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De Blasio's victory in the mayoral race came from a combination of laser-focused messaging, and a couple of very lucky breaks
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Bill de Blasio triumphs as mayor of New York: here's how he did it
Just a few months ago, it looked like Bill de Blasio would be just another also-ran Democrat in the New York city mayoral race, at best a brief footnote in the history of the Rise and Very Hard Fall
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/bill-de-blasio-mayor-new-york-how