2025 New York City Public Advocate election

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2025 New York City Public Advocate election
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  2021 November 4, 20252029 
  142 Jumaane Williams (cropped).jpg Gonzalo Duran (portrait).jpg
Nominee Jumaane Williams Gonzalo Duran
Party Democratic Conservative
Alliance Working Families Republican

Incumbent Public Advocate

Jumaane Williams
Democratic



The 2025 New York City Public Advocate election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is running for a second full term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports
as of June 23, 2025
Independent expenditures
as of June 23, 2025
CandidateRaised Public

matching funds

Total fundsSpentEst.

Cash on hand

SupportingOpposing
Marty Dolan$54,984$0 [a] $54,984$70,126$-15,142 [b] $0$0
Jenifer Rajkumar$477,103$1,577,680$2,054,783$1,411,360$643,424$127,339$0
Jumaane Williams$366,149$1,280,072$1,646,221$1,223,582$422,639$257,485$0
Source: New York City Campaign Finance Board [7]

Endorsements

Jumaane Williams
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

First-past-the-post polls

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [c]
Margin
of error
Marty Dolan
Jenifer Rajkumar
Jumaane Williams
OtherUndecided
Center for Strategic Politics [42] [A] June 13–16, 2025580 (LV)± 4.1%14%12%54%20%
Emerson College [43] [B] May 23–26, 2025541 (LV)± 3.9%13%15%56%16%
Honan Strategy Group [C] April 16–17, 2025823 (LV)± 3.4%6%6%51%4%32%

Debates

2025 New York City Public Advocate Democratic primary election debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
DolanRajkumarWilliams
1June 5, 2025 PIX11 [44] Dan Mannarino
Henry Rosoff
[44] NPP

Results

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Democratic primary results [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jumaane Williams (incumbent) 681,605 71.2
Democratic Jenifer Rajkumar 179,43918.8
Democratic Marty Dolan89,9419.4
Write-in 5,9830.6
Total votes956,968 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Working Families Party

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2025 New York City Public Advocate election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jumaane Williams
Working Families Jumaane Williams
Total Jumaane Williams (incumbent)
Republican Gonzalo Duran
Conservative Gonzalo Duran
TotalGonzalo Duran
Write-in
Total votes100%

Notes

  1. Did not qualify.
  2. Dolan further owes $23,558 in outstanding loans.
  3. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. This poll was sponsored by DREAM for NYC
  2. This poll was sponsored by WPIX and The Hill
  3. This poll was sponsored by the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce

Official Campaign Websites

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