De Blasio, Seeking Second Term, Wins an Easy Victory
Mayor Bill de Blasio coasted to a decisive win on Tuesday in the Democratic primary in New York City, as he moved closer to securing a second term.
Facing a group of underfinanced, little-known rivals, Mr. de Blasio received 74 percent of the vote. His main opponent, Sal F. Albanese, a lawyer and former city councilman making his third bid for mayor, received 15 percent.
Mr. de Blasio will now focus on the general election, on Nov. 7, when he will face the Republican candidate, Nicole Malliotakis, an assemblywoman from Staten Island, and Bo Dietl, a former police detective running as an independent.
“Tonight we took another big step toward a fairer city for all, tonight another ratification of all that we’ve been doing together and it’s going to give us the fuel to go farther,” Mr. de Blasio said at a victory party in Brooklyn, naming some of his achievements, including universal prekindergarten classes, a two-year rent freeze for rent-regulated tenants and a sharp reduction in the stop-and-frisk policing tactic.
With no major Democrat willing to take on the incumbent mayor, the contest had all the urgency of a preseason football game, generating tepid interest among voters.
Turnout was relatively low: About 435,000 Democrats voted, the third lowest total since at least the mid-1960s. That could be attributed in part to a lack of strong contests in other races. Popular incumbents hold the other two citywide elected positions, public advocate and comptroller, and sit in the five borough president seats.
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