Word: koch
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...nomination this year. Voters last week confounded conventional wisdom and the pollsters by turning out in record numbers, rejecting both Incumbent Mayor Abe Beame and his ostensibly strongest challenger, Bella Abzug. In the process, the Democrats plucked from a cast of seven hopefuls two fresh faces: Congressman Edward Koch and New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo. They must still battle through a runoff next week for the nomination, but it is virtually certain that one of them will emerge from November's general election as New York's 105th mayor...
Last winter Koch's own surveys showed that only 7% of the public had a firm idea of who he was. Cuomo's "hard recognition factor" was a bare 2%. Both overcame obscurity through heavy spending on TV; Cuomo invested $600,000 on commercials, while Koch laid out $500,000-far more than their adversaries...
...combative Bella Abzug, 57. The former Congresswoman was actually running slightly ahead according to other surveys, but neither of the two was in a commanding position. Coming up fast were New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo, 45-the personal choice of Governor Hugh Carey -and Manhattan Congressman Edward Koch, 52.* None of the four front runners appeared likely to win the 40% of primary votes needed to avoid a Sept. 19 runoff. But for Beame supporters, the crucial question was whether their man would be one of the two to make it to that all-important second round...
...report dealt a devastating and possibly fatal blow to Beame's primary chances. Most of his rivals quickly jumped on the mayor. Said Koch: "Beame was running the city like a second-class candy store." Typically low-keyed, Cuomo called it "sad" that Beame's lengthy civic career should culminate in such charges...
...commission's recommendations will be sponsored in Congress by Goldwater and Edward Koch of New York, a conservative Republican and a liberal Democrat. Americans clearly want action. A Harris poll in March found that 3 out of 4 voters back laws that would "lay down rules for the way business and other private organizations should deal with information [about individuals]." But the unusual right-left coalition in Congress may prove tenuous because, says Goldwater, "privacy is a subtle issue with no specific constituency. It will constantly get bogged down in political differences...