New York City Council elections, 2013

Elections for members of the New York City Council are being held in 2013. Primary elections were held on September 10, 2013, for all 51 districts of the city council. Many incumbents are termed out of office, while others were defeated in the primary, resulting in the largest turnover of council members since 2001, when 36 new members were nominated and elected to office in the council. Those who won their primaries without another contending party in the same district are considered the effective winner of the seat outright.

Democratic primary results

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47District 48District 49District 50

Uncontested

In the following seats, there was no contested race in the Democratic primary on September 10, as only a single candidate had filed by the deadline. All of the following Democratic candidates either advanced directly to the ballot on November 5, or were declared directly elected to council (see #Acclaimed below) as they faced no Republican challenger:

District 1

New York City Council elections
District 1 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Chin 8,303 58.5
Democratic Jenifer Rajkumar 5,891 41.5

District 2

New York City Council elections
District 2 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosie Mendez 11,719 81.3
Democratic Richard Del Rio 2,704 18.7

District 3

New York City Council elections
District 3 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Corey Johnson 11,316 62.6
Democratic Yetta Kurland 6,765 37.4

District 5

New York City Council elections
District 5 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin Kallos 7,111 45.7
Democratic Micah Kellner 6,133 39.4
Democratic Ed Hartzog 2,328 14.9

District 6

New York City Council elections
District 6 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Helen Rosenthal 7,509 27.1
Democratic Mel Wymore 6,149 22.2
Democratic Marc Landis 5,237 18.9
Democratic Noah Gotbaum 3,352 12.1
Democratic Ken Biberaj 2,543 9.2
Democratic Debra Cooper 2,437 8.8
Democratic Aaron Braunstein 497 1.8

District 7

New York City Council elections
District 7 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark D. Levine 6,469 41.2
Democratic Joyce Johnson 2,780 17.7
Democratic Luis Tejada 2,105 13.4
Democratic Manuel Lantigua 1,125 7.2
Democratic Alicia Barksdale 747 4.8
Democratic Mark Otto 623 4.0
Democratic David Sasscer-Burgos 597 3.8
Democratic Zead Ramadan 589 3.8
Democratic Ruben Dario Vargas 461 2.9
Democratic Brodie Enoch 201 1.3

District 8

New York City Council elections
District 8 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melissa Mark-Viverito 3,446 35.2
Democratic Ralina Cardona 1,765 18.0
Democratic Ed Santos 1,608 16.4
Democratic Tamika Humphreys 1,124 11.5
Democratic Sean Gardner 931 9.5
Democratic Gwen Goodwin 915 9.3

District 9

New York City Council elections
District 9 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Inez Dickens 11,375 69.3
Democratic Vince Morgan 5,049 30.7

District 10

New York City Council elections
District 10 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ydanis Rodriguez 9,171 69.3
Democratic Cheryl Pahaham 2,996 22.6
Democratic F. Castellanos Rodriguez 1,072 8.1

District 11

New York City Council elections
District 11 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cohen 7,306 67.8
Democratic Clifford Stanton 3,477 32.2

District 12

New York City Council elections
District 12 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andy King 8,336 57.2
Democratic Pamela Johnson 4,700 32.2
Democratic Lenford Edie 822 5.6
Democratic Adeyemi Toba 725 5.0

District 14

New York City Council elections
District 14 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fernando Cabrera 3,873 75.0
Democratic Israel Martinez 1,292 25.0

District 15

New York City Council elections
District 15 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ritchie Torres 2,589 36.1
Democratic Joel Rivera 1,519 21.2
Democratic Cynthia Thompkins 1,487 20.7
Democratic Albert Alvarez 665 9.3
Democratic Raquel Batista 524 7.3
Democratic Joel Bauza 393 5.5

District 16

New York City Council elections
District 16 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vanessa Gibson 4,284 43.4
Democratic Pedro Alvarez 1,659 16.8
Democratic Carlos Sierra 1,436 14.5
Democratic Daryl Johnson 767 7.8
Democratic Naaimat Muhammed 659 6.7
Democratic Carlton Berkley 596 6.0
Democratic Bola Omotosho 470 4.8

District 17

New York City Council elections
District 17 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria del Carmen Arroyo 4,363 68.3
Democratic Julio Pabon 2,021 31.7

District 18

New York City Council elections
District 18 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Annabel Palma 5,987 70.8
Democratic William Moore 2,475 29.2

District 19

New York City Council elections
District 19 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Vallone 2,723 31.1
Democratic Austin Shafran 2,579 29.5
Democratic Paul Graziano 1,539 17.6
Democratic John Duane 1,005 11.5
Democratic Chrissy Voskerichian 900 10.3

District 22

New York City Council elections
District 22 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Costa Constantinides 4,461 55.7
Democratic John Ciafone 1,791 22.4
Democratic Constantinos Prentzas 1,750 21.9

District 24

New York City Council elections
District 24 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rory Lancman 4,789 61.9
Democratic Andrea Veras 1,615 20.9
Democratic Mujib Rahman 1,332 17.2

District 27

New York City Council elections
District 27 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daneek Miller 3,756 24.4
Democratic Clyde Vanel 3,360 21.8
Democratic Joan Flowers 3,282 21.3
Democratic Manuel Caughman 2,653 17.2
Democratic Greg Mays 1,748 11.3
Democratic Sondra Peeden 623 4.0

District 28

New York City Council elections
District 28 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ruben Wills 4,857 48.6
Democratic Hettie Powell 3,299 33.0
Democratic Eugen Evans 1,049 10.5
Democratic David Kayode 780 7.8

District 31

New York City Council elections
District 31 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donovan Richards 6,343 51.9
Democratic Michael Duncan 4,431 36.2
Democratic Ricardo Brown 1,456 11.9

District 32

New York City Council elections
District 32 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Simon 3,845 65.1
Democratic William Ruiz 2,064 34.9

District 33

New York City Council elections
District 33 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen Levin 11,598 71.0
Democratic Stephen Pierson 4,742 29.0

District 34

New York City Council elections
District 34 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Antonio Reynoso 5,774 49.3
Democratic Vito Lopez 4,345 37.1
Democratic Gladys Santiago 961 8.2
Democratic Humberto Soto 633 5.4

District 35

New York City Council elections
District 35 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Laurie Cumbo 6,836 35.4
Democratic Ede Fox 5,011 26.0
Democratic Olanike Alabi 4,992 25.9
Democratic Jelani Mashariki 1,254 6.5
Democratic Frank Hurley 1,197 6.2

District 36

New York City Council elections
District 36 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Cornegy, Jr. 4,138 29.9
Democratic Kirsten Foy 4,044 29.3
Democratic Robert Waterman 2,988 21.6
Democratic Conrad Tillard 1,858 13.4
Democratic Reginald Swiney 797 5.8

District 37

New York City Council elections
District 37 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rafael Espinal 3,377 46.0
Democratic Kimberly Council 2,308 31.5
Democratic Heriberto Mateo 896 12.2
Democratic Helal Sheikh 756 10.3

District 38

New York City Council elections
District 38 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carlos Menchaca 3,997 57.6
Democratic Sara Gonzalez 2,946 42.4

District 40

New York City Council elections
District 40 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mathieu Eugene 5,913 48.1
Democratic Saundra Thomas 4,614 37.5
Democratic Sylvia Kinard 1,291 10.5
Democratic John Grant 478 3.9

District 41

New York City Council elections
District 41 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy 7,252 66.1
Democratic Kathleen Daniel 2,208 20.1
Democratic Stanley Kinard 1,514 13.8

District 42

New York City Council elections
District 42 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Inez Barron 5,427 43.4
Democratic Chris Banks 3,052 24.4
Democratic Regina Powell 1,101 8.8
Democratic John Whitehead 940 7.5
Democratic Nikki Lucas 830 6.6
Democratic Sean Henry 756 6.0
Democratic Prince Lewis 403 3.2

District 44

New York City Council elections
District 44 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David G. Greenfield 6,007 90.6
Democratic Jacob Flusberg 626 9.4

District 45

New York City Council elections
District 45 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jumaane Williams 9,589 75.9
Democratic Jean Similien 1,528 12.1
Democratic Godwin Williams 1,520 12.0

District 46

New York City Council elections
District 46 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Maisel 7,597 59.3
Democratic Mercedes Narcisse 5,219 40.7

District 47

New York City Council elections
District 47 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Treyger 3,058 45.5
Democratic Todd Dobrin 1,925 28.7
Democratic John Lisyanskiy 1,731 25.8

District 48

New York City Council elections
District 48 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chaim Deutsch 3,081 33.9
Democratic Ari Kagan 2,785 30.6
Democratic Theresa Scavo 1,666 18.3
Democratic Igor Oberman 1,307 14.4
Democratic Natraj Bhushan 259 2.8

District 50

New York City Council elections
District 50 Democratic primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Mancuso 2,864 60.0
Democratic Mendy Mirocznik 1,911 40.0

Republican primary results

Uncontested

The Republican Party only had one contested primary, in the District 50 race. All of the following Republican candidates were the only declared candidates for their races, and thus advanced directly to the ballot on November 5:

In addition, there were no declared Republican candidates at all in Districts 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 or 45.

District 50

New York City Council elections
District 50 Republican primary, September 10, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steven Matteo 2,822 54.6
Republican Lisa Giovinazzo 2,344 45.4

Election results

Uncontested

In the following districts, the candidates noted below ran uncontested, and were thus directly elected to the new council:

District 2

New York City Council elections
District 2 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosie Mendez 18,739 93.2
Green Miles Budde 1,359 6.8

District 3

New York City Council elections
District 3 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Corey Johnson 22,572 86.6
Republican Richard Stewart 3,502 13.4

District 4

New York City Council elections
District 4 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Garodnick 19,393 70.2
Republican Helene Jnane 8,213 29.8

District 5

New York City Council elections
District 5 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin Kallos 17,007 56.8
Republican David Garland[2] 9,951 33.2
Working Families Micah Kellner 2,988 10.0

District 6

New York City Council elections
District 6 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Helen Rosenthal 28,137 78.4
Republican Harry DeMell 4,660 13.0
Working Families Marc Landis 2,394 6.7
Green Tom Siracuse 690 1.9

District 7

New York City Council elections
District 7 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark D. Levine 18,236 92.0
Green Christina Gonzalez 1,581 8.0

District 8

New York City Council elections
District 8 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melissa Mark-Viverito 13,762 94.0
Republican Ralina Cardona 750 5.1
Libertarian Christopher Giattino 124 0.8

District 10

New York City Council elections
District 10 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ydanis Rodriguez 17,774 89.8
Republican Ronnie Cabrera 1,530 7.7
Independent Miguel Estrella 481 2.4

District 11

New York City Council elections
District 11 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Cohen 14,626 79.6
Republican Patricia Brink 2,219 12.1
Independent Cheryl Keeling 537 2.9
Conservative William Kalaidjian 509 2.8
Green John Reynolds 481 2.6

District 12

New York City Council elections
District 12 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andy King 17,198 95.9
Republican Robert Diamond 524 2.9
Green Trevor Archer 218 1.2

District 13

New York City Council elections
District 13 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Vacca 13,154 83.4
Republican William Britt 2,619 16.6

District 14

New York City Council elections
District 14 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fernando Cabrera 9,958 95.6
Republican Denise Butler 356 3.4
Conservative Alan Reed 107 1.0

District 15

New York City Council elections
District 15 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ritchie Torres 8,727 91.4
Republican Joel Rivera 694 7.3
Conservative Joel Bauza 131 1.4

District 16

New York City Council elections
District 16 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vanessa Gibson 12,088 91.2
Independent Carlos Sierra 553 4.2
Independent Walter Newsome 389 2.9
Republican Banjamin Eggleston 231 1.7

District 17

New York City Council elections
District 17 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria del Carmen Arroyo 10,359 93.2
Republican José Colon 725 7.2
Conservative Selsia Evans 203 1.8

District 18

New York City Council elections
District 18 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Annabel Palma 13,960 89.4
Independent William Moore 536 3.4
Republican Lamont Paul 531 3.4
Green Walter Nestler 302 1.9
Conservative Eduardo Ramirez 288 1.8

District 19

New York City Council elections
District 19 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Vallone 12,791 57.2
Republican Dennis Saffran 9,582 42.8

District 20

New York City Council elections
District 20 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Koo 8,762 79.6
Independent Martha Flores-Vasquez 1,158 10.5
Reform Sunny Hahn 713 6.5
Green Evergreen Chou 373 3.4

District 22

New York City Council elections
District 22 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Costa Constantinides 10,573 65.6
Green Lynn Serpe 2,412 15.0
Republican Daniel Peterson 1,808 11.2
Conservative Danielle De Stefano 1,270 7.9
Independent Gerald Kann 64 0.4

District 23

New York City Council elections
District 23 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Weprin 16,184 84.1
Reform Joseph Concannon 3,067 15.9

District 24

New York City Council elections
District 24 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rory Lancman 11,857 73.7
Republican Alexander Blishteyn 3,205 19.9
Independent Mujib Rahman 1,020 6.3

District 27

New York City Council elections
District 27 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daneek Miller 20,333 96.9
Independent Sondra Peeden 658 3.1

District 28

New York City Council elections
District 28 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ruben Wills 14,594 95.4
Independent Mireille Leroy 709 4.6

District 29

New York City Council elections
District 29 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen Koslowitz 14,618 91.4
Independent Jon Torodash 1,382 8.6

District 30

New York City Council elections
District 30 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elizabeth Crowley 9,403 58.9
Republican Craig Caruana 6,567 41.1

District 31

New York City Council elections
District 31 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donovan Richards 17,226 92.2
Republican Scherie Murray 952 5.1
Independent Ricardo Brown 499 2.7

District 32

New York City Council elections
District 32 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Ulrich 9,658 53.1
Democratic Lew Simon 8,520 46.9

District 33

New York City Council elections
District 33 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen Levin 18,639 92.2
Conservative John Jasilli 1,580 7.8

District 34

New York City Council elections
District 34 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Antonio Reynoso 13,123 96.0
Independent Gladys Santiago 544 4.0

District 36

New York City Council elections
District 36 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Cornegy, Jr. 16,422 87.5
Working Families Kirsten Foy 1,888 10.1
Republican Veronica Thompson 461 2.5

District 37

New York City Council elections
District 37 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rafael Espinal 8,400 86.1
Working Families Kimberly Council 1,144 11.7
Conservative Michael Freeman-Saulsberre 208 2.1

District 38

New York City Council elections
District 38 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carlos Menchaca 9,008 90.7
Conservative Henry Lallave 924 9.3

District 39

New York City Council elections
District 39 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brad Lander 25,906 91.9
Conservative James Murray 2,271 8.1

District 40

New York City Council elections
District 40 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mathieu Eugene 17,113 90.2
Independent Sylvia Kinard 1,157 6.1
Conservative Brian Kelly 708 3.7

District 41

New York City Council elections
District 41 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darlene Mealy 16,771 97.3
Independent Bilal Malik 459 2.7

District 42

New York City Council elections
District 42 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Inez Barron 17,665 96.2
Conservative Ernest Johnson 703 3.8

District 43

New York City Council elections
District 43 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vincent Gentile 13,365 62.7
Republican John Quaglione 7,561 35.6
Green Patrick Dwyer 349 1.7

District 44

New York City Council elections
District 44 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David G. Greenfield 13,638 82.0
Republican Joseph Hayon 2,990 18.0

District 45

New York City Council elections
District 45 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jumaane Williams 19,889 96.8
Independent Erlene King 664 3.2

District 46

New York City Council elections
District 46 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Maisel 19,746 80.3
Republican Anthony Testaverde 4,834 19.7

District 47

New York City Council elections
District 47 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Treyger 8,267 71.2
Republican Andrew Sullivan 3,112 26.8
Independent Connis Mobley 224 1.9

District 48

New York City Council elections
District 48 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chaim Deutsch 9,361 55.1
Republican David Storobin 6,645 39.1
Working Families Igor Oberman 850 5.0
Independent Alexander Lotovsky 138 0.8

District 49

New York City Council elections
District 49 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Rose 14,683 69.8
Republican Mark Macron 6,365 30.2

District 50

New York City Council elections
District 50 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steven Matteo 15,474 63.7
Democratic John Mancuso 8,822 36.3

District 51

New York City Council elections
District 51 election, November 5, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vincent Ignizio 17,608 73.7
Democratic Chris Walsh 6,280 26.3

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