John Liu
Congratulations to John Liu who was elected Comptroller of New York City tonight:
Liu easily defeated his Republican challenger Joe Mendola in the race for city comptroller, making him the first Asian-American elected to citywide office.
“Indeed, this is a historic night for New York City and a milestone for Asian-Americans across the nation,” Liu said. “I’m truly humble to have this place in history. And I stand here extremely optimistic about the opportunity to bring change to New York City and about the economic outlook of our future.”
See a longer article here.
Alas, my man Sam Yoon was not as fortunate. As you all know, he teamed up with former rival Michael Flaherty in order to take on four-term incumbent Thomas Menino, and they lost with 42% of the vote, compared with Menino’s 52%. It was Menino’s biggest challenge yet.
In other election news, Repub Chris Christie beat incumbent NJ Governor Jon Corzine, and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg won an unexpectedly close election over Bill Thompson.
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