2025 Rochester mayoral election

2025 Rochester mayoral election

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Party Democratic Alliance Working Families

Incumbent Mayor Malik Evans Democratic

The 2025 Rochester mayoral election will take place on November 4, 2025, in Rochester, New York. Incumbent mayor, Malik Evans, is running for a second term as mayor. ^[1] The primary election will be held on June 24, 2025.

Democratic Primary

Candidates

Declared

• Malik Evans, incumbent mayor ^[2]
• Mary Lupien, Rochester City Councilmember ^[3]
• Shashi Sinha, IT executive ^[4]

Endorsements

Malik Evans

Labor unions

• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 282 ^[5]
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1635 ^[5]
• International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1071 ^[5]
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters ^[5]
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 4 ^[5]
• Iron Workers Local 33 ^[5]
• Laborers Local 435 ^[5]
• New York State United Teachers ^[5]
• Rochester Building Trades ^[5]
• Rochester Labor Council ^[5]
• Rochester Teachers Association ^[5]
• United Association Local 13 ^[5]
• United Auto Workers Local 1097 ^[5]

Organizations

• Monroe County Democratic Committee ^[5]

Mary Lupien

Labor unions

• Workers United ^[5]

Organizations

• Moms Demand Action ^[5]

Declined to endorse

Individuals

• Ana Maria Archila, activist and co-director of the New York Working Families Party ^[6]

Organizations

• Citizen Action of New York ^[5]
• Working Families Party ^[6]

Results

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malik Evans (incumbent)	7,601
	Democratic	Mary Lupien	4,431
	Democratic	Shashi Sinha	1,329
	Write-in		76
Total votes

References

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

External links

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