In 1965, Lindsay was elected Mayor as a Republican in a three-way race, defeating Democrat Abraham D. Beame, then City Comptroller, and Conservative William F. Buckley, Jr.

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In 1969, Lindsay was narrowly reelected on the Liberal Party line after losing the Republican primary to state Senator John J. Marchi. The Democrat, City Controller Mario Procaccino, was the most conservative candidate

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Lindsay abandoned the Republican Party and launched a brief but unsuccessful bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination against Edmond Muskie, George McGovern and George Wallace.

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