2017 New York City Public Advocate election

Last updated

2017 New York City Public Advocate election
Flag of New York City.svg
  2013 November 7, 2017 2019 (special)  
  Letitia James 2013 (3x4 crop).jpg 3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Candidate Letitia James J.C PolancoMichael O'Reilly
Party Democratic Republican Conservative
Alliance Working Families Reform
Stop de Blasio
Popular vote812,235172,60188,060
Percentage73.81%15.68%8.00%

NYCpublicadvocateelectionresultsbyborough2017.svg
Borough results
James:      30–40%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Public Advocate before election

Letitia James
Democratic

Elected Public Advocate

Letitia James
Democratic

The 2017 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 7, 2017. [1] Letitia James defeated challenger David Eisenbach in the Democratic primary on September 12, 2017. To date, James is the last citywide Democrat to carry Staten Island in a general election.

Results

Results of the 2017 New York City Public Advocate election [2]
CandidatePartyPopular vote
#%
Letitia James (incumbent) Democratic 752,47668.38
Working Families 59,7595.43
Total812,23573.81
J.C. Polanco Republican 162,78014.79
Reform 6,0650.55
Stop de Blasio3,7560.34
Total172,60115.68
Michael O'Reilly Conservative 88,0608.00
James Lane Green 19,4041.76
Devin Balkind Libertarian 6,7370.61
Write-ins1,4070.13
Valid votes1,100,44494.35
Invalid votes65,8705.65
Total votes cast1,166,314100

References

  1. Max, Ben. "Candidates for 2017 City Elections". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  2. "00001200000Citywide Public Advocate Citywide Recap" (PDF). NYC Board of Elections. July 16, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020.