The Official 2013 NYC Mayoral Election thread

Born in the Bronx, Rev. Salgado is a pastor of Iglesia Jovenes Cristianos (Young Christian Church) in Brooklyn, which serves 1,100 members in the tri-state area. He also founded a radio ministry, "Radio Cantico."

Rev. Salgado said he's formed a broad coalition around his mayoral campaign -- bringing in members of the Russian, Orthodox Jewish, African-American, Polish and Korean communities from across the boroughs.

He defines himself as a "conservative Democrat," and points out he is the only Latino seeking to run on that party's line. Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, a former Democrat, is seeking the Republican nomination.

is it too early to announce that Anthony Weiner is the incoming NYC mayor?

hawkeye10 wrote:

is it too early to announce that Anthony Weiner is the incoming NYC mayor?

He's got an uphill battle of his own making. Right now, he's the long shot dark horse allegedly in the race.

He's got an uphill battle of his own making. Right now, he's the long shot dark horse allegedly in the race.

Can infamous Twitter user and disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner make a political comeback and be elected mayor of New York?

Most political experts surveyed by ABCNews.com believe he could.

"People are much more forgiving of errors relating to sex than those relating to money," said Mitchell Moss, a longtime New York political analyst and professor at New York University. "He can run as the outsider."

Weiner, 47, resigned from Congress in 2011 after tweeting lewd photos of himself to women and then publicly denying that the photos were of his body parts. He later confessed that he had taken the photos and sent the messages to women who were not his wife.

Now, Weiner is taking steps to reenter a political race with wife, Huma Abedin -- who is an aide to Hillary Clinton -- by his side. In an interview with New York Times Magazine, published online this morning, Weiner said he may consider running to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"To some degree, it's now or maybe never for me, in terms of running for something," Weiner told the magazine. "Also, I want to ask people to give me a second chance."

In March, Weiner spent more than $100,000 on polls gauging whether the public could forgive him -- and vote for him -- after the scandal.

"He wouldn't be doing this if there wasn't some indication he could. He's still an astute politician, and so is (Huma)," said Liz Benjamin, a political analyst for YNN's Capital Tonight. "(Huma) is such a close, guarded person, to put herself out there to this degree, there is something really big behind this. They are really thinking seriously about it."