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New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his reelection campaign

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he has ended his campaign for reelection. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke with pride about his achievements as mayor, including a drop in violent crime. But he said that “constant media speculation” about his future and a decision by the city’s campaign finance board to withhold public funding from his reelection effort, made it impossible to stay in the race. “Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue […]

todaySeptember 28, 2025 2

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection campaign blasting Zohran Mamdani as having a ‘silver spoon’

New York Mayor Eric Adams set out Thursday to persuade skeptical voters to grant him a second term, hosting a kickoff event for his independent reelection bid after a corruption indictment, a controversial dismissal and a decision to drop out of the Democratic primary. On the steps of City Hall, Adams rattled off his political accomplishments while punctuating his speech with barbs for the expected Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani, casting the young liberal as a child of privilege with no real political achievements or realistic policies. “This […]

todayJune 27, 2025 2

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams will skip Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said he will pull out of the city’s Democratic primary and instead run for reelection as an independent, arguing that his recently dismissed federal bribery case had made it impossible to mount a primary campaign. In a video, Adams said he will not run in the Democratic primary in June because his criminal case “dragged on too long” while the “false accusations were held over me,” preventing him from campaigning. “I firmly believe that this city is […]

todayApril 3, 2025

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Biden will address the nation Wednesday on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid. Biden posted on X that he would speak “on what lies ahead” and how he will “finish the job for the American people.” He will speak at 8 p.m. ET. He declined to preview his message after he returned to Washington, telling reporters to “watch and listen.” “Why don’t you wait and hear […]

todayJuly 25, 2024

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Age becomes a concern as US Rep. David Scott seeks reelection

CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Scott faces multiple Democratic primary opponents in his quest for a 12th congressional term in a sharply reconfigured suburban Atlanta district. But with early voting underway ahead of the May 21 primary elections, the 78-year-old is ignoring challengers and trying to glide to renomination. Attacks on Scott are in some ways a microcosm of Democrats’ concerns about President Joe Biden, including claims that he’s too old and that he’s disconnected from young voters. He’s another example […]

todayMay 5, 2024 1

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New poll shows that for Black and young voters, reelection for Biden-Harris is complicated

A new national poll shows President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris continue to lose ground with Black, Hispanic, and young voters, the core base of the Democratic Party’s electorate that handed them their historic win in 2020.  However, political strategists tell theGrio the USA Today/Suffolk University poll should not be much of a concern this early in the 2024 election cycle. “Nothing in any of the recent polls dissuades the belief that there’s a path for Biden to […]

todayJanuary 3, 2024