2025 New York City Public Advocate election

2025 New York City Public Advocate election

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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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jumaane Williams, incumbent public advocate ^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Marty Dolan, financial advisor and candidate for New York's 14th congressional district in 2024 ^[2]
• Jenifer Rajkumar, state assemblymember from the 38th district (2021–present) ^[3] (previously ran for comptroller) ^[4]

Withdrawn

• Calvin Sun, physician (running for Manhattan Borough President) ^[5]
• Christian Matthew, pastor, gun violence advocate ^[6]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 23, 2025						Independent expenditures as of June 23, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Public matching funds	Total funds	Spent	Est. Cash on hand	Supporting	Opposing
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

Jenifer Rajkumar

U.S. representatives

• Ro Khanna, U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district (2017–present) ^[8]
• Shri Thanedar, U.S. representative from Michigan's 13th congressional district (2023–present) ^[8]

State legislators

• Joseph Addabbo Jr., state senator from the 15th district (2009–present) ^[9]
• Michael Benedetto, state assemblymember from the 82nd district (2005–present) ^[8]
• Sam Berger, state assemblymember from the 27th district (2023–present) ^[9]
• Erik Dilan, state assemblymember from the 54th district (2015–present) ^[8]
• Nily Rozic, state assemblymember from the 25th district (2013–present) ^[9]
• Toby Ann Stavisky, state senator from Queens ^[10]
• David Weprin, state assemblymember from the 24th district (2010–present) ^[9]

Local officials

• Robert Holden, city councilmember from the 30th district (2018–present) ^[9]

Labor unions

• Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York ^[11]

Newspapers

• The Jewish Voice ^[12]

Jumaane Williams

U.S. representatives

• Yvette Clarke, U.S. representative from New York's 9th congressional district (2007–present) ^[13]
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. representative from New York's 14th congressional district (2019–present) ^[13]
• Charles Rangel, former U.S. representative from New York's 13th congressional district (1971–2017) (deceased) ^[14]
• Nydia Velázquez, U.S. representative from New York's 7th congressional district (1993–present) ^[13]

State legislators

• Khaleel Anderson, state assemblymember from the 31st district (2020–present) ^[15]
• Cordell Cleare, state senator from the 30th district (2021–present) ^[14]
• Leroy Comrie, state senator from the 14th district (2015–present) ^[16]
• Inez Dickens, former state assemblymember from the 70th district (2017–2025) ^[14]
• Michael Gianaris, state senator from the 12th district (2011–present) ^[17]
• Eddie Gibbs, state assemblymember from the 68th district (2022–present) ^[14]
• Kristen Gonzalez, state senator from the 59th district (2023–present) ^[17]
• Jessica González-Rojas, state senator from the 34th district (2021–present) ^[17]
• Andrew Hevesi, state assemblymember from the 28th district (2005–present) ^[17]
• Larinda Hooks, state assemblymember from the 35th district (2025–present) ^[16]
• Alicia Hyndman, state assemblymember from the 29th district (2016–present) ^[16]
• Robert Jackson, state senator from the 31st district (2019–present) ^[14]
• John Liu, state senator from the 16th district (2019–present) ^[17]
• James Sanders Jr., state senator from the 10th district (2013–present) ^[16]
• Al Taylor, Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore of the New York State Assembly (2023–present) from the 71st district (2017–present) ^[14]
• Clyde Vanel, state assemblymember from the 33rd district (2017–present) ^[16]
• Jordan Wright, state assemblymember from the 70th district (2025–present) ^[14]

Local officials

• Adrienne Adams, Speaker of the New York City Council (2022–present) from the 28th district (2017–present) ^[17]
• Selvena Brooks-Powers, Majority Whip of the New York City Council (2022–present) from the 31st district (2021–present) ^[15]
• Vanessa Gibson, Borough President of The Bronx (2022-present) ^[18]
• Donovan Richards, Borough President of Queens (2020–present) ^[15]
• Yusef Salaam, city councilmember from the 9th district (2024–present) ^[14]
• Nantasha Williams, city councilmember from the 27th district (2021–present) ^[16]
• Julie Won, city councilmember from the 26th district (2022–present) ^[17]

Party officials

• Keith Wright, chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party (2009–present) ^[14]

Individuals

• Ana Maria Archila, activist and co-director of the New York Working Families Party ^[19]

Labor unions

• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East ^[20]
• Actors' Equity Association ^[21]
• Communications Workers of America District 1 ^[22]
• Communications Workers of America Local 1180 ^[23]
• District Council 37 ^[24]
• New York City Central Labor Council ^[25]
• NYC District Council of Carpenters ^[26]
• New York State Nurses Association ^[27]
• Professional Staff Congress ^[28]
• United Federation of Teachers ^[29]

Organizations

• Brooklyn Young Democrats ^[30]
• Council of School Supervisors & Administrators ^[31]
• Indivisible Brooklyn ^[32]
• Jews for Racial and Economic Justice ^[33]
• Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club ^[34]
• Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn ^[35]
• Make the Road Action ^[36]
• New York City Council Progressive Caucus Alliance ^[37]
• New York League of Conservation Voters ^[38]
• Stonewall Democratic Club of New York ^[39]
• Sunrise Movement NYC ^[40]
• Working Families Party ^[19]

Newspapers

• Washington Square News ^[41]

Polling

First-past-the-post polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [c]	Margin of error	Marty Dolan	Jenifer Rajkumar	Jumaane Williams	Other	Undecided
Center for Strategic Politics [42] [A]	June 13–16, 2025	580 (LV)	± 4.1%	14%	12%	54%	–	20%
Emerson College [43] [B]	May 23–26, 2025	541 (LV)	± 3.9%	13%	15%	56%	–	16%
Honan Strategy Group [C]	April 16–17, 2025	823 (LV)	± 3.4%	6%	6%	51%	4%	32%

Debates

2025 New York City Public Advocate Democratic primary election debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Dolan	Rajkumar	Williams
1	June 5, 2025	PIX11 [44]	Dan Mannarino Henry Rosoff	[44]	N	P	P

Results

Results by borough

Results by State Assembly district

Results by precinct

Williams   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

Rajkumar   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

Dolan   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   90–100%

Write-in   90–100%

Tie   30–40%   40–50%   50%

Other   No votes

Democratic primary results ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jumaane Williams (incumbent)	681,605	71.2
	Democratic	Jenifer Rajkumar	179,439	18.8
	Democratic	Marty Dolan	89,941	9.4
	Write-in		5,983	0.6
Total votes			956,968	100

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gonzalo Duran, Vice Chair of the Bronx Conservative Party and nominee for New York's 15th congressional district in 2024 (previously ran for mayor) ^[46]

Endorsements

Gonzalo Duran

Organizations

• Bronx Republican Party ^[47]
• Bronx Conservative Party ^[47]
• New York Young Republican Club ^[48]

Third parties and independents

Working Families Party

Nominee

• Jumaane Williams, incumbent public advocate ^[19]

Independents

Declared

• Marty Dolan, financial advisor and candidate for New York's 14th congressional district in 2024 ^{[49] [d]}

General election

Results

2025 New York City Public Advocate election ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jumaane Williams
	Working Families	Jumaane Williams
	Total	Jumaane Williams (incumbent)
	Republican	Gonzalo Duran
	Conservative	Gonzalo Duran [e]
	Total	Gonzalo Duran
	The Unity	Marty Dolan
	Write-in
Total votes				100%

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
4. Dolan contested the Democratic primary, finishing 3rd behind Williams and Rajkumar. He chose to run as an independent on the ballot line 'The Unity'
5. Ballot line will officially appear as 'Conservative/United Alliance'.

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

External links

Official Campaign Websites

• Marty Dolan (D) for Public Advocate
• Gonzalo Duran (C) for Public Advocate
• Jenifer Rajkumar (D) for Public Advocate
• Jumaane Williams (D) for Public Advocate

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