5 people who think Anthony Weiner should keep running for mayor

Weiner's new "Carlos Danger" sexting revelations are a bridge too far for many New Yorkers. But not all of them.

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin
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Anthony Weiner says he will continue his run for New York City mayor, despite acknowledging Tuesday evening that he had continued trading sexually explicit photos and texts with a 22-year-old woman as late as last summer — a year after his lewd sexting, and blundering cover-up, forced him from Congress. (Watch the NBC News report above.)

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.