Letitia James

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James at the 2018 NYC March For Our Lives rally

In 2013, James ran for New York City Public Advocate and received 36% of the vote in the first Democratic primary, under the 40% threshold that would have avoided a runoff election. [35] James won the runoff election on October 1, 2013, against Daniel Squadron, 59%–41%, becoming the party's nominee for the city's elected watchdog position in November.

In the 2013 election campaign for Public Advocate, James was endorsed by many of the city's important labor unions, NOW, Planned Parenthood, Democracy for NYC, League of Conservation Voters, Amsterdam News and El Diario. [36] On October 1, 2013, James achieved a Democratic primary win in spite of her campaign fundraising trailing Daniel Squadron's and Reshma Saujani, [37] to become the Democratic Party's nominee for New York City's elected watchdog position. She was endorsed by third-place finisher Saujani in September [38] James won the Democratic runoff election. [35] Without a Republican opponent, she won the general election with over 83% of the vote. [39]

In 2017, James won the Democratic primary for her position with 77% of the vote, over closest competitor David Eisenbach's 23%. [40]

New York State Attorney General

2018 election

In May 2018, James, who initially planned to run for Mayor of New York City in 2021, [41] declared her candidacy for Attorney General of New York and won the Democratic primary on September 13, 2018, with 40.6% of the vote; she defeated Zephyr Teachout (31%) and two other candidates. [42] [43] On November 6, 2018, she was elected Attorney General, defeating Republican Keith Wofford. [44] She made history by becoming the first woman and African American to be elected as attorney general in New York and serve in that role. [44] During her campaign, James vowed to pursue Donald Trump, who she said was an “illegitimate president” and an “embarrassment.” [45]

Tenure

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James marching in June 2019 at Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019

James was sworn in as attorney general on January 1, 2019, succeeding Barbara Underwood, who was first appointed after the resignation of Eric Schneiderman. [46]

Suit against All Faiths Cemetery

In September 2019, James filed suit against the officials of Queens's All Faiths Cemetery, alleging financial misconduct. [47]

State civil suit against the NRA

In August 2020, James filed a civil lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), accusing the organization of corruption and financial misconduct, and calling for its dissolution. [48] [49] The NRA filed a countersuit against James, citing statements she made during her 2018 campaign. [50] In February 2024, a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office under James found that the NRA mismanaged charitable funds when it failed to stop top executives, including CEO Wayne LaPierre, from diverting millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts and other questionable expenditures. A jury found that LaPierre should pay the gun rights group $4.3 million in damages for mismanagement and misspending of charitable funds, having violated his fiduciary duties from 2014 to 2022. The panel also found the NRA’s former CFO Wilson Phillips should pay back $2 million for breaching his fiduciary duties as an executive. [51]

Investigation into state COVID-19 response

In early March 2020, the attorney general's office began to preliminarily "investigate allegations of COVID-19-related neglect of residents in nursing homes." [52] The office solicited and subsequently received 953 complaints from patients' families regarding neglect of patients through November 16. The probe released its first report on both the nursing homes and the state Department of Health (DOH) on January 28, 2021, where it concluded that the department's public data under-counted nursing home deaths by up to 50 percent. [53] The methodology of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) was to compare deaths from COVID reported to the DOH and such deaths reported to OAG. The OAG press release makes no mention of medical analysis of the cases. [53] James said investigations into 20 separate nursing homes "whose reported conduct during the first wave of the pandemic presented particular concern" would continue for the foreseeable future. [53] The report was heralded by some in Albany as a "declaration of independence" from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo after a two-year alliance in opposition to President Donald Trump. [54]

Three weeks after the report, the Albany Times-Union revealed an ongoing joint investigation by the FBI and the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, examining how Governor Cuomo's coronavirus task force played a role in nursing homes' COVID-19 response. [55] On March 18, 2021, The City found that the FBI's scope included a last-minute addition to the state's 2020 budget that provided greater immunity to long-term care organizations. [56] The head of the Greater New York Hospital Association said in an August 2020 New York State Senate hearing that the lobbying group had provided a "draft" of "some ideas to be included" to the governor's office. [57]

Report on Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment

On August 3, 2021, James' office released a report finding that Cuomo engaged in multiple acts of sexual harassment. [58]

2022 Democratic primary for governor

On October 29, 2021, James stated her intention to run for the office of Governor of New York in the 2022 Democratic primary [59] [60] but withdrew from the race in December, after consistently polling behind incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul, with James instead choosing to seek reelection as Attorney General. [61]

2022 election

After James launched her reelection bid, all previous Democratic candidates withdrew their candidacies and endorsed her. [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] On November 8, 2022, James was reelected Attorney General, defeating Republican Michael Henry in the general election.

NFL investigation

On May 4, 2023, James and her California counterpart Rob Bonta announced they would jointly investigate the National Football League over employment practices at its offices in New York City and Los Angeles, citing a report by The New York Times detailing complaints of harassment and discrimination made by former female staffers. [67]

2024 Trump lawsuit in New York

In 2022, in her capacity as New York Attorney General, James filed a civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization and worked alongside the Manhattan district attorney's office in its criminal investigation of the organization. [68] Trump argued that her previous comments, including when she referred to him as an 'illegitimate president' during her run for attorney general, prove that she has a political vendetta against him. [69] On February 16, 2024, James was victorious in the fraud case against the former president, Donald Trump. Judge Arthur Engoron's 92-page ruling barred Trump from operating his business in New York for three years and fined him more than $355 million. [70] [71]

Personal life

James lives in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn and is a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. [72] [73]

At a May 2022 rally, James stated that she had received an abortion early in her tenure as a member of the New York City Council. James said, "'I was just elected and I was faced with the decision of whether to have an abortion or not, and I chose to have an abortion. I walked proudly into Planned Parenthood, and I make no apologies to anyone'". [74] [75] [76] [77]

Electoral history

New York City Council

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James in 2020
67th Attorney General of New York
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
2001 New York City Council's 35th district Democratic primary [78]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James E. Davis 6,691 37.37%
Democratic Letitia James5,74632.09%
Democratic Peter Williams1,82310.18%
Democratic Abraham E. Wasserman1,7549.80%
Democratic William J. Saunders8754.89%
Democratic Sidique Wai5563.10%
Democratic Robert A. Hunter5563.10%
Total votes17,907 100%
2001 New York City Council's 35th district general election [79]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James E. Davis 13,129 55.64%
Working Families Letitia James9,76241.37%
Independence Sidique Wai4972.11%
Liberal Sidique Wai2100.89%
TotalSidique Wai7073.00%
Total votes23,598 100%
Democratic hold
2003 New York City Council's 35th district general election [80]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Working Families Letitia James 14,166 76.70%
Democratic Geoffrey A. Davis3,07716.66%
Independence Geoffrey A. Davis4971.71%
TotalGeoffrey A. Davis3,39218.36%
Republican Anthony Herbert5492.97%
Conservative Abraham E. Wasserman3631.97%
Total votes18,470 100%
Working Families gain from Democratic
2005 New York City Council's 35th district Democratic primary [81]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James (incumbent) 8,667 84.92%
Democratic Samuel Eric Blackwell1,53915.08%
Total votes10,206 100%
2005 New York City Council's 35th district general election [82]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James16,44777.61%
Working Families Letitia James2,27510.74%
Total Letitia James (incumbent) 18,722 88.35%
Republican Anthony Herbert1,3096.18%
Conservative Anthony Herbert1810.85%
TotalAnthony Herbert1,4907.03%
Independence Charles B. Billups9794.62%
Total votes21,191 100%
Democratic gain from Working Families
2009 New York City Council's 35th district Democratic primary [83]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James (incumbent) 8,027 81.15%
Democratic Delia M. Hunley-Adossa1,53913.92%
Democratic Medhanie Estiphanos4884.93%
Total votes9,893 100%
2009 New York City Council's 35th district general election [84]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James (incumbent)19,87392.29%
Republican Stuart A. Balberg1,3556.29%
Conservative Stuart A. Balberg3061.42%
TotalStuart A. Balberg1,6617.71%
Total votes21,534 100%
Democratic hold

New York City Public Advocate

2013 New York City Public Advocate Democratic primary [85]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James 191,347 36.11%
Democratic Daniel Squadron 178,151 33.62%
Democratic Reshma Saujani 76,98314.53%
Democratic Cathy Guerriero69,02513.03%
Democratic Sidique Wai14,4092.72%
Total votes529,915 100%
2013 New York City Public Advocate Democratic primary runoff [86]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James119,60459.02%
Democratic Daniel Squadron 83,04340.98%
Total votes202,647 100%
2013 New York City Public Advocate general election [87]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James761,05877.87%
Working Families Letitia James53,8215.51%
Total Letitia James 814,879 83.37%
Conservative Robert Maresca119,76812.25%
Green James Lane16,9741.74%
Libertarian Alex Merced10,4191.07%
Socialist Workers Deborah O. Liatos5,1140.52%
War VeteransIrene Estrada4,2160.43%
Students FirstMollina G. Fabricant2,3910.24%
Freedom PartyMichael K. Lloyd1,7990.18
Total votes975,560 100%
Democratic hold
2017 New York City Public Advocate Democratic primary [88]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James (incumbent) 300,301 76.50%
Democratic David Eisenbach 92,24623.50%
Total votes392,547 100%
2017 New York City Public Advocate general election [89]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James186,91673.10%
Working Families Letitia James16,5866.49%
Total Letitia James (incumbent) 203,502 79.58%
Republican Juan Carlos Polanco31,20612.20%
Reform Juan Carlos Polanco1,7040.67%
Stop De BlasioJuan Carlos Polanco9880.39%
TotalJuan Carlos Polanco33,89813.26%
Conservative Michael A. O'Reilly9,8683.86%
Green James C. Lane6,1602.41%
Libertarian Devin Balkin2,2760.89%
Total votes255,704 100%
Democratic hold

New York Attorney General

2018 New York Attorney General Democratic primary [90]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James 608,308 38.53%
Democratic Zephyr Teachout 468,08329.65%
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 379,09924.02%
Democratic Leecia Eve 52,3673.32%
Total votes1,578,588 100%
2018 New York Attorney General general election [91]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James3,497,21358.38%
Working Families Letitia James152,3502.54%
Independence Letitia James89,6761.50%
Total Letitia James 3,739,239 62.42%
Republican Keith Wofford1,851,51030.91%
Conservative Keith Wofford257,0904.29%
TotalKeith Wofford2,108,60035.20%
Green Michael Sussman72,5121.21%
Libertarian Christopher Garvey43,7670.73
Reform Nancy Sliwa26,4410.44%
Total votes5,990,559 100%
Democratic hold
2022 New York Attorney General general election [92]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James2,769,31249.29%
Working Families Letitia James280,1504.99%
TotalLetitia James (incumbent)3,049,46254.28%
Republican Michael Henry2,262,32340.27%
Conservative Michael Henry306,1875.45%
TotalMichael Henry2,568,51045.72%
Total votes5,617,972 100%
Democratic hold

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