On the evening of July 9, the New York city Executive Committee of the Working Families Party nominated William C. Thompson for Mayor. Thompson is expected to be the Democratic Party’s nominee as well. See this story. Thompson needed two-thirds of the vote, and received that, with two votes to spare.
By contrast, in the 2005 Mayoral election, the Working Families Party had no nominee for Mayor, because neither the Democratic nominee, Fernando Ferrer, nor the Republican/Independence nominee, Mayor Bloomberg, were able to win two-thirds of the vote of the WFP’s executive committee.
Last time they knew Bloomberg would win, but there were too many Democrats on the nominating committee to swing against Ferrer. This time, they figure Bloomberg is unlikely to run for a 4th term. So, like forward thinking lamprey, they reattach themselves to the Democratic machine.
Courageous political choices.
Of mention is the first post (from today) on the Liberal Party’s page condemning Bloomberg: http://www.liberalparty.org/
In any early post they say their decision will come shortly, but they haven’t endorsed Thompson yet either.