The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday, November 3. Incumbent Michael Bloomberg, an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008, was reelected on the Republican and I
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
William Colridge Thompson Jr. is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on
2009 New York City mayoral election
…Party in 2008, was reelected on the Republican and Independence Party/Jobs & Education lines with 50.7% of the vote, over the retiring City Comptroller, Bill Thompson, a Democrat (also endorsed by the Working Families Party), who won 46.3%. Thompson had won the Democratic primary election on September 15 with 71% of…
A 2009 press conference with then comptroller Thompson
Thompson in 2009
Thompson delivers his concession speech after losing the mayoral election.