2013 New York City mayoral election

An election for the mayor of New York City occurred on November 5, 2013, along with elections for comptroller, public advocate, borough president, and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent mayor, Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-Independent, was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.

2013 New York City mayoral election

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Registered	4,245,309
Turnout	1,102,400 25.96% (2.23 pp)
Nominee Bill de Blasio Joe Lhota Party Democratic Republican Alliance Working Families Conservative Popular vote 795,679 264,420 Percentage 73.15% 24.31%
Borough results State Assembly results Precinct results de Blasio:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Lhota:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      No data
Mayor before election Michael Bloomberg Independent Elected Mayor Bill de Blasio Democratic

Primary elections were held on September 10, 2013. The Republican nominee was former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota. New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio was the Democratic nominee.^[1] De Blasio was elected mayor with 73.15% of the vote, becoming the first Democrat to win a mayoral election in the city since 1989. Democrats flipped back the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens.

Background

Republican and Republican-endorsed candidates had won five successive mayoral elections in New York City. Republican Rudy Giuliani was elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1997. Republican Michael Bloomberg was then elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005. He left the Republican Party in 2007, and successfully persuaded the city council to extend the city's term limits law so that he could run for a third term. He was re-elected as an Independent on the Republican and Independence/Jobs & Education ballot lines in 2009. The term limits law was subsequently changed by a referendum in 2010, reverting the limit to two terms.

Democratic primary

As the campaign started, early polling showed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as the frontrunner.^[2] However, she was hampered by running what was widely viewed as a poor campaign, and by her connections to incumbent mayor Bloomberg.^[2] As Quinn declined in the polls, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner became the new frontrunner, helped by his popularity with women voters.^[3] However, Weiner's campaign collapsed after it was revealed that he had continued to engage in sexting after he had resigned from Congress due to a previous sexting scandal.^[4] After this development, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio surged in the polls, helped by several ads featuring de Blasio's interracial family, especially his son Dante, and by a campaign focusing on inequality, with de Blasio frequently referencing the novel A Tale of Two Cities.^[5] A week prior to the election, de Blasio was considered the frontrunner, and his campaign was given a boost when Mayor Bloomberg described it as "racist," outraging Democratic voters and causing them to rally around de Blasio's campaign.^[2]

Candidates

Declared

• Sal Albanese, former New York City Councilman^[6]
• Ceceilia Berkowitz, social media journalist^[7][8]
• Randy Credico, comedian and former director of the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice^[9]
• Bill de Blasio, New York City Public Advocate^[10]
• John Liu, New York City Comptroller^[11]
• Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council^[12]
• Erick Salgado, Pastor of the Church of Iglesia Jovenes Cristianos^[13]
• Bill Thompson, former New York City Comptroller and nominee for Mayor in 2009^[14]
• Anthony Weiner, former U.S. Representative for New York's 9th congressional district^[15]

Withdrew

• Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media and former New York City public school teacher (initially declared as a Democrat; then withdrew and declared as a Republican; also received the nomination of the Liberal Party, before dropping out entirely)^[16]

Declined

• Alec Baldwin, actor^[17]
• William J. Bratton, former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department
• Hillary Clinton, former United States Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator^[18][19]
• Rubén Díaz Jr., Bronx Borough President^[20]
• Gregory Floyd, president of the New York City Teamsters union^[21]
• Leo Hindery, businessman^[22]
• Eva Moskowitz, CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools and former New York City Councilwoman^[23]
• Ed Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania^[24]
• Scott Stringer, borough president of Manhattan (ran for Comptroller)^[25]
• Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents^[22]
• Christopher O. Ward, former director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey^[22]
• Mortimer Zuckerman, businessman^[22]

Graphical summary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sal Albanese	Tom Allon	Bill de Blasio	John Liu	Marty Markowitz	Christine Quinn	Erick Salgado	Scott Stringer	Bill Thompson	Anthony Weiner	Other	Undecided
PPP[26]	September 7–8, 2013	683	± 3.8%	3%	—	38%	5%	—	13%	2%	—	19%	9%	2%	10%
Quinnipiac[27]	September 6–8, 2013	782	± 3.5%	1%	—	39%	4%	—	18%	—	—	25%	6%	—	8%
Marist[28]	September 3–6, 2013	556	± 4.2%	1%	—	36%	5%	—	20%	1%	—	20%	7%	3%	8%
Quinnipiac[29]	August 28 – September 1, 2013	750	± 3.6%	1%	—	43%	4%	—	18%	—	—	20%	7%	1%	8%
amNewYork[30]	August 22–27, 2013	600	± 4%	1%	—	29%	5%	—	17%	1%	—	24%	10%	—	13%
Quinnipiac[31]	August 22–27, 2013	602	± 4%	1%	—	36%	6%	—	21%	—	—	20%	8%	—	9%
Siena[32]	August 19–28, 2013	505	± 4%	1%	—	32%	3%	—	17%	1%	—	18%	11%	—	16%
Marist[33]	August 12–14, 2013	355	± 5.2%	1%	—	24%	5%	—	24%	2%	—	18%	11%	4%	12%
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	1%	—	30%	6%	—	24%	—	—	22%	10%	—	7%
				1%	—	32%	7%	—	25%	—	—	25%	—	—	9%
Siena[35]	August 2–7, 2013	505	± 4%	1%	—	14%	4%	—	25%	3%	—	16%	10%	—	26%
Quinnipiac[36]	July 24–28, 2013	446	± 4.6%	2%	—	21%	6%	—	27%	—	—	20%	16%	—	7%
				2%	—	25%	9%	—	30%	—	—	25%	—	—	8%
Marist[37]	July 24, 2013	551	± 4.2%	1%	—	14%	7%	—	25%	2%	—	14%	16%	2%	19%
				1%	—	16%	9%	—	32%	2%	—	17%	—	2%	20%
Quinnipiac[38]	July 18–23, 2013	507	± 4.4%	1%	—	15%	7%	—	22%	—	—	20%	26%	—	8%
				2%	—	21%	10%	—	30%	—	—	26%	—	1%	11%
Siena[39]	July 9–15, 2013	610	± 4%	2%	—	11%	7%	—	27%	1%	—	11%	18%	0%	24%
Quinnipiac[40]	July 8–14, 2013	738	± 3.6%	1%	—	10%	7%	—	22%	—	—	11%	25%	1%	23%
Quinnipiac[41]	June 19–25, 2013	830	± 3.4%	0%	—	10%	7%	—	19%	—	—	16%	17%	1%	28%
Marist[42]	June 17–21, 2013	689	± 4%	1%	—	10%	8%	—	20%	2%	—	13%	25%	3%	18%
Marist[43]	May 22–24, 2013	492	± 4.4%	1%	—	12%	8%	—	24%	<1%	—	11%	19%	1%	23%
Quinnipiac[44]	April 15–18, 2013	740	± 3.6%	—	—	11%	9%	—	28%	—	—	10%	15%	1%	27%
Marist[45]	April 11–15, 2013	873	± 3.3%	2%	—	11%	12%	—	26%	—	—	11%	15%	1%	22%
				2%	—	15%	11%	—	30%	—	—	14%	—	2%	26%
Quinnipiac[46]	April 3–8, 2013	925	± 3.2%	—	—	14%	7%	—	32%	—	—	13%	—	2%	32%
Quinnipiac[47]	February 20–25, 2013	655	± 3.8%	—	—	14%	9%	—	37%	—	—	11%	—	—	29%
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	875	± 3.3%	2%	—	12%	9%	—	37%	—	—	13%	—	1%	26%
Quinnipiac[49]	January 8–14, 2013	879	± 3.3%	—	—	11%	9%	—	35%	—	—	10%	—	1%	33%
Quinnipiac[50]	November 14–18, 2012	1,165	± 2.9%	—	—	9%	5%	—	32%	—	4%	10%	—	1%	37%
NY1-Marist[51]	October 3–7, 2012	453	± 4.6%	—	2%	8%	9%	—	23%	—	6%	15%	—	—	37%
Quinnipiac[52]	August 8–12, 2012	1,298	± 2.7%	—	1%	9%	9%	—	29%	—	4%	10%	—	2%	34%
Quinnipiac[53]	May 3–8, 2012	658	± 3.8%	—	2%	10%	7%	—	26%	—	4%	13%	—	2%	36%
NY1-Marist[54]	April 10–17, 2012	402	± 5%	—	1%	10%	9%	—	32%	—	7%	12%	—	—	29%
Quinnipiac[55]	March 6–11, 2012	964	± 3.2%	—	2%	9%	7%	15%	25%	—	7%	13%	—	5%	17%
Quinnipiac[56]	December 7–12, 2011	1,242	± 2.8%	—	1%	8%	9%	16%	23%	—	6%	9%	—	5%	21%
Quinnipiac[57]	October 12–16, 2011	1,068	± 3.0%	—	1%	8%	11%	17%	22%	—	7%	10%	—	5%	19%
Quinnipiac[58]	July 19–25, 2011	1,234	± 2.8%	—	2%	8%	13%	15%	23%	—	5%	10%	—	3%	22%

Runoff

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill de Blasio	Bill Thompson	Other	Undecided
PPP[26]	September 7–8, 2013	683	± 3.8%	53%	33%	—	14%
Marist[28]	September 3–6, 2013	936	± 3.2%	50%	38%	—	12%
Quinnipiac[29]	Aug. 28 – Sep 1, 2013	750	± 3.6%	56%	36%	2%	5%
Quinnipiac[31]	August 22–27, 2013	602	± 4%	52%	36%	—	11%
Marist[33]	August 12–14, 2013	355	± 5.2%	44%	36%	—	20%
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	50%	41%	—	9%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill de Blasio	Christine Quinn	Other	Undecided
PPP[26]	September 7–8, 2013	683	± 3.8%	67%	21%	—	12%
Marist[28]	September 3–6, 2013	936	± 3.2%	56%	34%	—	10%
Quinnipiac[29]	August 28 – September 1, 2013	750	± 3.6%	66%	25%	4%	5%
Quinnipiac[31]	August 22–27, 2013	602	± 4%	59%	30%	—	11%
Marist[33]	August 12–14, 2013	355	± 5.2%	44%	42%	—	14%
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	54%	38%	—	8%
Marist[43]	May 22–24, 2013	492	± 4.4%	30%	48%	—	22%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill de Blasio	Anthony Weiner	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	72%	22%	—	6%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Liu	Christine Quinn	Other	Undecided
Marist[43]	May 22–24, 2013	492	± 4.4%	25%	53%	—	22%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Christine Quinn	Bill Thompson	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[29]	August 28 – September 1, 2013	750	± 3.6%	33%	59%	3%	5%
Quinnipiac[31]	August 22–27, 2013	602	± 4%	33%	57%	—	11%
Marist[33]	August 12–14, 2013	355	± 5.2%	44%	43%	—	12%
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	41%	51%	—	9%
Quinnipiac[36]	July 24–28, 2013	446	± 4.6%	40%	50%	—	9%
Quinnipiac[38]	July 18–23, 2013	507	± 4.4%	42%	51%	—	7%
Marist[43]	May 22–24, 2013	492	± 4.4%	44%	34%	—	22%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Christine Quinn	Anthony Weiner	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	60%	31%	—	10%
Quinnipiac[36]	July 24–28, 2013	446	± 4.6%	60%	33%	—	7%
Quinnipiac[38]	July 18–23, 2013	507	± 4.4%	46%	44%	—	9%
Marist[43]	May 22–24, 2013	492	± 4.4%	48%	33%	—	18%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Thompson	Anthony Weiner	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	579	± 4.1%	76%	20%	—	5%
Quinnipiac[36]	July 24–28, 2013	446	± 4.6%	66%	28%	—	6%
Quinnipiac[38]	July 18–23, 2013	507	± 4.4%	52%	41%	—	8%

Endorsements

Bill de Blasio

Cabinet officials

• Diane Ravitch, educator and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education^[59]

Federal officials

• Yvette Clarke, U.S. Representative, 9th congressional district^[60]
• Elizabeth Holtzman, former U.S. Representative and City Comptroller^[61]
• Jerry Nadler, U.S. Representative^[61]

State executive officials

• Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont^[60]

State legislative officials

• Karim Camara, state assemblyman^[61]
• Assemblyman Rafael Espinal^[61]
• Ruth Hassell-Thompson, State Senator from the Bronx (Wakefield)^[62][63]
• Assemblywoman Deborah Glick^[61]
• State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder^[61]
• Brian P. Kavanagh, state assemblyman from Manhattan^[60]
• Liz Krueger, State Senator from Manhattan^[60]
• Assemblyman Michael G. Miller^[61]
• Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley^[64]
• Bill Perkins, State Senator from Manhattan^[60]
• Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa^[61]
• Assemblywoman Nily Rozic^[61]
• James Sanders Jr., State Senator from Queens^[60]
• Luis R. Sepúlveda, State Assemblyman from the Bronx (Parkchester)^[62]
• Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz^[61]
• State Senator Daniel Squadron^[61]
• State Senator Kevin Parker^[61]
• State Senator Brad Hoylman^[61]
• State Senator Gustavo Rivera^[61]
• State Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr.^[61]
• State Senator Martin Dilan^[61]
• Former Councilman and Assemblymember Guillermo Linares^[61]

Local officials

• Mathieu Eugene, city councilman from Brooklyn^[60]
• Vincent J. Gentile, city councilman from Brooklyn^[60]
• Brad Lander, city councilman from Brooklyn^[60]
• Melissa Mark-Viverito, city councilwoman from Manhattan^[60]
• Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn borough president^[61]
• Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez^[61]
• Councilwoman Letitia James^[61]
• Councilman Donovan Richards^[61]
• Councilwoman Margaret Chin^[61]
• Councilman Erik Dilan^[61]
• Councilman Danny Dromm^[61]
• Councilman Steve Levin^[61]
• Councilman James Vacca^[61]
• Councilman Dan Garodnick^[61]

Political candidates

• City Council Democratic nominee Ritchie Torres^[61]
• City Council Democratic nominee Carlos Menchaca^[61]
• City Council Democratic nominee Corey Johnson^[61]
• City Council Democratic nominee Helen Rosenthal^[61]
• City Council Democratic nominee Antonio Reynoso^[61]
• City Council Democratic nominee Mark Levine^[61]
• Democratic nominee for Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson^[61]

Newspapers and magazines

• The Nation^[65]

Labor unions

• Communications Workers of America District 1^[66]
• New York City Central Labor Council^[67]
• New York State American Nurses Association^[68]
• PSC CUNY^[69]
• Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union^[61]
• SEIU Local 1199, The National Health Care Workers Union, the city's largest trade union^[70]
• SEIU 32BJ^[61]
• United Auto Workers Region 9A^[61]
• United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500^[61]

Organizations

• Barack Obama Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan^[71]
• New York Communities for Change^[70]
• Planned Parenthood of NYC Political Committee^[61]
• Working Families Party^[61]

Individuals

• Alec Baldwin, actor^[72]
• Harry Belafonte, singer^[73]
• Steve Buscemi, actor^[72]
• Alan Cumming, actor^[72]
• Héctor Figueroa, President of the SEIU Local 32BJ^[61]
• Cynthia Nixon, actress^[72]
• Chris Noth, actor^[72]
• Sarah Jessica Parker, actress^[72]
• Susan Sarandon, actress^[72]
• Jeffrey Sachs, economist
• Al Sharpton, reverend^[61]
• Russell Simmons, businessman and celebrity^[70]
• George Soros, hedge fund manager^[74]
• Aida Turturro, actress^[72]

John Liu

State officials

• Inez Barron, state assemblywoman^[75]

Local officials

• Peter Koo, city councilman from Flushing^[76]

Organizations
Labor unions

• Communications Workers of America Local 1180^[66]
• District Council 37^[77]

Christine Quinn

Federal officials

• Joe Crowley, U.S. Representative from NY-14^[78]
• Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative from NY-12^[79]

State officials

• Dan Quart, state assemblyman^[80]
• Matthew Titone, state assemblyman^[81]

Local officials

• Helen Marshall, Queens borough president^[78]
• Ruth Messinger, former Manhattan borough president^[78]
• Edward I. Koch, former mayor of New York City (deceased)^[82]

Newspapers

• New York Daily News^[83]
• The New York Times^[84]

Individuals

• Whoopi Goldberg, talk show host^[72]
• Loida Nicholas-Lewis, socialite^[85]
• Brooke Shields, actress and model^[72]
• Candice Bergen, actress and model^[72]
• Rob Reiner, actor, comedian and filmmaker^[72]
• Gloria Steinem, feminist writer and activist^[86]
• George Takei, actor^[72]

Erick Salgado

State officials

• Rubén Díaz Sr., state senator^[62]

Bill Thompson

Federal officials

• Alfonse D'Amato, former U.S. Senator from New York (Republican)^[87]
• Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. representative, 8th congressional district^[76]
• Gregory Meeks, U.S. representative, 5th congressional district^[76]
• José E. Serrano, U.S. representative, 15th congressional district^[88][89]

Local officials

• Rubén Díaz Jr., Bronx borough president^[88]
• Herman D. Farrell Jr., state assemblyman, former head of the Manhattan Democratic Party^[88]
• Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York^[90]
• José M. Serrano, state senator^[88][89]
• Merryl Tisch, New York Board of Regents^[91]

Labor unions

• UFT^[92]

Anthony Weiner

Individuals

• Jimmy McMillan, political activist and member of Rent Is Too Damn High Party^[93]

Debates

A debate was televised live on WABC on August 13.^[94]

2013 New York City mayoral election democratic primary debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Sal Albanese	Bill de Blasio	John Liu	Christine Quinn	Erick Salgado	Bill Thompson	Anthony Weiner
1	Mar. 21, 2013	92NY The New York Observer	Kenneth Fisher Ken Kurson	YouTube	P	P	P	P	N	P	N
2	Aug. 21, 2013	Citizens Committee of New York Citizens Union, Gothamist Hispanic Federation, New York 1 New York 1 Noticias New York City Campaign Finance Board New York Newsday Transportation Alternatives Time Warner Cable, WNYC	Errol Louis	YouTube	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
3	Sep. 3, 2013	New York City Campaign Finance Board Telemundo Nueva York The Wall Street Journal, WNBC	Melissa Russo David Ushery	YouTube	N	P	P	P	N	P	P

Results

Results by borough

  De Blasio

•   30-40%
•   40-50%

Results by State Assembly district

  De Blasio

•   20-30%
•   30-40%
•   40-50%
•   50-60%

  Thompson

•   30-40%

  Liu

•   20-30%
•   30-40%

2013 Democratic primary	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total	%
Bill de Blasio	81,197	36,896	104,703	52,190	7,358	282,344	40.81%
	40.91%	38.12%	46.36%	34.96%	34.33%
Bill Thompson	42,720	31,617	61,471	38,162	6,871	180,841	26.14%
	21.53%	32.67%	27.22%	25.56%	32.06%
Christine Quinn	52,102	10,392	23,007	19,847	3,545	108,893	15.74%
	26.25%	10.74%	10.19%	13.29%	16.54%
John Liu	10,191	4,753	13,927	16,977	1,438	47,286	6.84%
	5.14%	4.91%	6.17%	11.37%	6.71%
Anthony Weiner	6,858	5,726	10,950	9,438	1,220	34,192	4.94%
	3.46%	5.92%	4.85%	6.32%	5.69%
Erick Salgado	2,296	3,855	5,793	3,735	235	15,914	2.30%
	1.16%	3.98%	2.57%	2.50%	1.10%
Randy Credico	1,588	2,301	2,351	5,129	161	11,530	1.67%
	0.80%	2.38%	1.04%	3.44%	0.75%
Sal Albanese	821	581	2,346	1,648	447	5,843	0.84%
	0.41%	0.60%	1.04%	1.10%	2.09%
Neil Grimaldi	634	640	1,108	2,157	138	4,677	0.68%
	0.32%	0.66%	0.49%	1.44%	0.64%
all write-in votes	50	18	172	21	20	281	0.04%
	0.03%	0.02%	0.08%	0.01%	0.09%
TOTAL	198,457	96,779	225,828	149,304	21,443	691,801
TURNOUT	29.83%	19.30%	23.96%	21.58%	17.71%	23.67%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• John Catsimatidis, businessman, owner of companies including the Red Apple Group, the Gristedes supermarket chain and the United Refining Company (received the Liberal Party nomination; then withdrew after losing the Republican primary)^[95]
• Joe Lhota, former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also received the Conservative Party nomination)^[96][97]
• George T. McDonald, founder of The Doe Fund^[98][99]

Withdrew

• Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media and former New York City public school teacher (initially declared as a Democrat; then withdrew and declared as a Republican; also received the nomination of the Liberal Party, before dropping out entirely)^[100]
• Adolfo Carrión Jr., former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and former Borough President of The Bronx (a Democrat-turned-Independent, Carrión tried unsuccessfully to receive a Wilson Pakula in order to run as a Republican;^{[96][101][102]} received the nomination of the Independence Party)^[103]
• Malcolm Smith, state senator, former lieutenant governor of New York and former Majority Leader of the New York State Senate (a Democrat, Smith would have had to change his party affiliation or receive a Wilson Pakula in order to run as a Republican. He and several others were arrested for trying to bribe Republican leaders to give him a Wilson Pakula)^[104]

Declined

• A. R. Bernard, pastor^[105]
• Dan Donovan, Staten Island District Attorney^[106]
• Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City^[107]
• Kelsey Grammer, actor^[108][109]
• Richard Grasso, former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange^[110]
• Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department^[111]
• Richard Parsons, chairman of Citigroup^[22]
• Edward Skyler, executive at Citigroup and former deputy mayor for operations^[18]
• Diana Taylor, former New York State Banking Department superintendent and partner of Mayor Bloomberg^{[112][113][114]}

Graphical summary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Allon	A. R. Bernard	Adolfo Carrión Jr.	John Catsimatidis	Joe Lhota	George McDonald	Other	Undecided
amNewYork[30]	August 22–27, 2013	400	± 4.9%	—	—	—	28%	50%	5%	—	15%
Marist[33]	August 12–14, 2013	132	± 8.5%	—	—	—	22%	33%	12%	2%	30%
Quinnipiac[34]	August 7–12, 2013	?	± ?%	—	—	—	37%	43%	9%	—	11%
Quinnipiac[38]	July 18–23, 2013	96	± 10%	—	—	—	35%	49%	7%	—	9%
Siena[39]	July 9–15, 2013	125	± 8.8%	—	—	—	21%	32%	3%	1%	42%
Marist[42]	June 17–21, 2013	123	± 9%	—	—	—	21%	28%	10%	1%	40%
Quinnipiac[46]	April 3–8, 2013	188	± 7.5%	—	—	—	8%	23%	11%	2%	55%
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	172	± 7.5%	4%	2%	3%	5%	20%	8%	3%	55%
Quinnipiac[49]	January 8–14, 2013	176	± 7.4%	5%	—	3%	9%	23%	2%	—	58%

Bribery scandal

On April 2, 2013, federal law enforcement officers arrested numerous New York City-area politicians. These included Democratic state senator Malcolm Smith and Republican city councilman Dan Halloran, who were charged with trying to bribe various Republican political leaders so as to get Smith onto the ballot as a Republican. The Mayor of Spring Valley and local Republican party leaders were also arrested.^[115]

Endorsements

John Catsimatidis

Federal officials

• Vito Fossella, former U.S. Representative from Staten Island^[116]

State and territorial executive officials

• Luis Fortuño, former governor of Puerto Rico^[117]
• George E. Pataki, former governor of New York^[118]

State legislative officials

• Nicole Malliotakis, New York State Assemblywoman^[119]
• Andrew Lanza, state senator^[120]
• Dean Skelos, Majority Leader of the New York State Senate^[121]

Organizations

• Liberal Party of New York^[122]

Individuals

• Donald Trump, businessman and media personality^[123]

Joe Lhota

Federal officials

• Peter T. King, U.S. representative from NY-02^[124]
• Michael Grimm, U.S. representative from NY-11^[125]

State officials
Local officials

• Rudy Giuliani, former mayor^[118]
• Charlie Gasparino, Fox Business Network reporter, deputy mayor during the Giuliani administration^[126]
• Daniel J. Halloran III, NYC Council member^[127][118]
• Vincent M. Ignizio, NYC Council member^[127]
• James Oddo, NYC Council member^[127]
• Eric Ulrich, NYC Council member^[127]

Newspapers

• Jewish Voice^[128]
• Newsday^[129] and AM New York Metro^[130]
• The New York Times^[84]

Organizations

• Bronx Republican Party^[131][132]
• Staten Island Republican Party^[133]

Debates

2013 New York City mayoral election republican primary debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					John Catsimatidis	Joe Lhota	George McDonald
1	Mar. 21, 2013	92NY The New York Observer	Kenneth Fisher Ken Kurson	YouTube	P	P	P
2	Aug. 28, 2013	1010 WINS Common Cause New York El Diario La Prensa New York City Campaign Finance Board WCBS WCBS Newsradio 880	Maurice Dubois	YouTube	P	P	P
3	Sep. 8, 2013	New York City Campaign Finance Board Telemundo Nueva York The Wall Street Journal WNBC	Melissa Russo David Ushery	YouTube	P	P	N

Results

Results by borough

  Lhota

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   70–80%

  Catsimaditis

•   50–60%

Results by State Assembly district

  Lhota

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Catsimaditis

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Tie

•   40–50%

2013 Republican primary	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total	%
Joe Lhota	9,211	1,860	6,995	8,758	5,412	32,236	52.75%
	70.49%	52.87%	47.59%	51.01%	42.76%
John Catsimatidis	3,139	1,281	6,723	6,945	6,776	24,864	40.69%
	24.02%	36.41%	45.73%	40.45%	53.53%
George McDonald	683	369	940	1,456	451	3,899	6.38%
	5.23%	10.49%	6.39%	8.48%	3.56%
all write-in votes	34	8	42	9	19	112	0.18%
	0.26%	0.23%	0.29%	0.05%	0.15%
T O T A L	13,067	3,518	14,700	17,168	12,658	61,111
TURNOUT	13.65%	8.78%	12.48%	13.84%	16.42%	13.44%

Major third parties

Besides the Democratic and Republican parties, the Conservative, Green, Independence and Working Families parties are qualified New York parties. These parties have automatic ballot access.

Conservative

Nominee

• Joe Lhota, former chairman of the MTA^[134]

Unsuccessful

• George McDonald, founder of The Doe Fund^[135]
• Erick Salgado, Pastor of the Church of Iglesia Jovenes Cristianos^[136]

Green

Nominee

• Anthony Gronowicz, activist, professor and nominee for Mayor in 2005^[137][138]

Independence

Nominee

• Adolfo Carrión Jr., former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and former Borough President of The Bronx^[139][140]

Working Families

Nominee

• Bill de Blasio, New York City Public Advocate^[141]

Unsuccessful

• John Liu, New York City Comptroller^[142]
• Christine Quinn, Speaker of the New York City Council^[142]

Minor third parties

Any candidate not among the six qualified New York parties must petition their way onto the ballot; they do not face primary elections.

Affordable Tomorrow

Nominee

• Joseph Melaragno^[143]

Common Sense

Nominee

• Jack Hidary^[144]

Freedom

Nominee

• Michael K. Greys^[145]

Flourish Every Person

Nominee

• Michael J. Dilger^[145]

Jobs & Education

Nominee

• Jack Hidary^[146]

Liberal

After the party twice endorsed a candidate for mayor, only to see them withdraw from the race, the party declined to endorse a third candidate, although they did consider endorsing Jack Hidary.^[146]

Unsuccessful

• Jack Hidary^[146]

Withdrew

• Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media and former New York City public school teacher (had initially declared as a Democrat; then withdrew and declared as a Republican, also receiving the nomination of the Liberal Party, before dropping out entirely)^[100]
• John Catsimatidis, businessman, owner of companies including the Red Apple Group, the Gristedes supermarket chain and the United Refining Company (received the nomination after Allon withdrew, dropped out entirely after he lost the Republican primary to Joe Lhota)^[136]
• Adolfo Carrión Jr., former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and former Borough President of The Bronx^[147]
• Joe Lhota, former chairman of the MTA^[148]

Libertarian

Joe Lhota was originally nominated as the Libertarian candidate during the Party Convention held on April 6, 2013, a nomination he declined.^[149] It was soon after ruled by the Libertarian Executive Committee that this nomination was invalid and void due to the attending voters of this first Convention not being properly credentialed. A second nominating convention was held on June 11, 2013, which nominated Michael Sanchez.^[150][151]

Nominee

• Michael Sanchez, activist^{[149][150][152][153]}

Unsuccessful

• Randy Credico, comedian and former director of the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice^[154]

Withdrew

• Kristin M. Davis, former madam and Anti-Prohibition Party nominee for Governor of New York in 2010 (running for Comptroller)^[154][155]
• Joe Lhota, former chairman of the MTA^[154]

Reform Party of New York City

Nominee

• Carl Person, attorney and Libertarian nominee for New York Attorney General in 2010^[156]

Rent Is Too Damn High

Nominee

• Jimmy McMillan, party founder and perennial candidate^[157][158]

School Choice

Nominee

• Erick Salgado^[143]

Socialist Workers

Nominee

• Dan Fein, nominee for governor in 2010, Mayor in 2009 and for Comptroller in 2005^[159]

Students First

Nominee

• Joe Lhota^[145]

Tax Wall Street

Nominee

• Randy Credico^[143]

Taxes 2 High

Nominee

• Joe Lhota

War Veterans

Nominee

• Sam Sloan, chess player, publisher and Libertarian candidate for governor in 2010^[145]

Independent

Candidates

Unsuccessful

• Michael Post, sewage treatment worker^[145][160]

Declined

• Tony Danza, actor^[161]
• Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department^[162]

General election

Graphical summary

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Bill de Blasio (D)	Adolfo Carrión Jr. (I)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[163]	October 25–29, 2013	728	± 3.6%	26%	65%	3%	—	7%
Siena[164]	October 21–26, 2013	701	± 3.7%	23%	68%	—	3%	6%
Quinnipiac[165]	October 16–20, 2013	973	± 3.1%	24%	68%	2%	—	5%
Penn Schoen Berland[166]	October 15–19, 2013	801	± 3.46%	23%	64%	2%	2%	9%
Marist[167]	October 6–8, 2013	1,305	± 4.4%	23%	67%	2%	1%	7%
Siena[168]	September 28 – October 2, 2013	700	± 4%	19%	68%	2%	1%	10%
Quinnipiac[169]	September 25 – October 1, 2013	1,198	± 2.8%	21%	71%	2%	1%	5%
Quinnipiac[169]	September 15–18, 2013	891	± 3.3%	25%	66%	2%	1%	6%
Marist[170]	September 15–16, 2013	1,216	± 3.9%	22%	65%	3%	1%	9%
Quinnipiac[44]	April 15–18, 2013	1,161	± 2.9%	19%	59%	—	2%	21%
Quinnipiac[47]	April 3–8, 2013	1,417	± 2.6%	18%	55%	—	2%	24%
Quinnipiac[47]	February 20–25, 2013	1,017	± 3.1%	18%	58%	—	2%	22%
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	18%	60%	—	—	22%
Quinnipiac[49]	January 8–14, 2013	1,332	± 2.7%	17%	57%	—	1%	24%

Hypothetical polling

With Kelly

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Raymond Kelly (R)	Bill de Blasio (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[47]	May 3–8, 2012	1,066	± 3%	34%	46%	1%	18%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Raymond Kelly (R)	Christine Quinn (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[47]	May 3–8, 2012	1,066	± 3%	33%	48%	3%	16%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Raymond Kelly (R)	Bill Thompson (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[47]	May 3–8, 2012	1,066	± 3%	34%	46%	2%	18%

With Lhota

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Sal Albanese (D)	Other	Undecided
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	21%	52%	—	27%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	John Liu (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[44]	April 15–18, 2013	1,161	± 2.9%	22%	56%	2%	21%
Quinnipiac[47]	April 3–8, 2013	1,417	± 2.6%	20%	52%	2%	25%
Quinnipiac[47]	February 20–25, 2013	1,017	± 3.1%	22%	53%	2%	22%
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	20%	56%	—	23%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Christine Quinn (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[44]	April 15–18, 2013	1,161	± 2.9%	21%	60%	2%	17%
Quinnipiac[47]	April 3–8, 2013	1,417	± 2.6%	19%	59%	2%	21%
Quinnipiac[47]	February 20–25, 2013	1,017	± 3.1%	19%	63%	2%	16%
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	18%	64%	—	18%
Quinnipiac[49]	January 8–14, 2013	1,332	± 2.7%	17%	62%	1%	19%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Bill Thompson (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[44]	April 15–18, 2013	1,161	± 2.9%	19%	55%	2%	23%
Quinnipiac[47]	April 3–8, 2013	1,417	± 2.6%	17%	55%	2%	25%
Quinnipiac[47]	February 20–25, 2013	1,017	± 3.1%	20%	55%	1%	24%
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	19%	61%	—	20%
Quinnipiac[49]	January 8–14, 2013	1,332	± 2.7%	19%	55%	2%	24%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Anthony Weiner (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[44]	April 15–18, 2013	1,161	± 2.9%	26%	51%	2%	21%

Three-way race

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Christine Quinn (D)	Adolfo Carrión Jr. (I)	Other	Undecided
Marist[48]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	17%	59%	8%	—	17%

Four-way race

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Bill de Blasio (D)	Adolfo Carrión Jr. (I)	Raymond Kelly (I)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[41]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	9%	35%	3%	27%	2%	22%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Christine Quinn (D)	Adolfo Carrión Jr.(I)	Raymond Kelly (I)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[41]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	8%	38%	5%	25%	2%	23%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Bill Thompson (D)	Adolfo Carrión Jr.(I)	Raymond Kelly (I)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[41]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	8%	38%	4%	25%	2%	23%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Lhota (R)	Anthony Weiner (D)	Adolfo Carrión Jr.(I)	Raymond Kelly (I)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[41]	February 4–12, 2013	816	± 3.4%	10%	36%	4%	27%	2%	22%

Open primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Allon (R)	Bill de Blasio (D)	Raymond Kelly (R)	John Liu (D)	Marty Markowitz (D)	Christine Quinn (D)	Scott Stringer (D)	Bill Thompson (D)	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac[56]	December 7–12, 2011	1,242	± 2.8%	0%	6%	24%	7%	13%	18%	5%	7%	4%	15%
Quinnipiac[57]	October 12–16, 2011	1,068	± 3.0%	0%	6%	25%	10%	14%	17%	5%	8%	4%	12%
Quinnipiac[58]	July 19–25, 2011	1,234	± 2.8%	1%	6%	23%	10%	12%	18%	4%	8%	2%	16%

Debates

2013 New York City mayoral election debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Bill de Blasio	Joe Lhota
1	Oct. 22, 2013	1010 WINS Common Cause New York El Diario La Prensa New York City Campaign Finance Board WCBS & WCBS Newsradio 880	Maurice Dubois	YouTube	P	P
2	Oct. 30, 2013	New York City Campaign Finance Board Telemundo Nueva York The Wall Street Journal, WNBC	David Ushery	YouTube	P	P

Results

2013 New York City mayoral election^[171]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill de Blasio	753,039	69.23%	+25.3%
	Working Families	Bill de Blasio	42,640	3.92%	+1.5%
	Total	Bill de Blasio	795,679	73.15%	+26.9%
	Republican	Joe Lhota	236,212	21.72%	−16.0%
	Conservative	Joe Lhota	24,888	2.29%	+0.7%
	Taxes 2 High	Joe Lhota	2,500	0.23%	N/A
	Students First	Joe Lhota	820	0.08%	N/A
	Total	Joe Lhota	264,420	24.31%	−26.4%
	Independence	Adolfo Carrion	8,675	0.80%	−12.2%
	Green	Anthony Gronowicz	4,983	0.46%	−0.3%
	Jobs & Education	Jack Hidary	2,922	0.27%	N/A
	Common Sense	Jack Hidary	718	0.07%	N/A
	Total	Jack Hidary	3,640	0.33%	N/A
	Rent Is Too Damn High	Jimmy McMillan	1,990	0.18%	0.0%
	School Choice	Erick Salgado	1,946	0.18%	N/A
	Libertarian	Michael Sanchez	1,746	0.16%	+0.1%
	Socialist Workers	Dan Fein	758	0.07%	0.0%
	Tax Wall Street	Randy Credico	690	0.06%	N/A
	Freedom Party	Michael K. Greys	575	0.05%	N/A
	Reform	Carl Person	306	0.03%	N/A
	Affordable Tomorrow	Joseph Melaragno	289	0.03%	N/A
	War Veterans	Sam Sloan	166	0.02%
	Flourish Every Person	Michael J. Dilger	55	0.01%	N/A
	Write-in		1,792	0.16%	N/A
Total votes			1,087,710	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing	53.2%

Results by borough

^[171]

General election
		Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
Democratic-Working Families	Bill de Blasio	195,317 (71.69%)	121,511 (86.08%)	263,823 (77.52%)	181,921 (70.28%)	33,107 (44.20%)	795,679 (73.15%)
Republican-Conservative-etc	Joe Lhota	69,434 (25.48%)	15,559 (11.02%)	68,543 (20.14%)	71,306 (27.55%)	39,538 (52.79%)	264,420 (24.31%)
Independence	Adolfo Carrión Jr.	2,161 (0.79%)	2,595 (1.84%)	1,463 (0.43%)	1,754 (0.68%)	702 (0.94%)	8,675 (0.80%)
Green	Anthony Gronowicz	1,655 (0.61%)	324 (0.23%)	1,507 (0.44%)	1,177 (0.45%)	320 (0.43%)	4,983 (0.46%)
Jobs & Education-Common Sense	Jack Hidary	1,081 (0.40%)	151 (0.11%)	1,630 (0.48%)	541 (0.21%)	237 (0.32%)	3,640 (0.33%)
Rent Is Too Damn High	Jimmy McMillan	579 (0.21%)	154 (0.11%)	608 (0.18%)	480 (0.19%)	169 (0.23%)	1,990 (0.18%)
School Choice	Erick Salgado	267 (0.10%)	342 (0.24%)	932 (0.27%)	324 (0.13%)	81 (0.11%)	1,946 (0.18%)
Libertarian	Michael Sanchez	446 (0.16%)	128 (0.09%)	485 (0.14%)	449 (0.17%)	238 (0.32%)	1,746 (0.16%)
Socialist Workers	Daniel B. Fein	230 (0.08%)	59 (0.04%)	253 (0.07%)	177 (0.07%)	39 (0.05%)	758 (0.07%)
Tax Wall Street	Randy Credico	317 (0.12%)	47 (0.03%)	155 (0.05%)	128 (0.05%)	43 (0.06%)	690 (0.06%)
Freedom Party	Michael K. Greys	161 (0.06%)	65 (0.05%)	241 (0.07%)	89 (0.03%)	19 (0.03%)	575 (0.05%)
Reform Party	Carl E. Person	86 (0.03%)	20 (0.01%)	85 (0.02%)	83 (0.03%)	32 (0.04%)	306 (0.03%)
Affordable Tomorrow	Joseph Melaragno	55 (0.02%)	26 (0.02%)	92 (0.03%)	85 (0.03%)	31 (0.04%)	289 (0.03%)
War Veterans	Sam Sloan	19 (0.01%)	23 (0.02%)	44 (0.01%)	43 (0.02%)	37 (0.05%)	166 (0.02%)
Flourish Every Person	Michael J. Dilger	12 (0.00%)	4 (0.00%)	29 (0.01%)	4 (0.00%)	6 (0.01%)	55 (0.01%)
N/A	Write-ins	639 (0.23%)	149 (0.11%)	440 (0.13%)	304 (0.12%)	300 (0.40%)	1,792 (0.16%)
	Total	272,459 (25.05%)	141,157 (12.98%)	340,330 (31.29%)	258,865 (23.80%)	74,899 (6.89%)	1,087,710 (100.00%)

See also

• New York City portal
• Politics portal

• New York City mayoral elections
• 2009 New York City mayoral election
• 2013 New York City Comptroller election