Article: Jewish voters in New York City help Bloomberg sweep to re-election

Robinson, Heather
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
11-10-2005
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (JTA) -- Jewish voters in New York City, traditionally a
solid Democratic voting bloc, helped re-elect Michael Bloomberg as mayor
this week. Then again, Bloomberg isn't a traditional Republican. Bloomberg,
New York City's Republican incumbent mayor, sailed to an overwhelming
victory in Tuesday's mayoral election, with a large boost from New York's
Jewish voters, who appear to have supported him in greater proportions than
the general population.

With 99 percent of the vote counted, Bloomberg had received 58 percent of
the vote to Democratic challenger Fernando Ferrer's 39 percent. Although no
poll numbers on the Jewish vote ...

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