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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Bloomberg and Thompson bout was certainly been more entertaining than many expected, but it wasn't the night's only contested race. Though all of the incumbent Borough Presidents won another term and the citywide elections for Comptroller and Public Advocate were unsurprising (John Liu and Bill de Blasio won easily), several City Council races were action packed. In Bayside, Queens, the...
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The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Somehow, Queens Republican Dan Halloran survived a lot of talk about his pre-Christian religious beliefs to capture Tony Avella's City Council seat last night. Mr. Halloran, reported to be the "First Atheling" of a neo-heathen tribe, beat the Democratic nominee Kevin Kim 53 percent to 47 percent in a campaign marred by a number of unseemly accusations: that Mr. Kim was unfairly...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Members of a newly energized Queens Republican Party rallied Wednesday night, saying their prospects of gaining seats in the City Council are better than ever.
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Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Sarah Palin is about to go rogue. On November 17, the former Republican Vice Presidential candidate and current star of the GOP speaking circuit is set to launch her first book, Going Rogue. She's dabbling with some speaking engagements to support the book -- most notably attending an extremely anti-gay college in Missouri that actually disciplines students for holding hands with someone of...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Democrats accused a Queens Republican City Council candidate of flooding the neighborhood with racially charged flyers targeting his Korean-American rival.
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Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
From the Daily News : Democrats accused a Queens Republican City Council candidate of flooding the neighborhood with racially charged flyers targeting his Korean-American rival. They claim Republican candidate Dan Halloran is trying to scare white votes with flyers painting Democrat Kevin Kim as a pawn of Asian developers. "This is a coded message a la Giuliani," said...
