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In New York City, politics is heating up as the November mayoral election looms ahead. Incumbent Mayor David Dinkins easily won the recent primary, but the November race will be much more difficult as Mandalit del Barco reports.

David Dinkins is running for a second term in office as city's first African American mayor. Polls say he'll need a large turnout of Latino voters, many of whom say they may go for his opponent, Republican candidate Rudolph Giuliani. Despite harsh criticism by those like Fire Commissioner Carlos Rivera who quit his job and through his endorsement to Giuliani, Dinkins acknowledges the support he's gotten from many other segments of the Latino community. On primary night, he even peppered his nomination victory speech with Spanish.

A la victoria. Les quiero mucho. I love you all.

Cuatro años más.

Latino campaign workers and fans wish Dinkins has four more years in office, but Giuliani is also hoping for Latino support in his campaign, and he's running with former congressman and Deputy Mayor Herman Badillo. Badillo is the as the city's elder Latino politician and is on the November ballot on the Republican and Liberal lines. For Latino USA, I'm Mandalit del Barco in New York.