NYC Republicans looking at 31-year old councilman to unseat De Blasio in '17

[Suburbia]

New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Queens), who turned 31 on Feb. 13, is seen as the GOP's best hope of unseating Democrat Bill de Blasio in 2017 in what could be one of the most watched mayoral elections in the country. De Blasio is seen as vulnerable due to his poor approval ratings and his handling of previous snowstorms. Ulrich represents a working class area of Queens, Howard Beach, Breezy Point, seen as the white Catholic ethnic area. Can he win the mayoralty? Can he be a star?

http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/mayor-eric-ulrich-he-might-go-for-it/article_ff77ad3b-3061-52c4-bbab-c2c0c6a42b38.html

http://www.rockawave.com/news/2016-02-05/Top_Stories/Ulrich_Mulling_Run_For_Mayor.html

http://nypost.com/2016/02/02/gopers-think-this-30-year-old-councilman-can-unseat-de-blasio/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ulrich

[Zioneer]

It took the anti-David Dinkins and a literal billionaire to break the decades-long control the Democrats had on the mayoralty, so probably not.

[Cubby]

I had such high hopes for de Blasio. But after winning more than 70% of the vote there's nowhere to go but down i guess. I blame human slimeball Pat Lynch for most of de Blasio's troubles.

He can be defeated but not by Herr Ulrich. The Republicans who become Mayor have to have major qualifications, you can't just be any schmuck.

I think another Democrat challenges him to a primary. Queens Councilman Rory Lancman comes to mind.

[Mike Thick]

Eh. A man (and by that, I mean me) can dream, can't he?

This probably isn't happening, though

[Skye]

Is he a billionaire?

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

No, no, no. Bill De Blasio is not losing to anybody. Don't be silly. He has far surpassed my expectations. Ulrich can wait his turn. I'm not putting an early 30s guy in charge of the city -- Marco Rubio has already burned us from a position of little to no importance.

[Lief 🗽]

Good lord, no. We're not electing some 30-year-old pretty boy poof to be the mayor of New York City.

[YaBoyNY]

Who?

[Vosem]

Good lord, no. We're not electing some 30-year-old pretty boy poof to be the mayor of New York City.

With President Rubio's endorsement, he will be unstoppable.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Good lord, no. We're not electing some 30-year-old pretty boy poof to be the mayor of New York City.

With President Rubio's endorsement, he will be unstoppable.

Unstoppable in Chelsea and the Village maybe.

[Suburbia]

I had such high hopes for de Blasio. But after winning more than 70% of the vote there's nowhere to go but down i guess. I blame human slimeball Pat Lynch for most of de Blasio's troubles.

He can be defeated but not by Herr Ulrich. The Republicans who become Mayor have to have major qualifications, you can't just be any schmuck.

I think another Democrat challenges him to a primary. Queens Councilman Rory Lancman comes to mind.

Lancman would be good. He's a moderate Democrat. He appeals to the Giuliani outerborough white Catholics and conservative Jewish voters in Brooklyn, Manhattan.

[Pandaguineapig]

I'm guessing his ceiling (unless dead bodies are found in deblasios crawlspace) is around 30-35%?

[Suburbia]

I'm guessing his ceiling (unless dead bodies are found in deblasios crawlspace) is around 30-35%?

The Giuliani White Catholic coalition could impact the election in 2017.

[P123]

Sadly, he has no chance. Giuliani beating Dinkins was in a completely different time and environment (and something that will not be repeated). Bloomberg was a liberal republican, who got in because Giuliani campaigned for him after 9/11.

[SATW]

Yea, sorry. We aren't winning this election. I want a moderate Democrat to primary de Blasio

[YaBoyNY]

I for one am glad Republicans can't sh**t all over the city and take credit for things that weren't their doing any more.

[P123]

Yea, sorry. We aren't winning this election. I want a moderate Democrat to primary de Blasio

Yup, that's the best bet. I don't see Republicans winning anything of importance in NYC, for a very very long time.

[Suburbia]

Yea, sorry. We aren't winning this election. I want a moderate Democrat to primary de Blasio

Yup, that's the best bet. I don't see Republicans winning anything of importance in NYC, for a very very long time.

The white Catholic voter in NYC is still important. They reside in Douglaston, Bayside, Queens, etc.

[hopper]

I think another Democrat challenges him to a primary. Queens Councilman Rory Lancman comes to mind.

I agree. I don't think a Republican will become mayor anytime in the near future in NYC.

[rbt48]

On Wikipedia, it shows that Ulrich won reelection in 2013 by half the margin of his 2009 race.  However, he might have been redistricted to less friendly territory for all I know.  But, he might not be as popular as the other stories seem to indicate.

[Figueira]

I keep reading this as "NYC Republicans looking at 17-year-old to unseat De Blasio in '31."

[Kingpoleon]

Raymond Kelly, Carl Person, or Lee Zeldin makes more sense. Of course, the former two would have to be convinced to become Republicans, though. Kelly is popular, Person could win the independents and is a Giuiliani-like attorney, and Zeldin could help with the Jewish vote.

[Pandaguineapig]

Raymond Kelly, Carl Person, or Lee Zeldin makes more sense. Of course, the former two would have to be convinced to become Republicans, though. Kelly is popular, Person could win the independents and is a Giuiliani-like attorney, and Zeldin could help with the Jewish vote.

Zeldin is from long island not NYC

[YaBoyNY]

Raymond Kelly, Carl Person, or Lee Zeldin makes more sense. Of course, the former two would have to be convinced to become Republicans, though. Kelly is popular, Person could win the independents and is a Giuiliani-like attorney, and Zeldin could help with the Jewish vote.

None of them make sense.

[Famous Mortimer]

New York is like 70% minority. They aren't electing some White guy from an area so out of the way it might as well be New Jersey and which is primarily known to most people for an anti-Black racially motivated murder.