A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be possible to win an election by winning a sufficient number of such write-in votes,which count equally as if the person were formally listed on the ballot.
The 2005 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 8,2005,with incumbent Republican mayor Michael Bloomberg soundly defeating former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer,the Democratic nominee. Several third-party candidates also ran for mayor. In July,mayoral candidates filed nominating petitions with the City Board of Elections.
The 2006 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections,then incumbent Republican governor George Pataki chose not to run for re-election in a fourth term. Democrat Eliot Spitzer,the New York Attorney General,won the election over former Republican state Assembly minority leader John Faso. As of 2024,this is the last time the Governor's office in New York changed partisan control. This was the first open-seat election since 1982. Primary elections were held on September 12. This is the last gubernatorial election where any of the following counties voted Democratic:Genesee,Chautauqua,Cattaraugus,Niagara,Fulton,Steuben,Tioga &Schoharie.
The Independence Party was a political party in the U.S. state of New York. The party was founded in 1991 by Gordon Black,Tom Golisano,and Laureen Oliver and acquired ballot status in 1994. They lost their ballot status in 2020 under a change in the New York state election law that required at least 130,000 votes on the party line every two years. Although often associated with Ross Perot,as the party came to prominence in the wake of Perot's 1992 presidential campaign,it was created prior to Perot's run. In 2020,it affiliated with the Alliance Party,but disaffiliated in 2021. It used to have one elected member of the New York State Assembly,Fred Thiele,until Thiele switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party in 2022. On December 9,2022,New York governor Kathy Hochul signed S1851A,banning the use of the words "Independent" and "Independence" from use in political party names in New York state.
The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday,November 3. The incumbent Mayor,Michael Bloomberg,an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008,won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party/Jobs &Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller,Bill Thompson,a Democrat,who won 46.3%. Thompson had won the Democratic primary election on September 15 with 71% of the vote over City Councilman Tony Avella and Roland Rogers. This was the fifth straight mayoral victory by Republican candidates in New York,and the most recent to date,despite the city's strong Democratic lean in national and state elections.
The 2002 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002. Republican governor George Pataki was re-elected to a third term,defeating Democrat Carl McCall and Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano,who ran on the Independence Party line. As of 2024,this was the last time a Republican won a statewide election in New York,and the last time Albany,Tompkins and Westchester counties have voted Republican in a statewide election.
The 2010 New York gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Incumbent Democratic governor David Paterson,elected as lieutenant governor in 2006 as the running mate of Eliot Spitzer,initially ran for a full term but dropped out of the race. Democratic New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo defeated Republican Carl Paladino to become the next governor of New York.
From January 29 to June 4,1996,voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1996 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Bill Clinton was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Democratic National Convention held from August 26 to August 29,1996,in Chicago,Illinois.
The 2010 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 2,2010,along with elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer won re-election to a third term. Schumer won every county except for Wyoming,Tioga,and Hamilton counties.
The 1990 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990,to elect the governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Democratic governor Mario Cuomo won a third term in office,making him the first Democrat elected to three terms as Governor of New York since Herbert H. Lehman.
The 2010 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Democratic governor John Baldacci was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Primary elections took place on June 8,2010. The candidates who appeared on the November ballot were:Eliot Cutler (Independent),Paul LePage (Republican),Libby Mitchell (Democratic),Shawn Moody (Independent),and Kevin Scott (Independent).
This article contains lists of notable candidates for the United States Republican Party's 2012 presidential nomination.
The Rent Is Too Damn High Party is a single issue political party,primarily active in the state of New York,that has nominated candidates for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009,and for governor and senator in 2010. Jimmy McMillan was the mayoral candidate both times as well as a candidate for governor. In 2005,he received more than 4,000 votes,and more than 40,000 in 2010. The party has three registered members in the state. McMillan himself is registered as a Republican for the purposes of running in that party's primary elections. McMillan is a perennial candidate,and a member of the party has never been elected into office.
The Promise of New York is a 2009 documentary film documenting some less-well-known candidates in the New York City 2005 mayoral race.
The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5,2013,along with elections for Comptroller,Public Advocate,Borough President,and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent mayor of New York City,Michael Bloomberg,a Republican-turned-Independent,was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Vermin Love Supreme is an American performance artist and activist who has run as a novelty candidate in various local,state,and national elections in the United States. He served as a member of the Libertarian Party's judicial committee. Supreme is known for wearing a boot as a hat and carrying a comically large toothbrush,and has said that if elected President of the United States,he will pass a law requiring people to brush their teeth. He has campaigned on a platform of zombie apocalypse awareness and time travel research,and promised a free pony for every American.
The 1993 New York City mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2. Incumbent Mayor David Dinkins ran for re-election to a second term,but lost in a rematch with Republican Rudy Giuliani.
The 2014 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014. Incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo sought re-election to a second term in office,though incumbent lieutenant governor Robert Duffy did not seek re-election. Cuomo and his running mate,former U.S. representative Kathy Hochul,won contested primaries,while Republican Rob Astorino,the Westchester County Executive,and his running mate were unopposed for their party's nomination. Astorino and Moss were also cross-nominated by the Conservative Party and the Stop Common Core Party.
The Women's Equality Party was a minor political party active within the state of New York. It was founded in 2014 by then governor of New York Andrew Cuomo and appeared alongside his name on the 2014 and 2018 gubernatorial ballots under New York's electoral fusion law. The party encountered controversy due to endorsing the male Andrew Cuomo for governor over primary challengers Zephyr Teachout and Cynthia Nixon in 2014 and 2018,which has led to claims that the party was a front organization for Cuomo's gubernatorial campaigns in 2014 and 2018.
The 2018 New York gubernatorial election occurred on November 6,2018. Incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo won re-election to a third term,defeating Republican Marc Molinaro and several minor party candidates. Cuomo received 59.6% of the vote to Molinaro's 36.2%.
