Council Member Liu Excelling In Fund-Raising for Unknown Race

July 14, 2008

City Council Member John Liu’s aspirations may be a mystery, but his fund-raising abilities are clearly formidable — he’s outpacing some of New York City’s biggest heavyweights.

The Democrat of Queens said he has raised about $815,000 in the past six months for his campaign for an unspecified, citywide office. By contrast, the two top mayoral candidates, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Comptroller William Thompson Jr., raised about $620,000 and $625,000, respectively, in that period.

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