Bloomberg Wins Third Term In NYC Mayoral Race

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and candidate Bill Thompson
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UPDATE – 10:16 P.M.: We called this race for Mike Bloomberg based on the calls of MSNBC and The New York Times. Just before 10 p.m., Rachel Maddow reported on MSNBC that the network’s call had been retracted. While Maddow said Democrat Bill Thompson had already called Bloomberg to concede, she7said that MSNBC was dialing back its call on the race. Maddow said the network had originally relied on a local election monitoring service to make the call for Bloomberg, and that the service had since retracted its call. We’re looking for more information.

UPDATE – 10:19 PM: The New York Times seems to be walking back its call too. It’s changed its headline to “Bloomberg Projected To Win 3rd Term.”

MSNBC and The New York Times called the New York City mayor’s race for incumbent Mike Bloomberg. He beat Democratic challenger, city comptroller Bill Thompson.

With four percent of precincts reporting, Bloomberg had 54 percent of the vote compared to Thompson’s 43 percent.

The result is hardly a surprise. Bloomberg — the billionaire media mogul who will now serve a third term as mayor — spent more than $85 million of his own money on the race, a number that may climb as high as $140 million before it’s all over. Thompson, by contrast, spent just $6 million.

Bloomberg convinced the New York City Council last year to extend term limits so he could run again — a controversial decision that angered many New Yorkers.

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