mayoral Primary
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Sep 14, 2005 01:16pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NEW YORK - The second-place finisher conceded the Democratic mayoral primary to Fernando Ferrer on Wednesday, sparing the party the threat of a divisive runoff battle in its uphill quest to unseat Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
With absentee ballots still outstanding after Tuesday's primary, Ferrer was just fractions of a percentage point shy of the 40 percent he needed to avoid a runoff with Rep. Anthony Weiner (news, bio, voting record), who had 29 percent.
At a news conference outside his childhood home in Brooklyn, Weiner said he would bow out now and present a unified Democratic battle to unseat Bloomberg. The Republican, a self-made billionaire, has robust approval ratings and infinite campaign cash to spend on securing a second term.
"To succeed, we need focus, we need unity and a chance to make our case against him," Weiner said. |
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