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Eliot Spitzer lost a bid for political redemption on Tuesday as he was defeated in the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller by the current Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer. With 97 percent of the precincts reporting early Wednesday, Mr. Stringer was ahead 52.1 percent to 47.9 percent. 
  
 Mr. Spitzer resigned as governor five years ago in a prostitution scandal, and Mr. Stringer repeatedly invoked it during their brief but bitter campaign. Again and again he painted Mr. Spitzer as a rich man who believed that he could escape the consequences of breaking the law. 
  
 In a cavernous event space on West 116th Street, Mr. Spitzer’s supporters chanted his name as he took the microphone to give a brief concession speech. 
  
 “I am proud to have run a campaign over the past nine weeks that many thought was incapable to mount,” said Mr. Spitzer, who was subdued but not emotional. “We did it in a way that made me proud to revisit the issues we fought for when I was attorney general and governor, to lay out an agenda of what we believed was right for this great city.” 
  
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 “I say to the public, I am proud to have served,” he continued. 
  
 At the Flatiron bar where Mr. Stringer held his party, the crowd of 300 was elated when the results came in, chanting “Scott! Scott! Scott!” as Mr. Stringer got up to speak. Rep. Jerrold Nadler wiped a tear from his eye. 
  
 Mr. Stringer himself seemed relieved, and exhausted. He mopped sweat from his brow as he answered questions. 
  
 “It was a total struggle, but New Yorkers gave me a shot,” he said, adding, “Sometimes the guy without the resources but with a lot of heart can win the election.” 
  
 Mr. Stringer had declared his candidacy last November, and he had nearly unanimous support from the city’s labor unions and elected leaders. Mr. Spitzer announced his bid only in July, just days before petitions were due to get on the ballot. He waged a relatively lonely campaign, fueled by his family’s real estate fortune. But he was able to attract significant support, particularly among black voters, who expressed a greater willingness than white voters to overlook his mistakes. 
  
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 In often caustic debates and searing television advertisements, Mr. Stringer argued that Mr. Spitzer held himself to a different standard than he had held others as a prosecutor and suggested that he should have gone to jail. He repeatedly accused Mr. Spitzer of “money laundering,” although prosecutors have said there was no evidence to charge him with any financial crimes. 
  
 Mr. Spitzer leaned on his reputation, formed during his tenure as state attorney general, as the “sheriff of Wall Street,” arguing that he was more independent and had more financial experience than Mr. Stringer. He derided Mr. Stringer as part of the “political establishment” and attempted to make an issue of Mr. Stringer’s support for lifting term limits in 2008, saying in an advertisement that Mr. Stringer had cut “a back room deal to hand a third term to” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. 
  
 But Mr. Stringer’s attacks on Mr. Spitzer’s integrity, and his institutional support, which gave him access to a vast get-out-the-vote operation, apparently carried greater weight in the end. 
  
 Mr. Stringer received strong support among older voters, white voters, voters in Manhattan, college graduates and voters in households earning more than $50,000 a year. He was also backed by most men and women, and about 7 in 10 Jewish voters, according to exit polls conducted by Edison Research. 
  
 There was a sharp racial divide, with Mr. Stringer winning about two-thirds of white voters, and Mr. Spitzer winning about two thirds of black voters. 
  
 More than 6 in 10 voters in Tuesday’s Democratic primary expressed a favorable view of Mr. Stringer, while just over half had a positive view of Mr. Spitzer. ||||| Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer lost a close Democratic primary for New York’s city comptroller position on Tuesday, bringing to a close his quest for political redemption after a prostitution scandal forced him from the governor’s mansion five years ago. 
  
 Spitzer faced off with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in the hard-fought, often negative contest. 
  
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 Stringer won 51.9-48.1 percent, according to results posted by The New York Times. 
  
 Stringer enjoyed union backing and raked in endorsements from powerful corridors of power, ranging from the New York Times, the New York Post and the New York Daily News to a number of high-profile members of the New York congressional delegation. He focused on an intense get-out-the-vote ground game. 
  
 Spitzer, a wealthy self-funder, had more resources, with reports indicating he spent about twice as much as Stringer’s campaign. He made a concerted appeal to minority communities and employed high-tech micro-targeting with the help of several campaign veterans of Barack Obama. 
  
 Spitzer, a former attorney general who was once known as the “sheriff of Wall Street,” stressed his willingness to take on the city’s powerful special interests, while Stringer, a former state assemblyman, highlighted his experience in city government. 
  
 Spitzer shocked the political world when he said in July that he would seek to re-enter New York politics after a years-long hiatus. He resigned in 2008 over a prostitution scandal and later served as a TV host, with gigs on CNN and Current TV. 
  
 From the beginning of his campaign, Spitzer believed that the public would forgive him for his indiscretions. 
  
 “That is out there, but the public has said, ‘OK, it’s there - we’re judging you based on what you did in government,’” he said on Monday, speaking on WWRL-AM. 
  
 His wife, Silda Spitzer, has been largely absent from the campaign trail. |||||
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– It's not a night for political comebacks in New York City: Eliot Spitzer has lost his bid to become city comptroller. The former governor lost the Democratic primary to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, whose campaign repeatedly brought up the prostitution scandal that brought down Spitzer in 2008. But unlike Anthony Weiner, whose name was often paired with Spitzer by late-night comics, Spitzer's loss wasn't overwhelming: He was defeated 52% to 48%, according to the New York Times. Spitzer spent around twice as much as Stringer and employed several Obama campaign veterans to assist in micro-targeting of voters and appeals to minority communities, but his rival had the backing of unions and major newspapers, as well as a superior get-out-the-vote operation. Stringer's wife was often by his side, while Spitzer's wife, Silda, who stood by him in 2008 but is now living separately from him, was absent from the campaign trail, Politico notes.
Artikel: Eliot Spitzer förlorade ett bud på politisk inlösen på tisdagen då han besegrades i demokraternas primärval för New York City comptroller av den nuvarande Manhattan borough-presidenten, Scott M. Stringer. Med 97 procent av polisdistrikten som rapporterade i början av onsdagen, låg mr Stringer före 52,1 procent till 47,9 procent. Mr Spitzer avgick som guvernör för fem år sedan i en prostitutionsskandal, och mr Stringer åberopade det upprepade gånger under deras korta men bittra kampanj. Gång på gång utmålade han mr Spitzer till en rik man, som trodde sig kunna undkomma följderna av att bryta mot lagen. I ett grottfyllt evenemangsrum på West 116th Street skanderade mr Spitzers anhängare hans namn när han tog mikrofonen för att hålla ett kort koncessionstal. — Jag är stolt över att ha drivit en kampanj under de senaste nio veckorna som många trodde var oförmögen att montera, sade mr Spitzer, som var dämpad men inte känslosam. “Vi gjorde det på ett sätt som gjorde mig stolt över att återse de frågor vi kämpade för när jag var justitieminister och guvernör, att lägga ut en agenda för vad vi trodde var rätt för denna stora stad.” Fortsätt läsa huvudberättelsen Video “Jag säger till allmänheten, jag är stolt över att ha tjänat,” fortsatte han. I Flatironbaren, där mr Stringer höll sin fest, blev folkmassan på 300 personer upprymda när resultaten kom in och ropade ” Scott! Scott! Scott!» medan mr Stringer reste sig för att tala. Rep Jerrold Nadler torkade en tår från ögat. Mr Stringer själv verkade lättad, och utmattad. Han svettades ur pannan när han svarade på frågor. "Det var en total kamp, men New Yorkers gav mig en chans", sade han, "Ibland killen utan resurser men med mycket hjärta kan vinna valet." Mr Stringer hade förklarat sin kandidatur i november förra året, och han hade nästan enhälligt stöd från stadens fackföreningar och valda ledare. Mr Spitzer meddelade sitt bud först i juli, bara dagar innan framställningar skulle komma på valsedeln. Han förde en relativt ensam kampanj, underblåst av sin familjs fastighetsförmögenhet. Men han kunde dra till sig betydande stöd, särskilt bland svarta väljare, som uttryckte en större vilja än vita väljare att förbise sina misstag. Foto I ofta caustiska debatter och brännande TV-reklam hävdade Stringer att Mr Spitzer höll sig till en annan standard än han hade hållit andra som åklagare och föreslog att han borde ha åkt i fängelse. Han anklagade upprepade gånger Mr Spitzer för "penningtvätt", även om åklagare har sagt att det inte fanns några bevis för att anklaga honom för några ekonomiska brott. Mr Spitzer lutade sig mot sitt rykte, bildat under sin ämbetstid som statsåklagare, som "heriffen på Wall Street", och hävdade att han var mer självständig och hade mer ekonomisk erfarenhet än Mr Stringer. Han hånade Mr Stringer som en del av den “politiska etablissemanget” och försökte göra en fråga om Mr Stringers stöd för att lyfta term begränsningar 2008, säger i en annons att Mr Stringer hade skurit “en tillbaka rumsaffär att lämna en tredje mandatperiod till” borgmästare Michael R. Bloomberg. Men mr Stringers angrepp på mr Spitzers integritet, och hans institutionella stöd, som gav honom tillgång till en stor ut-ur-röstningsoperation, bar tydligen större vikt i slutändan. Stringer fick starkt stöd bland äldre väljare, vita väljare, väljare på Manhattan, högskoleutbildade och väljare i hushåll som tjänade mer än 50.000 dollar om året. Han fick också stöd av de flesta män och kvinnor, och omkring 7 av 10 judiska väljare, enligt utflyttningsundersökningar som genomfördes av Edison Research. Det fanns en skarp rasskillnad, med Mr Stringer vinna cirka två tredjedelar av vita väljare, och Mr Spitzer vinna cirka två tredjedelar av svarta väljare. Fler än 6 av 10 väljare i tisdags Democratic primär uttryckte en positiv syn på Mr Stringer, medan drygt hälften hade en positiv syn på Mr Spitzer. F.d. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer förlorade en nära Democratic primär för New Yorks stads comptroller position på tisdag, vilket avslutar hans strävan efter politisk inlösen efter en prostitutionsskandal tvingade honom från guvernörens herrgård för fem år sedan. Spitzer ställdes inför Manhattans president Scott Stringer i den hårdnackade, ofta negativa tävlingen. Textstorlek - + återställning Stringer vann 51,9-48,1 procent, enligt resultat upplagda av The New York Times. Stringer tyckte om fackligt stöd och fick stöd från mäktiga maktkorridorer, allt från New York Times, New York Post och New York Daily News till ett antal uppmärksammade medlemmar i New Yorks kongressdelegation. Han fokuserade på ett intensivt get-out-the-voice mark spel. Spitzer, en förmögen självfinansiär, hade mer resurser, med rapporter som tydde på att han spenderat ungefär dubbelt så mycket som Stringers kampanj. Han vädjade till minoritetsgrupper och anställde högteknologisk mikromålskytte med hjälp av flera kampanjveteraner från Barack Obama. Spitzer, en före detta justitieminister som en gång var känd som "heriffen på Wall Street", betonade sin vilja att ta sig an stadens mäktiga särintressen, medan Stringer, en före detta statsförsamlingsman, lyfte fram sin erfarenhet av stadsstyre. Spitzer chockade den politiska världen när han i juli sade att han skulle söka återinträda i New York-politiken efter ett årslångt uppehåll. Han avgick 2008 över en prostitutionsskandal och tjänstgjorde senare som TV-värd, med spelningar på CNN och Current TV. Redan i början av sitt fälttåg trodde Spitzer att allmänheten skulle förlåta honom för hans indiskretioner. “Det är där ute, men allmänheten har sagt, ‘OK, det är där - vi dömer dig baserat på vad du gjorde i regeringen,’” sade han på måndag, talar på WWRL-AM. Hans hustru, Silda Spitzer, har till stor del varit frånvarande från fälttågsspåret. Vad är en sammanfattning?
Article: Eliot Spitzer lost a bid for political redemption on Tuesday when he was defeated in the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller by the current Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer. With 97 percent of the police districts reporting early Wednesday, Mr Stringer was ahead of 52.1 percent to 47.9 percent. Mr. Spitzer resigned as governor five years ago in a prostitution scandal, and Mr. Stringer repeatedly invoked it during their short but bitter campaign. Time and time again, he painted Mr Spitzer as a rich man, who believed he could escape the consequences of breaking the law. In a cave-filled event room on West 116th Street, Mr Spitzer's followers chanted his name when he took the microphone to give a short concession speech. “I’m proud to have run a campaign over the past nine weeks that many thought was unable to assemble,” said Mr Spitzer, who was subdued but not emotional. “We did it in a way that made me proud to revisit the issues we fought for when I was Attorney General and Governor, to lay out an agenda for what we thought was right for this great city.” Continue reading the main story Video “I say to the public, I am proud to have served,” he continued. In the Flatiron bar, where Mr. Stringer held his party, the crowd of 300 people were excited when the results came in and shouted “Scott! Scott! Scott!" while Mr Stringer rose to speak. Rep. Jerrold Nadler wiped a tear from the eye. Mr. Stringer himself seemed relieved, and exhausted. He sweated out of his forehead when he answered questions. "It was a total struggle, but the New Yorkers gave me a chance," he said, "Sometimes the guy without resources but with a lot of heart can win the election." Mr Stringer had declared his candidacy last November, and he had almost unanimous support from the city's trade unions and elected leaders. Mr Spitzer only announced his bid in July, just days before petitions were to come on the ballot. He conducted a relatively lonely campaign, fueled by his family's property wealth. But he could attract significant support, especially among black voters, who expressed a greater will than white voters to overlook their mistakes. Photo In often caustic debates and burning television commercials, Stringer claimed that Mr Spitzer kept to a different standard than he had kept others as prosecutors and suggested that he should have gone to prison. He repeatedly accused Mr Spitzer of "money laundering", although prosecutors have said there was no evidence to accuse him of any financial crimes. Mr. Spitzer leaned on his reputation, formed during his tenure as state attorney general, as "the sheriff of Wall Street", claiming he was more independent and had more financial experience than Mr. Stringer. He mocked Mr Stringer as part of the “political establishment” and tried to make a question about Mr Stringer’s support for lifting term limitations in 2008, saying in an ad that Mr Stringer had cut “a back room deal to leave a third term to” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. But Mr. Stringer's attack on Mr. Spitzer's integrity, and his institutional support, which gave him access to a major out-of-vote operation, apparently carried more weight in the end. Stringer received strong support among older voters, white voters, Manhattan voters, college educated and household voters who earned more than $50,000 a year. He also received the support of most men and women, and about 7 out of 10 Jewish voters, according to exodus polls conducted by Edison Research. There was a sharp racial difference, with Mr Stringer winning about two-thirds of white voters, and Mr Spitzer winning about two-thirds of black voters. More than 6 out of 10 voters in the Tuesday Democratic primary expressed a positive view of Mr Stringer, while just over half had a positive view of Mr Spitzer. Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer lost a near Democratic primary for the New York City comptroller position on Tuesday, ending his quest for political redemption after a prostitution scandal forced him from the governor's mansion five years ago. Spitzer faced Manhattan President Scott Stringer in the hard-necked, often negative competition. Text Size - + Reset Stringer won 51.9-48.1 percent, according to results posted by The New York Times. Stringer enjoyed union support and received support from powerful power corridors, ranging from the New York Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News to a number of high-profile members of the New York congressional delegation. He focused on an intense get-out-the-voice mark game. Spitzer, a wealthy self-financeer, had more resources, with reports suggesting he spent about twice as much as Stringer's campaign. He appealed to minority groups and hired high-tech micro-goal shooting using several campaign veterans from Barack Obama. Spitzer, a former Attorney General who was once known as "the sheriff of Wall Street", emphasized his willingness to take on the city's powerful special interests, while Stringer, a former state assemblyman, highlighted his experience of city government. Spitzer shocked the political world when he said in July that he would seek to re-enter New York politics after a year-long hiatus. He resigned in 2008 over a prostitution scandal and later served as a television host, with gigs on CNN and Current TV. Already at the start of his campaign, Spitzer believed that the public would forgive him for his indiscretions. “It’s out there, but the public has said, ‘OK, it’s there — we’re judging you based on what you did in government,” he said on Monday, speaking at WWRL-AM. His wife, Silda Spitzer, has been largely absent from the campaign trail. What is a summary?
– Det är inte en kväll för politiska comebacks i New York: Eliot Spitzer har förlorat sitt bud på att bli stadskompanjon. Den före detta guvernören förlorade demokraternas primärval till Manhattan Boroughs president Scott Stringer, vars kampanj upprepade gånger tog upp prostitutionsskandalen som fällde Spitzer 2008. Men till skillnad från Anthony Weiner, vars namn ofta parades ihop med Spitzer vid sena kvällsserier, var inte Spitzers förlust överväldigande: Han besegrades 52% till 48%, enligt New York Times. Spitzer spenderade runt dubbelt så mycket som Stringer och anställde flera Obama kampanjveteraner för att hjälpa till med mikro-inriktning av väljare och vädjanden till minoritetsgrupper, men hans rival hade stöd av fackföreningar och större tidningar, samt en överlägsen ut-ur-röstningsoperation. Stringers fru var ofta vid hans sida, medan Spitzers fru, Silda, som stod vid hans sida 2008 men nu bor avskilt från honom, var frånvarande från kampanjspåret, Politico anmärker.
“It’s not an evening for political comebacks in New York: Eliot Spitzer has lost his bid to become a city company. The former governor lost the Democratic primary to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, whose campaign repeatedly addressed the prostitution scandal that brought Spitzer down in 2008. But unlike Anthony Weiner, whose names were often paired with Spitzer at late night series, Spitzer's loss was not overwhelming: He was defeated 52% to 48%, according to the New York Times. Spitzer spent around twice as much as Stringer and hired several Obama campaign veterans to help micro-focus voters and appeals to minority groups, but his rival had the support of unions and major newspapers, as well as a superior out-of-vote operation. Stringer's wife was often by his side, while Spitzer's wife, Silda, who stood by him in 2008 but now lives separated from him, was absent from the campaign trail, Politico remarks.