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Republican candidates for the role of mayor of New York City, Fernando Mateo and Curtis Sliwa, squared-off in the first Republican mayoral primary debate hosted by 77 WABC radio on Wednesday, March 31, at 4 p.m, at the Studio 77 event center, located at 800 Third Avenue in Manhattan.
According to sources, it was the first time that the two Republican-endorsed candidates for office went head-to-head on issues of crime, police, New York City’s COVID-19 recovery, and the economy. Republican elected officials and party leaders were expected to be in attendance.
Mateo, the second Latino to run for mayor as a Republican, (after Herman Badillo in 2001) has been endorsed by the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan Republican Parties. Meanwhile, Sliwa, Guardian Angels founder and talk show host, has secured the endorsement of the city’s largest Republican group, the Staten Island Republican Party, as well as the Brooklyn Republican Party.
The face-off between the two candidates was the first to take place before the City’s June 22 primary election, the winner of which secures the official Republican nomination to run in November’s general election for mayor of the City of New York. Meanwhile, around 50 Democratic candidates are currently vying to become the Democratic nominee, and replace the incumbent, Democratic mayor, Bill de Blasio.
New York has had only eleven Republican mayors in its history, but 14 of the last 27 years has seen a Republican mayor elected in the City, the most recent being Michael Bloomberg who served from 2002 to 2013. He succeeded Republican, Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, and who served as mayor from 1994 to 2001. Bloomberg, a former U.S. presidential candidate and billionaire, became an independent in 2007.
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“Mateo, the first Latino to run for mayor as a Republican”
Herman Badillo wasn’t Latino?
He was but he was a Democrat.
From Wikipedia: “Badillo unsuccessfully sought a Republican mayoral nomination in 2001, losing in a landslide vote for billionaire businessman and political neophyte Michael Bloomberg who would later prevail in that general election.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]”
Thanks. We based the story on a press release received from the Republican Party and queried this point with them several times but they never responded. I’ve updated the story accordingly. Thank you.