Bill Thompson under pressure to bow out of NYC Mayoral race

[cali]

- Calls for runner-up Bill Thompson to bow out of the New York Democratic mayoral race grew louder Thursday, as several of his prominent supporters switched allegiances to front-runner Bill de Blasio in hopes of avoiding a runoff that could weaken the winner for the general election.

The city's Democratic Party, desperate to elect its first mayor since 1989, was unable to officially rally around de Blasio, the city's public advocate, who finished Tuesday's primary with just above 40 percent of the votes. That's the threshold that would have clinched his party's nomination, but election officials said it will be at least Monday before all votes, including absentee ballots, are counted.

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By Thursday afternoon, five other state lawmakers and three city councilmen also announced they were leaving Thompson for de Blasio. They were joined by two dozen politicians and several powerful organizations, including unions, who had backed other mayoral hopefuls who lost in the primary.

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[Smarmie Doofus]

1. So *bow*, already. n/t