Word: cuomo
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...victory it was. Koch's lead grew to ten points last week over the other Democrat who made it into the primary runoff, New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo. That surprisingly large plurality-78,000 out of 786,000 votes cast-made Koch New York's unofficial mayor-elect, though he must still get through a four-way general election. TIME Bureau Chief Laurence I. Barrett covered Koch's journey from obscurity to fame-and to the precipice of New York's intimidating problems. Barrett's report...
...hire Political Consultant David Garth, the artful image maker who had helped a flock of long shots win office. In Garth's TV commercials, which became increasingly important as time went on, Koch came on as Mr. Competence. Still, Koch remained back in the pack of seven. Mario Cuomo's belated entry, with strong backing from Governor Hugh Carey, attracted the support and campaign contributions of many mayor makers searching for a new-look liberal...
...secret that Ali has not trained hard in the last six weeks. The champ sparred little and frequently strayed from his Deer Lake, Pa., training camp. Instead of road work, Ali walked the streets of New York City in support of mayoral candidate Mario Cuomo...
...long election night, only three percentage points separated the top four candidates: Koch, 20%; Cuomo, 19%; Beame, 18%; Abzug, 17%. For Koch, 52, and Cuomo, 45, the first-round results meant a tough play-off for their party's nomination. The two come from similar backgrounds, agree on more substantive questions than not, and contrast mostly in their personalities and styles...
Both are the sons of immigrants. Koch's parents were Polish Jews who worked in garment-center sweatshops as youngsters. Cuomo's parents, illiterate in their own language, ran a grocery after emigrating from Italy. Both young men became lawyers before entering politics...