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John Vliet Lindsay (/ v l iː t /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer.During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president.
John Lindsay served as the 103rd Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1966, to January 1, 1974. His mayoralty presided over a rising budget from below $5 billion to almost $10 billion, high deficit spending, the reorganization of the city's government, a corruption investigation (Knapp Commission) into the New York City Police Department, and large scale union strikes.
The Liberals viewed Screvane as uninspiring, Beame was a member of a Brooklyn political machine, Frank D. O'Connor was a conservative ally, and O'Dwyer was the brother of the party's old political enemy William O'Dwyer. Members of the party liked Ryan, but viewed him as unlikely to win the Democratic nomination. [6]
John Lindsay switched party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in 1971 and ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for president in 1972. [17] Michael Bloomberg was a lifelong Democrat before registering as a Republican in 2001 and running for mayor.
Incumbent mayor John Lindsay was elected in 1965 as a Republican with Liberal Party support. However, Lindsay failed to win a majority of the vote, primarily due to the rise of the Conservative Party, which polled over thirteen percent of the vote behind candidate William F. Buckley Jr. Liberal Party support, which typically went to the ...
Rothenberg pointed out that third party presidential candidates like John Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996 flamed out, failing to build a true third party that became a factor in ...
The party gave its nomination to Republican nominee John Lindsay in the 1965 New York City mayoral election, despite opposition from members like Luigi Antonini, in exchange for one-third of the mayoral appointments, money for the Liberal campaign, and a citywide Liberal candidate. [43]
Best-selling author and life coach Tony Robbins was among the first people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approached in late 2023 about being the independent presidential candidate’s running mate ...