William Thompson hasn’t stopped campaigning for mayor since 2009, when he lost to Michael Bloomberg by just 4.3 percentage points, after the billionaire outspent Thompson 10-to-one to win a third and final four-year term. Thompson, 59, the only black candidate...
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New York City Mayoral Candidate and Senior Managing Director at Siebert Brandford Shank & Co William Thompson speaks at the Bloomberg Link State and Municipal Finance Briefing held at Lighthouse International in New York.
NYC’s Thompson Counts on Momentum in Mayoral Race
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A bilingual sign stands outside a polling center in Texas.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 48%
That’s the share of eligible Hispanics who voted in the 2012 presidential election. The voter turnout rate among Hispanics — a burgeoning bloc that leans Democratic — fell from 49.9 percent in 2008, when President Barack Obama won his first...
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Eileen Woofford, 84, waited in line to cast her vote at Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church on November 6, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 66.2%
That’s the share of black voters eligible to vote in the 2012 presidential election who cast a ballot. Blacks outvoted non-Hispanic whites, who had a 64.1 percent turnout rate, according to a Census Bureau report released yesterday. It’s the first...
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U.S. Border Patrol agents monitor the area near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, on March 21, 2012.
Durbin Says Immigration Law Overhaul Is National Security Issue
Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, offers this reason for supporting an overhaul of immigration laws: It will help national security. Durbin, in an interview on “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” airing this weekend...
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Rand Paul Eyes 2016 as Reaching Out on Immigration, Race
It’s never too early for prospective presidential contenders to court their party’s core voters, and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky batted his eyelashes a bit today at a breakfast with reporters in Washington. He is “considering it,” the Tea...
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), center, and Sen. John Isakson (R-GA) depart from a Senate subway car as Senate Republicans and Democrats head to their weekly policy luncheon on March 19, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Rand Paul: Role of Government
Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky with a libertarian outlook and son of the retired congressman from Texas who ran for president with an appeal to libertarian instincts, says there is a goal for government. Protecting your property. “If...
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Sen. John McCain during a news conference supporting a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, shown in stand up photo at right, in this file photo. Behind McCain are referee Richard Steele, left, a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and Iran Barkley, a former WBB boxing champion.
Harry Reid, Mike Tyson: In the Same Ring for Jack Johnson (Bell)
Harry Reid was a boxer in his time (amateur lightweight). Mike Tyson was a boxer in his days (heavyweight champion). The late Jack Johnson remains a boxing legend. Now the Senate majority leader from Searchlight, Nevada, and the tattooed darling...
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Immigrants take the oath of citizenship at a special Valentine's Day naturalization ceremony for married couples on Feb. 14, 2013 in Tampa, Florida.
Republican-Leaning Group On Immigration Revamp: It’s the Economy
As President Barack Obama presses Congress to produce legislation granting legal status to 11 million undocumented immigrants, Republican proponents have quietly begun laying the groundwork to persuade their own lawmakers and supporters to embrace the plan. That effort goes public...
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This undated photo released by the Massachusetts Governor's office shows William "Mo" Cowan, right, former chief of staff for Gov. Deval Patrick.
Senate: Two Black Members a First
William “Mo” Cowan, the choice of Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick for John Kerry’s Senate seat, is joining a chamber that will have two black members for the first time in its history. Cowan, a Democratic lawyer and Patrick’s former...
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Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Barney Frank Senate Petition Push Appears for Naught
A petition drive aimed at nudging Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to put the ever-fiesty Barney Frank temporarily into the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry’s confirmation as secretary of state ended up collecting close to 10,000 signatures — and won’t be submitted....
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