NYC ELECTION WEINER DOWN...
Flips Bird to Reporter Leaving Concession Speech...
Scandal-hit Democrats both lose out: Spitzer bows out gracefully while Weiner signs off with a middle finger moments after Sydney Leathers drops by his 'victory' party- Anthony Weiner lost the mayor's race and didn't thank his wife Huma in his concession speech Tuesday night
- Huma was not at his 'victory' party but his former sexting partner Sydney Leathers showed up and crashed the event
- Huma said to be hundreds of miles away in the Hamptons
- Bill de Blasio beat Weiner and the other Democrats, making him the next Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City's
By Hayley Peterson and Meghan Keneally 10 September 2013
Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner bowed out of the New York City mayoral contest with his middle finger raised to the reporters who covered his scandal-ridden campaign.
His wife Huma Abedin was not looking on as he gave his concession, and he didn't even thank his long-plagued wife in his remarks. Abedin was said to be hundreds of miles away in the Hamptons.
Rather than bowing out gracefully, Weiner decided to throw one final insult at the voters by flipping his middle finger at the crowd as he drove off as captured by NY1 photographers.
Instead of having his wife at the midtown bar where he and his supporters gathered Tuesday night, a different woman was attracting attention: Sydney Leathers, the woman with whom he had a sexting relationship, crashed his party.
The mood was notably happier in Brooklyn where former public advocate Bill de Blasio celebrated his victory alongside his family, with the whole crew dancing next to one another in front of a cheering crowd.
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 Send off: Anthony Weiner flipped his middle finger at a reporter as he drove away from his party
 Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner leaves after making his concession speech at Connolly's Pub in Midtown Tuesday, September 10
 Sydney Leathers, who engaged in online sex chats with Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner last summer, tries to enter his election gathering place at Connolly's Pub in New York Tuesday
'Sadly we did not win this time, but I could not be more proud of the campaign that we ran,' Weiner said to the crowd inside Connolly's Irish Pub just before 11 p.m., accepting his defeat with just 5 percent of the vote. 'I could not be more proud of you.'
He went on: 'We had the best ideas. Sadly, I was an imperfect messenger.'
Leathers was seen wandering around the pub- clearly as an uninvited guest- giving statements to reporters and showing off her widely publicized plastic surgery augmentations, which she tucked inside a tightly-fitted frock.
After stepping down from Congress in 2011 following his first sexting scandal, Weiner was hoping that his campaign for mayor would be his chance to reenter public office and clear his name. The July revelations that he continued having inappropriate online relationships with women, including Leathers.
De Blasio triumphant as Weiner wilts
Missing person: Weiner made his concession speech alone (left), without his wife Huma Abedin at his side as she had been in the beginning of the campaign (right)
 Weiner makes his concession speech, saying 'We had the best ideas. Sadly, I was an imperfect messenger'
 Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner greets voters after making his concession speech
 Different kind of support: Sydney Leathers was using the primary attention to promote her new song
 It wasn't work: Longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin was in the Hamptons but not with her boss, as former Secretary of State and likely presidential hopeful Hillary was at an event in Philadelphia on Tuesday
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