Word: procaccinos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...outset, they told Lindsay it could not be done. Pilloried for allegedly caring only about blacks and Manhattan's Beautiful People, the handsome, patrician Lindsay lost the June Republican primary to an obscure state senator, John Marchi. The Democrats nominated their most conservative aspirant, Mario Procaccino, who seemed well suited to lead frustrated middle-income voters against Lindsay's ghetto-oriented liberalism...
...traditionally Democratic Jews helped elect Lindsay. Now many of them were still enraged over Lindsay's dispute last year with the predominantly Jewish teachers' union.* That acid conflict also lent credence to the allegation that he cared nothing for Marchi's "forgotten New Yorker" and Procaccino's "average...
Lindsay was able to outspend and outorganize his opponents. In television debates, he easily outclassed Procaccino, the early favorite in the campaign. The mayor was able to attract the active support of liberal elements of both major parties. In the end, many Jews found that, despite their earlier hostility to Lindsay, they could not vote for either the academically conservative Marchi or the bellicose, volatile Procaccino...
...Procaccino and Marchi not only divided the conservative vote; their generally pedestrian campaigns made Lindsay look good by comparison. Still, the result fell far short of a majority for the liberal coalition. Capturing an estimated 80% of the black vote and managing to draw as many Jewish votes as did Procaccino, Lindsay won with just 41.8% of the total. Nonetheless, the fact that he won at all restored him as a man whom both Republicans and Democrats must reckon with in future sweepstakes for the White House...
...election followed a heated campaign which has shattered the organizations of both parties in New York. Most liberal party leaders have bolted party ranks to support the Mayor against his conservative opponents. Former Mayor Robert Wagner, Procaccino's runner-up in June's Democratic primary, increased Lindsay's momentum with a surprise last-minute endorsement Monday...