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...just begun to recuperate from the worst of times, more Democrats than ever sought their party's nomination this year. Voters last week confounded conventional wisdom and the pollsters by turning out in record numbers, rejecting both Incumbent Mayor Abe Beame and his ostensibly strongest challenger, Bella Abzug. In the process, the Democrats plucked from a cast of seven hopefuls two fresh faces: Congressman Edward Koch and New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo. They must still battle through a runoff next week for the nomination, but it is virtually certain that one of them will emerge from November...
...Abzug and Beame had led all the opinion polls from Christmas right up through late August. But Beame's fatal burden was his poor record as a fiscal manager; although he claimed he had "made the tough decisions" that saved the city from bankruptcy, his chances for political survival were dashed last month when the Securities and Exchange Commission published a staff report damning his performance as deceptive and inept...
Last week one poll showed Beame running neck and neck with his most widely known rival, colorful, combative Bella Abzug, 57. The former Congresswoman was actually running slightly ahead according to other surveys, but neither of the two was in a commanding position. Coming up fast were New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo, 45-the personal choice of Governor Hugh Carey -and Manhattan Congressman Edward Koch, 52.* None of the four front runners appeared likely to win the 40% of primary votes needed to avoid a Sept. 19 runoff. But for Beame supporters, the crucial question was whether their...
...rapid transit system. To do that she would abandon the $1 billion Westway road project, a controversial plan favored by the business community and many political leaders because it would promote development in Lower Manhattan. Most of the money would come from Washington, but under legislation pushed by Abzug while she was in Congress, such highway funds can be "traded in" for mass-transit money...
While it seems likely that Abzug will finish first on Sept. 8, she may be unable to muster 40%, and the runoff is impossible to handicap. Taking no chances, Abzug is preparing a TV ad blitz for use later in the summer. "You do early TV when you're not known, when you have to become a person," she says. "I'm already a person." Through a capable campaign staff, she is setting up a detailed district-targeting system for a get-out-the-vote effort where she is strongest. Rivals hope she will wound herself by playing...