Democrat Abraham D. Beame decisively won the four-way New York mayorality race last night with over 50 per cent of the votes. A light turnout at the polls was the anti-climax to a hard-fought campaign that began last January with a field of ten candidates.
City Controller Beame, 67 years old and New York's first Jewish mayor, has been involved in city fiscal management for over 27 years. He was heavily supported by the business sector of the city, and received most of his votes from the white, moderate, and middle-class segment of the electorate.
Beame's smashing victory helped to elect the other member of the Democratic slate: Paul O'Dwyer was elected president of the City Council and Harrison J. Goldin won his race for controller.
The conservative vote was split between Republican State Senator John J. Marchi, and Democratic Mario Biaggi who ran on the Conservative slate. Assemblyman Albert H. Blumenthal ran fourth on the Liberal ticket.
Beame carried all five boroughs by a plurality and received his heaviest support in Manhattan.
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