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Nov 4, 2009 6:07 am US/Eastern

Thompson Ends Up As The Little Train That Did

Vastly Outspent, Democrat Gives Mighty Bloomberg A Run For All His Money -- And Then Some -- Before Falling

By ROB MORRISON, CBS 2 HD News
NEW YORK (CBS) ― Vastly outspent by his incumbent opponent, Democrat Bill Thompson did a lot more than simply keep the race close.

Despite losing a close mayoral election to Michael Bloomberg, Thompson had everyone thinking about a massive upset initially, before the now-three term mayor pulled away for a 5-point victory.

Thompson arrived at the Midtown Hilton on Tuesday night after a full day of campaigning. He started in the morning in Harlem, casting his vote at PS 144.

"What you can see in the polls are the trends. Our own polling shows that the gap is a lot closer. the one thing we're seeing in trends is that the gap is closing and continues to close," Thompson said.

Manhattan Borough President and Thompson supporter Scott Stringer said the mayor's spending advantage was insurmountable.

"It was hard for Bill Thompson to break through. The playing field was just not level," Stringer said.

Thompson hammered away at Bloomberg, especially during last week's final debate, about allegedly neglecting the poor and middle class and bowing to big developers. But his strongest criticism was of Bloomberg's controversial third term, something he was unable to build much traction on despite the public's disapproval. Congressman Anthony Weiner said the issue isn't over.

"One of the ways those campaign finance laws work is that they let guys like me and Bill Thompson compete. You throw those laws out the window when you deal with Mike Bloomberg," Rep. Weiner said.

Hopeful to the last, Thompson's campaign manager said win, lose or draw he's proud of what they've accomplished.

"We held our resources to the end when it was necessary," campaign manager Eduardo Castell said. "We wanted to finish strong and we did."

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