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Oh, yes.

It wasn't even close.

It wasn't even close. In the primary I can't remember but it was huge in the primary, and then of course it would be expected to be huge in the general election. I don't want to guess but it might even have been two to one in the primary, but I'm not really sure.

Did Morgenthau have the Liberal nomination also?

Well, yes, but that does not play a role in the primary.

No, of course not. But he did in the general election.

Yes, he did. Liberal party endorsement in a race that's borough-wide -- while it's nice, because it gives you an added cachet - is never a deciding factor. The Liberal party endorsement is a deciding factor in several races in the borough of Manhattan. If they give you the nomination... I have to go back to my original run for Congress. The nominee for Congress on the east side of Manhattan before I got it was always Republican. The incumbent had been a Republican since 1934. It was Coudert, Lindsay and Kupferman. And if you had any chance at all of winning that seat or the state Senator's seat on the east side