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U.S. News // 1 decade ago

First Anthony Weiner campaign ad debuts Monday

Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner said in his first campaign ad debuting Monday "powerful voices" are trying to expel him from the race for New York City mayor.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Weiner defiant despite falling poll numbers

It looks like former Rep. Anthony Weiner may have sexted himself right out of the race for New York City mayor, a polling director said.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Weiner vows to remain in New York mayoral race

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., insisted he will stay in the New York mayoral race despite pressure from both parties to quit over more sexting revelations.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

The Issue: Political sex scandals

The frivolity of summer was slipping away: Fears were growing National Security Agency surveillance program was nipping away at civil liberties, unrest was roiling the black community following the Zimmerman verdict in Florida and Republicans and Democrats were again sniping over the federal budget and debt ceiling.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Poll: Weiner loses lead in NYC mayoral race after new sexting scandal

Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., has lost his lead over rivals for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York, a poll released Thursday found.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Poll: Weiner leads mayoral candidates; Spitzer up in comptroller race

Ex-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led the Democratic primary for New York mayor while former Gov. Eliot Spitzer led the city comptroller race, a survey indicated.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Mayor Bloomberg: Too many whites frisked in NYC

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, defending New York's controversial stop-and-frisk policy on his weekly radio show, said whites are disproportionately targeted.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Anthony Weiner leads race for Democratic nod for NYC mayor

Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in disgrace, leads the race for the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, a Wall Street Journal poll indicated.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Plastic surgeon: NYC mayoral candidates could use some work

A plastic surgeon who looked over the slate of candidates for New York City mayor says when it comes to their faces all need some work to communicate energy.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Weiner apologizes after woman uses gay slur

New York mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner apologized after a gay slur, aimed at his Democratic primary rival Christine Quinn, was heard in a conversation.

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Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is a Democratic politician and the current Speaker of the New York City Council, which is among the most powerful positions in city government after the Mayor. The office of speaker was established in 1990 as a result of the revision of the City Charter. The third person to hold this office, Quinn is the first female and first openly gay speaker.

In 2007, the New York Post named Quinn the third-most powerful woman in New York, after Hillary Rodham Clinton and Diane Sawyer. She was rated one of the "Forty Under Forty" by Gotham Magazine.

Quinn was born in Glen Cove, New York. She attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She served as head of the Housing Justice Campaign for the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development. Quinn entered politics to manage the City Council campaign of Thomas Duane in 1991, after which she was Duane's Chief of Staff for five years. She later became the Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, and was appointed a member of the NYC Police/Community Relations Task Force by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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