Connor Boals and Maia Efrem

Thompson Concedes, After a Last-Minute Surge of Hope

November 04, 2009
By Connor Boals and Maia Efrem

As the polls came in, the supporters of Democratic mayoral candidate William Thompson Jr., believed they were going to witness the upset of the most expensive campaign in New York City’s history. They almost did.

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