A source confirmed to TPM that New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson made calls to allies Monday morning informing them that he will concede to Bill de Blasio in the Democratic mayoral primary.
According to his campaign schedule, Thompson will be at City Hall in Manhattan at 11 a.m. to “make remarks on his 2013 Mayoral race.” Representatives for his campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TPM.
Thompson came in second behind de Blasio in the primary Sept. 10. Based on initial results, de Blasio was slightly above the 40 percent of the vote he needed to avoid a runoff with Thompson according to New York City law. Thompson and his campaign initially vowed to wait until paper ballots were counted by the Board of Elections that could have resulted in de Blasio being below the threshold. The Board of Elections had been set to begin counting those ballots Monday.
Multiple Thompson endorsers including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and several local officials announced their intention to back de Blasio in a press release sent Monday morning.
