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The 2025 New York City Comptroller election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the New York City Comptroller. Incumbent Comptroller Brad Lander was eligible to run for a second term, but retired to run for Mayor of New York City. [1] Democratic nominee Mark Levine won the election in a landslide victory. [2]
| Campaign finance reports as of June 23, 2025 | Independent expenditures as of June 23, 2025 | ||||||
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| Candidate | Raised | Public | Total funds | Spent | Est. Cash on hand | Supporting | Opposing |
| Justin Brannan | $905,525 | $3,038,200 | $3,943,725 | $2,827,879 | $1,115,846 | $175,484 | $0 |
| Mark Levine | $1,273,203 | $3,903,648 | $5,176,851 | $3,532,791 | $1,644,060 | $154,798 | $0 |
| Ismael Malave-Perez | $104,826 | $0 [a] | $104,826 | $87,211 | $17,615 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Parker | $89,506 | $0 [a] | $89,506 | $77,898 | $11,607 | $0 | $0 |
| Source: New York City Campaign Finance Board [12] | |||||||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | RCV count | Justin Brannan | Mark Levine | Ismael Malave-Perez | Kevin Parker | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson College [53] [A] | May 23–26, 2025 | 573 (LV) | ± 3.9% | BA | 17% | 37% | 7% | 12% | 29% |
| 409 (LV) | 1 | 23% | 51% | 10% | 16% | – | |||
| 403 (LV) | 2 | 27% | 55% | – | 19% | ||||
| 375 (LV) | 3 | 37% | 63% | – | – |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Justin Brannan | Mark Levine | Ismael Malave-Perez | Kevin Parker | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Strategic Politics [54] [B] | June 13–16, 2025 | 580 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 17% | 41% | 12% | 7% | 23% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) [55] [C] [d] | June 6–7, 2025 | 573 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 19% | 30% | 1% | 6% | 44% |
| Emerson College [53] [A] [d] | May 23–26, 2025 | 573 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 17% | 37% | 7% | 12% | 29% |
| Honan Strategy Group [56] [D] | April 16–17, 2025 | 823 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 10% | 25% | – | 5% | 60% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | RCV count | Justin Brannan | Mark Levine | Ismael Malave-Perez | Kevin Parker | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling (D) [55] [C] [e] | June 6–7, 2025 | 573 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 1 | 19% | 30% | 1% | 6% | 44% |
| 2 | 7% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 74% |
Levine 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% | Brannan 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% | Malave-Perez 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 90–100% |
Parker 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | Tie 20-30% 30–40% 40–50% 50% | Other No votes |
| Democratic primary results [57] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | First round | Second round | Final round | ||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Mark D. Levine | 444,067 | 47.98% | 444,482 | 48.14% | 491,551 | 58.72% | |
| Democratic | Justin Brannan | 308,637 | 33.35% | 308,837 | 33.45% | 345,628 | 41.28% | |
| Democratic | Ismael Malave-Perez | 96,049 | 10.38% | 96,259 | 10.43% | — | ||
| Democratic | Kevin Parker | 73,322 | 7.92% | 73,677 | 7.98% | |||
| Democratic | Write-ins | 3,475 | 0.38% | — | ||||
| Total active votes | 925,550 | 100.00% | 923,255 | 100.00% | 837,179 | 100.00% | ||
| Exhausted ballots | — | 2,295 | 0.25% | 86,076 | 9.32% | |||
Kefalas 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% | Maio 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% | Write-ins 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 90–100% | Tie 30–40% 40–50% 50% | Other No votes |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Peter Kefalas | 18,112 | 60.9% | |
| Republican | Danniel Maio | 9,870 | 33.2% | |
| Write-in | 1,740 | 5.9% | ||
| Total votes | 29,722 | 100% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mark Levine | ||||
| Republican | Peter Kefalas | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Kefalas | ||||
| Total | Peter Kefalas | ||||
| The Unity | Ismael Malave-Perez | ||||
| Write-in | |||||
| Total votes | 100% | ||||
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