An election for

Mayor of New York City The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property ...

was held on November 7, 2017. Incumbent

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Bill de Blasio Bill de Blasio (; born Warren Wilhelm Jr., May 8, 1961; later Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm) is an American politician who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of New Yor ...

won reelection to a second term with 66.2% of the vote against

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Nicole Malliotakis Nicole Malliotakis (; born November 11, 1980) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district since 2021. Her constituency covers Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. Malliotakis is the on ...

Background

was elected mayor of New York City in

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, with his term beginning January 1, 2014. De Blasio declared his intention to seek reelection in April 2015. The following candidates filed petitions to have their names on the ballot during the primary elections: Democrats Bill De Blasio, Sal Albanese, Robert Gangi, Richard Bashner and Michael Tolkin, and Republicans Nicole Malliotakis, Rocky De La Fuente and Walter Iwachiw. On May 9, 2017, the

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nominated Aaron Commey. It was Commey's first run for political office. On August 1, 2017, the City Board of Elections determined in a hearing that

Rocky De La Fuente Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra (born October 10, 1954) is an American businessman and politician. A perennial candidate, De La Fuente was the Reform Party of the United States of America, Reform Party United States presidential election, nomi ...

had not received enough petition signatures to qualify for the Republican primary ballot. With De La Fuente's disqualification and the remaining Republican candidate, Walter Iwachiw, not reporting any fundraising for this election, Nicole Malliotakis was the only remaining candidate for the Republican nomination. There were two Democratic primary debates, on August 23 and September 6. The candidates were incumbent mayor Bill De Blasio and former City Council member Sal Albanese. De Blasio won the primary. The first general election debate was held on October 10, with De Blasio, Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis, and independent candidate Bo Dietl. The second was held on November 1.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

, incumbent mayor of New York City

Declared

Sal Albanese Sal F. Albanese (born August 29, 1949) is a politician from New York City. He served as a New York City Council member, and ran unsuccessfully for several other public offices including New York State Assembly, United States Congress, and Mayor ...

, former city councilman and candidate for mayor in

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and

* Richard Bashner, real estate attorney * Robert Gangi, activist * Michael Tolkin, entrepreneur

Withdrew

Tony Avella Anthony Avella Jr. (born October 27, 1951) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the New York State Senate's 11th district in northeast Queens from 2011 to 2019. The district included the mostly affluent ne ...

, state senator, former city councilman and candidate for mayor in

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* Michael Basch, chief business officer of

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* Kevin P. Coenen, Jr., firefighter (ran in 2009 and 2013 NYC mayor elections as well) *

Bo Dietl Richard A. "Bo" Dietl (born December 4, 1950) is an American retired police detective, a media personality and actor. Dietl is the founder and CEO of Beau Dietl & Associates and Beau Dietl Consulting Services. Early life and police career Bo D ...

, former

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contributor and former

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detective (ran on the Independent line) * Scott Joyner, Community Advocate & Service Sector Worker (did not file for the primary ballot) * Joel Roderiguez, Police Officer * Eric Roman (did not file for the primary ballot) * Collin Slattery, entrepreneur (did not file for the primary ballot) * Josh Thompson, education activist (dropped out to join Republican Paul Massey's campaign)

Declined

Preet Bharara Preetinder Singh Bharara (; born October 13, 1968) is an Indian-born American lawyer, author, podcaster and former federal prosecutor who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. He is current ...

, former

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Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

, former

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, former

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, former

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and

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for

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* Rubén Díaz, Jr., Bronx Borough President (running for re-election) *

Shaun Donovan Shaun Lawrence Sarda Donovan (born January 24, 1966) is an American government official and housing specialist who served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2014, and Director of the US Office of Management ...

, former

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and former

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Harold Ford, Jr. Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997–2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party ...

, former U.S. Representative from

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Letitia James Letitia Ann James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the current Attorney General of New York, having won the 2018 election to succeed appointed Attorney General Barbara Und ...

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(running for re-election) *

Hakeem Jeffries Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney and leader-elect of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jeffries has represented New York's 8th congressional district, anchored in so ...

, U.S. Representative from

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Melissa Mark-Viverito Melissa Mark-Viverito (born April 1, 1969) is an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and former speaker of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2017, as well as councilmember for the New York City's 8th City Council ...

, Speaker of the New York City Council *

Eva Moskowitz Eva Sarah Moskowitz (born March 4, 1964) is an American politician and education reform leader, who is the founder and CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools. A member of the Democratic Party, Moskowitz served on the New York City Council ...

, founder and CEO of

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Christine Quinn Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she was the first female and firs ...

, former Speaker of the New York City Council and candidate for Mayor in 2013 *

Scott Stringer Scott M. Stringer (born April 29, 1960) is an American politician who served as the 44th New York City Comptroller. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Stringer also previously served as a New York State Assemblyman, and as the 26th bo ...

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(running for re-election) *

Anthony Weiner Anthony David Weiner (; born September 4, 1964) is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 until his resignation in 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he consistently carried the district with at l ...

, former

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for

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and candidate for mayor in

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and 2013 *

Keith L. T. Wright Keith L. T. Wright (born January 3, 1955) is an American politician and a former member of the New York State Assembly. He was first elected to the assembly in 1992 and was re-elected eleven times. In early 2007, he proposed a bill limiting reta ...

, former State Assemblyman

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

, state assemblywoman

Withdrew

* Darren Dione Aquino, actor and disabled rights activist (did not File for the primary ballot) *

, former

contributor and former

detective (ran on the Independent line) *

Michel Faulkner Michel J. Faulkner (; born May 21, 1957) is a former New York Jets football player who is the pastor of New Horizon Church in New York City. Faulkner was the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for , and was the 2017 Republican nomine ...

, pastor and former

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player (ran for comptroller) *

, businessman, Reform Party and

American Delta Party Rocky De La Fuente ran a third-party campaign for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 election. De La Fuente had sought the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party's nomination duri ...

nominee for president in 2016, Democratic candidate for president in

and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida in

(disqualified from the Republican ballot by not having enough signatures) * Anniello (Neil) V. Grimaldi, attorney (did not file for the primary ballot) *Walter Iwachiw, Businessman * Paul Massey, businessman

Declined

John Catsimatidis John A. Catsimatidis (born September 7, 1948) is an American billionaire businessman and radio talk show host. He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes Foods, a grocery chain in Manhattan, and the Red Apple Group, a real estat ...

, businessman and candidate for mayor in 2013 *

Raymond Kelly Raymond Walter Kelly (born September 4, 1941) is the longest serving Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the first man to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. According to its website, Kelly � ...

, former

New York City Police Commissioner The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department and presiding member of the Board of Commissioners. The commissioner is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the mayor. The commissioner is responsib ...

Donald Trump Jr. Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American political activist, businessman, author, and former television presenter. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and his firs ...

, businessman and son of

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Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

Eric Ulrich Eric Ulrich (born February 13, 1985) is a former member of the New York City Council representing the 32nd district. His constituency includes the neighborhoods of Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach, L ...

, city councilman (running for re-election)

Endorsements

Major third parties

Besides the Democratic and Republican parties, the

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, Working Families,

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

Reform Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill#The Yorkshire Associati ...

, and

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parties are

qualified New York parties In New York State, to qualify for automatic ballot access, a party must have qualify every two years by receiving the greater 130,000 votes or 2% of the vote in the previous gubernatorial election or presidential election.Nicole Malliotakis Nicole Malliotakis (; born November 11, 1980) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district since 2021. Her constituency covers Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. Malliotakis is the on ...

, state assemblywoman

Green

Nominee

* Akeem Browder, activist

Reform

Nominee

, former city councilman and candidate for mayor in

and

Working Families

Nominee

, incumbent mayor

Minor third party and independent candidates

Libertarian

Nominee

* Aaron Commey, director of events for the Manhattan Libertarian Party

Independents

Candidates

, former

contributor and former

detective (running on the "Dump the Mayor" line) * Mike Tolkin, entrepreneur (running on the "Smart Cities" line) *Dr. Robbie Gosine

Withdrew

* Eric Armstead, security manager * Scott Berry, musician, author (did not qualify for ballot) * Garrett M. Bowser, self-employed (did not qualify for ballot) * Abbey Laurel-Smith, founder of The Pilgrims Alliance Party of America (did not qualify for ballot) * Ese O'Diah, CEO of Liquorbox * Karmen M. Smith, volunteer team leader with New York Cares (did not qualify for ballot) * Ahsan A. Syed (ran on the Theocratic Party line)

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

A total of 5,343 write-in votes were also certified by the Board of Elections. These included 982 votes for former mayors

Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner, co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. He was Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and was a ca ...

, 12 for

Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (, ; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 198 ...

, 9 for

Fiorello La Guardia Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City fro ...

(deceased), 10 for Robbie Gosine, 3 for

David Dinkins David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. He was the first African American to hold the office. Before enterin ...

, and one each for

John Lindsay John Vliet Lindsay (; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, mayor of New York City, and candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular ...

Abraham Beame Abraham David Beame (March 20, 1906February 10, 2001) was the 104th mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. As mayor, he presided over the city during its fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s, when the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy. ...

, and

Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch ( ; December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was may ...

(the latter three deceased), and 857 that could not be attributed to anybody or counted. The only other people to receive more than 100 write-in votes were former Sen.

(240) and

, the former

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(195).

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"Statement and Return Report for Certification General Election - 11/07/2017 Crossover - All Parties and Independent Bodies. Mayor, Citywide"
Amended and certified Tuesday, July 16, 2018 (retrieved October 2019.)

References

External links

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Nicole Malliotakis (R) for Mayor
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