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This morning I mentioned that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will be running for city comptroller. Not mentioned in my first post on this news is that one of Spitzer’s opponents will be Kristin Davis, the madam that claims to have provided “Client Number Nine” with some of his hookers. “I’ve been waiting for my day to face [Spitzer] …

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in 2008 while in the midst of a prostitution scandal, has announced his candidacy for New York City comptroller. Spitzer, 54, sounding restless after an unwelcome hiatus from government, said he had re-envisioned the often-overlooked office and yearned to resurrect the kind of aggressive role he played as New York State’s attorney …

That was quick.

One day after he lost Edith Windsor’s endorsement to Christine Quinn. Anthony Weiner worked to win back some gay votes by denouncing the FDA’s ban on blood donations. “Why does it still exist? Simple. Fear,” Weiner said outside a blood donation center on the upper East Side. The issue was one Weiner said he also tackled while in Congress when …

Tonight at the DOMA/Prop 8 celebration in the West Village, DOMA victor Edith Windsor announced her endorsement of Christine Quinn for New York City mayor. I had left the press area in front of the stage and was near Anthony Weiner, who was glad-handing admirers further up the block, but I couldn’t see his face for a reaction.  (Video by …

The always classy New York Post consulted a “respected” plastic surgeon for suggestions on making mayoral candidates appear “stronger, happier and more likeable.”  More “fixed faces” are at the link.

“Let me make it clear that when I heard the person make a remark, it was in a scrum of literally dozens of people around me on a street corner. When I heard that woman make that remark, I immediately admonished her not to say anything further I have no memory of saying anything beyond that to the woman.” “Let …

The Washington Post reports on an exchange between Anthony Weiner and a woman voter at a shopping center: “You a registered Democrat?” he asked an elderly woman wheeling a shopping cart by him. “I am,” she said. “And I’m not voting for uh, what’s her name? The dyke.” “Okay. I just need you to sign the petition to get me …

Yesterday NYC mayoral GOP longshot and billionaire grocer John Catsimatidis announced his plan to build a monorail alongside the Long Island Expressway. “Not subway, ABOVE-way,” he said, dismissing the possibility of expanding the existing underground rail system as a pipe dream. He expressed a wish to see “monorails going down the middle of the streets,” in keeping with his role …

Democratic mayoral candidate and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, who lost to Bloomberg by only four points in 2009, tonight received the endorsement of the city’s 200,000-member teachers union. Tonight all seven declared Democratic mayoral candidates will debate at Hunter College on the Upper East Side. The debate will be carried live by NY1 and should prove quite lively. RELATED: …

From Quinn’s campaign site: The 120,000 member proud Teamsters Joint Council 16 provided an enthusiastic and robust show of support for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today, endorsing her candidacy for Mayor of New York. Citing her unrivaled record of delivering real results for New York’s hardworking families and her forward-looking vision for making the City a place where middle …

Anthony Weiner has yet again provided hilarity to New York City’s tabloids in response to a New York Times story that recounts his famed temper. From the Times: In 2005, he became so irritated with a staff member that he threw a salad against the wall, then left the room as the dressing slowly dripped, leaving a stain. Another time, …

The New York Observer conducted an informal survey of whether this year’s mayoral candidates are recognizable to people on the streets.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, Anthony Weiner has the most-recognizable face, but here’s the interesting part of the survey. Not one out of 20 African-Americans we spoke to in Flatbush knew that there is a prominent African-American running for mayor, zero out …

Surprising no one, yesterday Newark Mayor Cory Booker formally entered the special election to replace late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. The 44-year-old Democrat made his candidacy official at a news conference Saturday in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city. He was joined by former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, a former pro basketball player who for 18 years held the seat Booker is …

“The attitude that it is no longer important to elect our own and that it is just ‘gender/orientation’ politics could not be more wrong. Our work is not done and we need powerful and unyielding openly LGBT candidates in office from school board to eventually President. That includes electing Speaker Christine Quinn. “The Speaker has been there for the LGBT …

Judging by how often these ads are appearing on NYC television, whoever is funding the Anyone But Quinn campaign must have fairly deep pockets. In this one a man from the West Village declares that he’ll vote for a Republican for the first time in his life if that’s what it takes to defeat Christine Quinn. More ads from this …

In a transparent bit of payback, NOM has endorsed the New York City mayoral candidacy of Rev. Erick Salgado, who helped organize NOM’s anti-gay marriage hate march in the Bronx two years ago. NOM is proud to endorse a candidate who has the courage to stand up for conservative principles and join us in our support of traditional marriage,” NOM …

Even some pundits are surprised by the latest poll on the New York City mayoral race. The poll finds that Weiner trails City Council Speaker Christine Quinn by 5 percentage points. Quinn gets 24 percent of the vote among Democratic primary voters, compared with 19 percent who say they will back Weiner. In a runoff, which is likely to occur, …

New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono faces very long odds against the nation’s most popular governor. Recent polls show Christie beating her by more than 2-1.