NATURAL BORN LEADER: Bill de Blasio, who staged his first campaign at 12, showed an early affinity for politics after growing up on liberal Boston block

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio grew up in a well-educated family though later shattered by alcoholism. Still, young de Blasio was strong and charismatic, with his liberal views only getting stronger with age.

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