New York City mayoralty elections

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The mayor of New York is elected every four years. The electing demographic region is made up of the five New York boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The current mayor of New York, now in his second term, is Michael R. Bloomberg. The next mayoral elections are expected in 2009.

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[edit] Election Results

Boroughs won by Bloomberg in 2001 are in red, those won by Green in blue
Boroughs won by Bloomberg in 2001 are in red, those won by Green in blue

[edit] 2009

Main article: New York City mayoral election, 2009

[edit] 2005

Main article: New York City mayoral election, 2005

[edit] 2001

The 2001 mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6.

2001 Mayoral elections occurred while Republican incumbent Rudy Giuliani was term-limited. As Democrats outnumber Republicans by 5 to 1 in the city, it was widely believed that a Democrat would succeed him in City Hall. However, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, changed his party affiliation a few months before the election in order to avoid a crowded primary and ran as a Republican. The Democratic primary, held on September 25, a few days after September 11 attacks, opened the way to a bitter run-off between Ferrer, a Hispanic, and Green, a caucasian, that left the Party divided along racial lines.

Eventually, with the support of Mayor Giuliani, Bloomberg won a very close general election.

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Republican- Independence Michael R. Bloomberg 179,797 80,597 189,040 210,432 84,891 744,757
Democratic-Working Families Mark J. Green 202,574 102,280 217,222 163,528 23,664 709,268
Conservative Terrance M. Gray 507 642 844 1,219 365 3,577
Liberal-Better Schools Alan G. Hevesi 2,684 847 2,124 1,886 486 10,331
Green Julia Willebrand 2,241 670 2,456 1,579 209 7,155
American Dream Kenneth B. Golding 96 112 163 81 22 474
Libertarian Kenny Kramer 368 296 338 306 100 1,408
Fusion Bernhard H. Goetz 203 201 333 253 59 1,049
Marijuana Reform Thomas K. Leighton 791 529 680 418 145 2,563
1,480,582
Democratic Primary Runoff
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Mark Green 131,438 38,256 120,781 94,342 18,183 403,000
Fernando Ferrer 86,579 106,086 109,831 77,330 7,193 387,019
790,019
Democratic Primary
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Fernando Ferrer 60,839 86,571 77,516 49,441 5,084 279,451
Mark Green 83,856 26,125 77,805 49,692 5,704 243,182
Alan G. Hevesi 32,925 6,066 25,110 27,163 3,504 94,768
George N. Spitz 1,558 1,264 2,923 2,489 283 8,517
Peter F. Vallone 25,296 18,268 51,210 48,576 11,842 155,192
785,365
Republican Primary
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Herman Badillo 4,161 1,838 4,153 5,700 2,624 18,476
Michael Bloomberg 10,959 3,230 10,168 14,543 9,155 48,055
72,961


[edit] 1997

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Republican Rudolph W. Giuliani 138,718 81,897 173,343 176,751 45,120 615,829
Democratic Ruth Messinger 128,478 102,979 145,349 92,194 10,288 479,288
Others 5,534 2,901 6,259 4,586 1,961 21,241
1,116,358

Notes:

  • In the Democratic Primary, Messinger defeated Rev. Al Sharpton, avoiding a runoff election.
  • Figures are for 99% of precincts reporting

[edit] 1993

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Republican - Liberal Rudolph W. Giuliani 166,357 98,780 258,058 291,625 115,416 930,236
Democratic David N. Dinkins 242,524 162,995 269,343 180,527 21,507 876,869
Conservative - Right to Life George J. Marlin 15,926
1,889,003

[edit] 1989

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic David N. Dinkins 255,286 172,271 276,903 190,096 22,988 917,544
Republican - Liberal - Independent Rudolph W. Giuliani 157,686 99,800 237,832 284,766 90,380 870,464
Right to Life Henry Hewes 17,460
Conservative Ronald S. Lauder 9,271
1,899,845
Democratic Primary
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
David N. Dinkins 151,113 101,274 170,440 113,952 11,122 547,901
Edward I. Koch 96,923 66,600 139,268 129,262 24,260 456,313
Harrison J. Goldin 6,889 4,951 9,619 5,857 1,493 28,809
Richard Ravitch 17,499 5,946 13,214 9,443 1,432 47,534

[edit] 1985

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic - Independent Edward I. Koch 171,582 137,472 248,585 248,041 62,580 868,260
Liberal Carol Bellamy 41,190 14,092 29,256 25,098 3,835 113,471
Republican - Conservative Diane McGrath 17,491 12,358 25,738 36,032 10,049 101,668
1,106,762

[edit] 1981

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic - Republican Edward I. Koch 189,631 132,421 261,292 275,812 53,466 912,622
Unity Frank J. Barbaro 56,702 22,074 48,812 31,225 3,906 162,719
1,222,644

[edit] 1977

General Election
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic Edward I. Koch 184,842 116,436 204,934 191,894 19,270 717,376
Liberal - Neighborhood Govt. Mario M. Cuomo 77,531 87,421 173,321 208,748 40,932 587,913
Republican Roy M. Goodman 19,321 6,102 11,491 18,460 3,229 58,606
Conservative Barry M. Farber 57,437
1,370,142
Democratic Primary Runoff
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Edward I. Koch 114,084 69,230 131,538 107,182 9,770 431,839
Mario M. Cuomo 61,555 55,017 112,862 105,149 19,639 354,222
Democratic Primary
Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Edward I. Koch 49,855 23,237 49,894 51,515 5,747 180,248
Mario M. Cuomo 25,056 22,939 55,439 56,719 10,335 170,488
Abraham D. Beame 23,057 25,534 62,921 44,342 7,306 163,610
Bella Abzug 54,591 20,429 37,790 33,623 4,286 150,719
Percy Sutton 34,742 24,588 42,215 28,286 1,366 131,197
Herman Badillo 26,895 34,246 28,838 8,961 868 99,808

[edit] 1973 and before

(figures and some anecdotes curtesy James Trager's New York Chronology HarperCollins: 2003)

Year Candidate Party Total
1973 Abraham Beame Democratic 961,130
John Marchi Republican 276,585
Albert H. Blumenthal Liberal 265,297
Mario Biaggi Conservative 189,986

note: All the candidates except Marchi had run in the Democrataic primary.

Year Candidate Party Total
1969 John Lindsay Liberal 1,012,663
Mario Proccacino Democratic 831,411
John Marchi Republican 542,411

note: In one of the most unusual primary seasons since the conglomeration of greater New York, incumbent (Lindsey) and a former incumbent (Wagner) both lost. Proccacino won with less than 37% of the vote, which inspired the use of runoffs in future primaries.

Year Candidate Party Total
1965 John Lindsay Republican 1,149,106
Abraham Beame Democratic 1,046,699
William F. Buckley, Jr. Conservative 13%.
1961 Robert F. Wagner Democratic - Liberal - Brotherhood 1,237,421
Louis Lefkowitz Republican 835,691
Lawrence E. Gerusa Independent 321,604
1957 Robert F. Wagner Democratic 1,508,775
Robert Christenberry Republican 585,768

The Wagner-Christenberry campaign has left us one of the great campaign anectdotes: Chirstenberry was railing against Wagner's police department for not doing enough to fight corruption and vice, so the cops raided Christenberry's illegal casino in the basment of the hotel he was manager of.

Year Candidate Party Total
1953 Robert F. Wagner Democratic 1,022,626
Harold Riegelman Republican 661,591
Rudolph Halley Liberal 467,104
Vincent R. Impellitteri Independent lost
1950 Vincent R. Impellitteri Independent 1,161,175
Ferdinand Pecora Democratic-Liberal 935,351
Edward Corsi Republican 382,372
Paul L. Ross American Labor 147,578

note: This was the first and only time during the 20th century that an independent would win the NYC Mayorality. Lindsay would run as a Liberal in 1969, and that was considered a major party at the time.

Year Candidate Party Total|
1949 William O'Dwyer Democratic 1,266,512
Newbold Morris Republican-Liberal 956,069
Vito Marcantonio American Labor 556,626
1945 William O'Dwyer Democratic 1,125,357
Jonah J. Goldstein Republican (though a Democrat until the day of nomination) 431,601
Newbold Morris Independent 408,348
1941 Fiorello H. LaGuardia Republican 1,186,630
William O'Dwyer Democratic 1,054,175
1937 Fiorello H. LaGuardia Republican - American Labor Party - Fusion Party 1,344,630
Jeramaih T. Mahoney Democratic 890,756
Sidney Hillman American Labor

481,779
1933 Fiorello H. LaGuardia Republican - American Labor Party - Fusion Party 868,522
Joseph V. McKee Recovery Party 609,053
John O'Brien Democratic 586,672
1932 John O'Brien Democratic 1,056,115
Lewis H. Pounds Republican 443,901
Morris Hilquit Socialist 249,887
Joseph V. McKee Independent/Write-in 234,372

Acting Mayor McKee's write-in total is, in fact, the highest any New York City election would ever see. For the election after the next one, voting machines which would make write-in voting almost impossible were introduced. Machines of this basic design are still being used.

Year Candidate Party Total|
1929 Jimmy Walker Democratic 867,522
Fiorello H. LaGuardia Republican 367,675
Norman Thomas Socialist 175,697

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