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Sullivan, a 12-year council veteran who is currently serving his fourth year as mayor, attributed the low turnout to voter satisfaction with the council over which he has presided...
...discouraging night for the White House. The other marquee contest was for Governor of New Jersey, where Sen. Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat, drubbed Republican benefits-management executive Doug Forrester. Across the Hudson, Republican Michael Bloomberg was easily reelected Mayor of New York City in a blowout of Democrat Fernando Ferrer...
...Party's new strategy of embracing people who practice faith will be exposed for what it is-a ruse." But Kaine, chatting with TIME as voting wound down, said his experience as a missionary was what made him a public servant-as a civil rights lawyer, later as Richmond Mayor and currently as Virginia Lieutenant Governor. "Some Democrats are reluctant to talk about their faith because there's a New Testament tradition of being wary about public expressions of piety," he said. "We share so much about ourselves in this line of work. There's nothing secret about my life...
...known for his progressive stances on integration and busing. On Sunday morning, Holton joined what the Kaine campaign called a "family hike" at a state park on the Virginia-Kentucky border, where the overlooks offered spectacular pageants of fall foliage. Kaine, a lawyer and former Richmond Mayor, has tied himself to his running mate from 2001, Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat whose approval rating in the state is about 70 to 75 percent. Bush's is in the low- to mid-40s. So Kaine's communications director, Mo Elleithee, can slyly say that the Democrats welcome Bush to Virginia...
...York City Mayor's race: The incumbent Republican, Michael Bloomberg, is running 30 points ahead of Democrat Fernando Ferrer. On Sunday, Bloomberg donned a yarmulke in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Ferrer campaigned with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and used a David and Goliath analogy while addressing a Baptist congregation in Harlem...