NEW YORK (AP) -- Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa has won the Republican New York City mayoral primary.
The longtime radio talk show host known for his red berets and focus on crime defeated businessman Fernando Mateo.
Former allies, the two Republicans traded personal insults and tried to shout over each other during one debate on Zoom.
Sliwa, a radio host who still wears his red Guardian Angels beret when he appears in public, got an endorsement from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who called him ``my great friend'' in a robocall to Republican voters.
Mateo, a restaurateur who has led organizations advocating for car service drivers and bodega owners, was endorsed by Michael Flynn, former president Donald Trump's first national security adviser.