2025 Rochester mayoral election

2025 Rochester mayoral election

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Candidate Malik Evans Louis Sabo Party Democratic Conservative Popular vote 18,685 2,737 Percentage 85.88% 12.58%

Mayor before election Malik Evans Democratic Elected mayor Malik Evans Democratic

The 2025 Rochester mayoral election took place on November 4, 2025, in Rochester, New York. Incumbent mayor, Malik Evans, ran for a second term as mayor. ^[1] The primary election was held on June 24, 2025.

Evans won the general election in a landslide, winning over 85% of the vote. ^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Advanced to general

• Malik Evans, incumbent mayor ^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Mary Lupien, Rochester City Councilmember ^[4]
• Shashi Sinha, IT executive ^[5]

Endorsements

Malik Evans

Labor unions

• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 282 ^[6]
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1635 ^[6]
• International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1071 ^[6]
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters ^[6]
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 4 ^[6]
• Iron Workers Local 33 ^[6]
• Laborers Local 435 ^[6]
• New York State United Teachers ^[6]
• Rochester Building Trades ^[6]
• Rochester Labor Council ^[6]
• Rochester Teachers Association ^[6]
• United Association Local 13 ^[6]
• United Auto Workers Local 1097 ^[6]

Organizations

• Monroe County Democratic Committee ^[6]

Mary Lupien

Labor unions

• Workers United ^[6]

Organizations

• Moms Demand Action ^[6]

Declined to endorse

Individuals

• Ana Maria Archila, activist and co-director of the New York Working Families Party ^[7]

Political parties

• Working Families Party ^[7]

Organizations

• Citizen Action of New York ^[6]

Results

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malik Evans (incumbent)	7,601	56.57%
	Democratic	Mary Lupien	4,431	32.98%
	Democratic	Shashi Sinha	1,329	9.89%
	Write-in		76	0.57%
Total votes			13,437	100.00%

Third-party candidates

Conservative Party

Nominee

• Louis Sabo, photographer and small business owner ^[8]

General election

Results

2025 Rochester mayoral election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malik Evans (incumbent)	18,685	85.88%
	Conservative	Louis Sabo	2,737	12.58%
	Write-in		327	1.50%
Total votes

References

1. Schermerhorn, Jacob; O'connor, Justin (January 23, 2025). "Vying to lead the city". Rochester Beacon. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
2. "2025 Rochester mayor and city council at-large results". RochesterFirst.com.
3. "Mayor Malik Evans announces re-election bid in 2025 race for Rochester Mayor". RochesterFirst. January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
4. "Councilmember Mary Lupien to enter Rochester mayoral race". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
5. "In the race for Rochester mayor, a political unknown is promising change". WXXI News. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
6. Jefferson, Austin (May 27, 2025). "The upstate mayoral primary races you should know about". City & State . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
7. "For first time, Working Families Party stays out of Rochester mayor race". WXXI News. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
8. Wright, Wendy (July 1, 2025). "Conservative Party mayoral candidate speaks on Rochester's sanctuary city status, ICE visits". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved October 11, 2025.

External links

• Malik Evans for mayor
• Shashi Sinha for mayor
• Mary Lupien for mayor