Could Mayor Adams of New York Make His Way Back to the GOP?

A tantalizing possibility emerges in the fray as His Honor tapdances around the question.

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Mayor Adams lost his bid to dismiss the bribery charge in his corruption case. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Will Mayor Adams of New York City switch parties? He’s tapdancing around the question with a skill worthy of a Broadway hoofer. The possibility is tantalizing for President Trump — once a Democrat like Mr. Adams — and could advance his GOP support straight into the heart of Gotham. 

Two of Mr. Adams’s predecessors, Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg, were Democrats who flipped to run on the Republican line. The current mayor took the reverse route to Gracie Mansion. He was a registered Republican between 1995 and 2002, then elected as a Democrat in 2021.

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