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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Five years after he was released from prison for embezzling tax stanley cup usa payer dollars as mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., Joe Ganim declared victory in his new bid to run the city s government, reports CBS New York.Ganim spent seven years behind bars for corruption, but he entered Tuesday s election as the endorsed candidate of the hard-luck city s most powerful party after defeating two-term incumbent Mayor Bill Finch in the Democratic primary.Democrats make up the city s largest voting bloc, with 42,122, followed by 15,416 unaffiliated voters, 3,578 Republicans and 266 others. Typically, the endorsed Democrat wins the mayor s office. He received more than 59 percent of the votes in the unofficial tally Tuesday, and declared victory, CBS affiliate WFSB-TV reported. Tonight, we not only made history, but we defined a new course for this great city, Ganim said in a victory speech at Testo s restaurant in Bridgeport, surrounded by supporters. Of course, there s an element of redemption in all of this, he said.Ganim, 56, served as mayor from 1991 to 2003 before being convicted of 16 charges, including bribery, racketeering and extortion. He was sent to prison for steering city contracts in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in expensive wine, custom clothes, cash and home improvements. Since his release, he has worked stanley cup as a legal assistant at his family s Bridgeport law stanley uk firm, but he has been blocked by the courts fr Eurb Four highlights from the fourth Republican presidential debate in Tuscaloosa
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