Tag Archives: 2009 elections

In a bit of a shocker, openly gay New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, long seen as Michael Bloomberg’s right-hand gal, has endorsed Comptroller Bill Thompson for mayor. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn off-handedly endorsed city Controller William Thompson for mayor on Monday, despite being a longstanding ally of Mayor Bloomberg. By doing so, Quinn (D-Manhattan) bowed to the …

Saying Mayor Bloomberg’s actions on gay marriage “are at sharp odds with his words,” NYC’s sole remaining LGBT newsweekly, Gay City News, has endorsed City Comptroller Bill Thompson for mayor. One of the reasons for the snub of Bloomberg is his support for upstate Republicans who may have blocked progress on marraige equality. In 2005, at the same time the …

Election officials in Maine say they are being “overwhelmed” with requests for absentee ballots and that half of the state’s voters may have voted by election day. Political experts said the push to vote absentee is changing the way campaigns are run, and a whole new strategy has arisen because of it. “It’s possible now that half the voters will …

In a campaign speech for Mayor Bloomberg, yesterday former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani told a group of Orthodox Jews in Borough Park, “I worried daily that the city might be turned back to the way it was before 1993 — and you know exactly what I’m talking about.” Exactly what Giuliani is talking about is former Mayor David Dinkins, who …

Overlooked at last week’s debate with City Comptroller Bill Thompson was this little interruption when NYC character Rev. Billy heckled Bloomberg from the audience over term limits.

Bob McDonnell says if elected Virginia’s governor, he would not renew his predecessor’s executive order banning discrimination against gays.

In January, the American Family Association forced the repeal of Kalamazoo’s new LGBT rights law. The issue has been put to a public vote and here is the first ad in support of next month’s ballot.

Today both of New York’s senators will endorse NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson in his mayoral bid against Michael Bloomberg. But few expect them to actually speak against the billionaire in City Hall. Mr. Schumer, in particular, has been effusive praising the work of the man Mr. Thompson is trying to unseat, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Indeed, Mr. Schumer’s wife, Iris …

With a month yet to go in the campaign, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $65M on his bid for a third term. That’s sixteen times what his opponent Bill Thompson has spent so far. Bloomberg’s outlay is expected to reach $100M by election day. The New York Times puts it in context: To market Bounty paper towels last year, …

Fearing that New Jersey’s lame-duck legislature will approve same-sex marriage after the November election, GOP and Christian activists are renewing their push for the issue to be put on the 2010 ballot. Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) yesterday said Gov. Jon Corzine made a deal with another prominent lawmaker to vote on it during a lame-duck session that follows Election Day. …

At last night’s U2 concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, Bono praised Mayor Bloomberg and urged the crowd to “give it up” for him. Bloomberg’s campaign rushed the clip onto their website, noting without irony that the next song was I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.

It turns out that the 2009 GOP candidate for Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell, cited Michael Schwartz (the “all porn makes you gay” guy) two times in his master’s thesis at Liberty University. As has been noted here, McDonnell’s thesis also rails against “cohabitators, homosexuals and fornicators” and says that women shouldn’t work outside the home. Since Bob McDonnell thinks Schwartz …

Bloomberg doesn’t own a nuclear power plant (I don’t think), but this was inevitable. There’s a website too. (Via – Gothamist)

I was half-expecting something like this.

Two of the three openly gay city council candidates from Queens won yesterday’s Democratic primary and are expected to coast to November victories in their overwhelmingly Dem districts. Openly gay candidates made gains in local New York City primary elections on Tuesday, as Daniel Drumm and James Van Bramer [JMG: pictured], both from Queens, each won their district’s Democratic nomination …

Well, I thought I would blog a bit about next week’s NYC primary election, so I sat down with the fancy 24-page voter guide (sent by the Campaign Finance Board) to see if any quotes or issue positions jumped out at me. Whoops, the guide I got sent is in Cantonese. According to a note in English on the inside …

As I’ve been predicting here for the last year, tomorrow Michael Bloomberg will officially announce his intention to overturn NYC term limits in order to run for a third term as mayor. In an act that promises to upend New York City’s political world, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to announce Thursday that he will seek a third term as …

As Michael Bloomberg heads towards his final year as Gotham’s mayor, speculation is growing that that an effort to rescind mayoral term limits may be launched. According to the NY Post, major big business players are quietly supporting a movement for a third term for Bloomberg. The two-term limit can be lifted by a charter referendum, by state legislation, or …