Robert Walker/The New York Times, Neal Boenzi/The New York Times, Joshua Bright for The New York Times, Neal Boenzi/The New York Times Republican mayoral candidates, clockwise from top left: Louis J. Lefkowitz, Roy M. Goodman, Joseph J. Lhota and John Marchi.Candidates trailing in the polls usually tell you not to trust the numbers.
As we look ahead to tomorrow’s mayoral election, that seems like a reasonable caution.
After all, could Joseph J. Lhota really lose by more than 40 points to Bill de Blasio, as a poll released Sunday suggests?
In fact, he could.
Candidates on the Republican line have won the last five mayoral elections in New York City.
But when they lose in this overwhelmingly Democratic town, they tend to lose big.
Often they don’t even finish second.
If you skip the Giuliani-Bloomberg era, you have to go back to 1961 to find a Republican loser who garnered even a quarter of the vote.
That would be Louis J. Lefkowitz, who got 34 percent against Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr.
In 1977, State Senator Roy M. Goodman set a modern New York City Republican record in the race against Edward I. Koch, the Democrat and winner, and Mario M. Cuomo, on the Liberal line.
Mr. Goodman got 4 percent.
Here’s what else you need to know for Monday.
WEATHER
Not quite first frost in the city, but it sure is cold (35 as of 5 a.m.). High of just 48 today, but sunny.
COMMUTE
Subways: No delays. Click for latest status.
Rails: O.K. Click for L.I.R.R., Metro-North or New Jersey Transit status.
Roads: No major problems. Click for traffic map or radio report on the 1s.
Alternate-side parking is in effect today but suspended tomorrow.
COMING UP TODAY
- The final campaign sprint. Mr. Lhota visits “The Daily Rundown†on MSNBC at 9:45 a.m., Harlem and Wall Street. He stops by the house of a Staten Islander, Michael Carpinello, to discuss property taxes.
- Mr. de Blasio hopscotches from southwest Brooklyn to the northeast Bronx to southeast Queens after a stint on the WPIX-11 news at 7:45 a.m.
- Marathoners and fans who did not get their fill Sunday can go to Marathon Monday in Central Park. There they can pick up finisher medals or hobble over to the Hospital for Special Surgery’s Recovery Zone for stretches and recovery tips.
- The essayist Roger Rosenblatt discusses his new memoir “The Boy Detective†at the National Arts Club. 8 p.m. [Free]
- An illustrated lecture about the future of Detroit by the journalist Mark Binelli, who wrote a book about it, at the Mid-Manhattan Library. 6:30 p.m. [Free]
- “Twilight†fanatics: a “Twilight Forever Fan Experience†at Planet Hollywood will include props from the movies, live music and special guests. 6 p.m [Free]
- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
IN THE NEWS
- Kenyan runners, Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo, won the New York City Marathon.
- The Daily News offered Mr. de Blasio a rather qualified endorsement. The Post full-throatedly endorsed Mr. Lhota.
- Senator Charles E. Schumer backed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2016. [New York Times, Daily News]
- A driver was charged with negligent homicide after his car jumped the curb in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and killed a boy. [New York Times]
- A missing New York University student turned up stuck in a shaft between two buildings. It took rescuers 90 minutes to extricate him. [New York Times]
- Harry Belafonte, a de Blasio supporter, got in trouble for calling the Koch brothers “white supremacists†while introducing Mr. de Blasio at a Harlem church. [New York Times]
- Scoreboard: Jets beat Saints, 26-20. Devils succumb to the Wild, 4-0.
AND FINALLY…
Early risers on Sunday got to see something very unusual: a crescent sunrise, thanks to a solar eclipse.
Here are three views of it over New York City:
- Over Queens.
- From a hilltop in New Jersey.
- Beside the Empire State Building.
Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.
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