Campaign Day: September 8, 2005

Lurching toward the final weekend before their primary, the four major Democratic candidates for mayor filled their schedules with an eye toward a very possible runoff between Tuesday’s top two finishers.

Rep. Anthony Weiner, after voting in Congress on emergency flood funds, headed back from Washington by mid-afternoon for another televised debate among the Democratic candidates, his campaign reported.

Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields sought to solidify her base among black voters.

She accepted an endorsement from Brooklyn minister the Rev. Herbert Daughtry and campaigned in the borough with an insurgent City Council Democratic primary candidate, Sam Taitt.

She also released a new radio ad about fighting poverty.

Council Speaker Gifford Miller worked to drum up black support as well.

He did campaign stops in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, which included an appearance with Councilman Al Vann (D-Brooklyn).

Fernando Ferrer appeared at Canarsie High School with Assemb. Nick Perry (D-Brooklyn), before visiting the restaurant Famous Famiglia, which vows to send all profits from its Times Square location to Hurricane Katrina victims.

Meanwhile, Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an evening appearance in Borough Park, where he campaigned for Orthodox Jewish votes and opened a new headquarters on 13th Avenue.