The most populated city in the United States might also have the most polarizing mayoral race of any other. The New York City mayoral race features a disgraced former governor, a surging socialist, an incumbent with his own legal troubles,

What’s his deal: A former Assembly member, Manhattan borough president and city comptroller, Stringer certainly has the insider resume to be New York City mayor. He is known as a savvy political operator and a skilled campaigner, as his hefty early fundraising numbers showed.

Andrew Cuomo faced a two-hour pile-on Wednesday as eight other Democrats vying for the party’s nomination for New York City mayor spent their first debate attempting to knock the former governor off his perch.