2013

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City Hall Horse Race: Primary Hangover Edition

With fall upon us, Politicker plans to begin keeping score on how the top Democratic contenders for Gracie Mansion have been performing as the shadow campaign to replace term-limited Mayor Michael Bloomberg heats up.

Below you can find our ranking of who’s up and who’s down after a week of primary fights that many of the candidates jumped into. Note that is is only relative to where they stood in recent weeks, and is not an assessment of the likelihood that they will win, as that list–where Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Billy Thompson would be on top during these summer doldrums barring surprise developments–would be far less esoteric and far more boring! Read More