All through its four-month vetting process of mayoral candidates, featuring five town-hall forums in which 12,000 of its members participated, there was something inevitable about the United Federation of Teachers' decision April 19 to endorse Scott Stringer in the June 22 Democratic primary.
For one thing, while the union has not played a pivotal role in backing a victorious candidate for Mayor since it got behind David Dinkins in 1989, it has had two conspicuous victories backing Mr. Stringer.
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