Candidates For Mayor
The following borough presidents were unsuccessful candidates for Mayor of the City of New York:
- Herman Badillo
- Lewis H. Pounds
- Fernando Ferrer
- Percy Sutton
- Henry H. Curran
- Ruth Messinger
- C. Virginia Fields
- David Dinkins (defeated for reelection in the 1993 election)
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