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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Nov 6, 2013, 01:44 PM Nov 2013

De Blasio Enters Transition Mode After Historic Win

NY1News.

Bill de Blasio is celebrating a landslide victory as he prepares to be sworn in as the city's first Democratic mayor in two decades.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, de Blasio crushed Republican rival Joe Lhota 73 percent to 24 percent.

It's the largest margin of victory for a non-incumbent mayor in modern city history.

The last Democrat to win the mayor's race was David Dinkins in 1989.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/news/196543/de-blasio-enters-transition-mode-after-historic-win

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