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The New York City mayoral election of 1965 occurred on Tuesday November 2 1965 with Republican Congressman John Lindsay winning a close plurality victory over the Democratic candidate New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame.Lindsay received 44.99% of the vote to Beame’s 40.98% a victory margin of 4.01%.Finishing in a distant third was the candidate of the recently formed Conservative Party conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley Jr. who received 13.36% of the vote.
