BLOOMBERG'S THIN WINBLOOMBERG'S THIN WINMichael Bloomberg won his first two elections as mayor of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of largely on a platform of competence. As the billionaire founder of financial data provider Bloomberg LP (soon to be the owner of BusinessWeek), he argued that he could skillfully and honestly run the nation's largest city. In his third run at the job, voters proved lukewarm and gave him a much narrower victory than in 2005. After spending $90 million of his own money in the campaign, Bloomberg defeated Democratic challenger William Thompson by 51% to 46%. It was a day for comeuppances: The GOP lost a congressional seat it had held since 1872 in an upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. district but won the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia. The Republican wins should reinvigorate the party and fortify for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. its opposition to President Barack Obama as it builds momentum toward next November's midterm national elections. 
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