No Runoff

For mayor.  Unfortunately we will still have one for Public Advocate. And there's nothing to be done, either.  Even if, for example Dan Squadron conceded to Tish James in a display of team spirit, fiscal responsibility or what have you, we'd still have a runoff. The law as written is not discretionary. There shall be a runoff if none of the candidates exceed 40%. 

Nevertheless, we are well on our way to the Mayor deBlasio administration.

Looks Like De Blasio Really Did Meet the No-Runoff Threshold

It's not quite official, but it's close: After finally finishing its count of lever machine and paper ballots, the Board of Elections announced on Wednesday that Bill de Blasio won last week's primary…

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/09/looks-like-de-blasio-met-no-runoff-threshold.html

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