New York City Public Advocate election, 2013

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New York City Public Advocate Election, 2013
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Candidate Letitia James Robert Maresca
Party Democratic Conservative (N.Y.)
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote770,764112,967
Percentage83.6%12.2%
Public Advocate before election

Bill de Blasio
Democratic

Elected Public Advocate

Letitia James
Democratic

The 2013 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 5, 2013, along with elections for the Mayor, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and members of the New York City Council. Incumbent Democratic Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, serving his first term, ran for Mayor of New York City rather than seek re-election.

Contents

The Democratic Party held its primary on September 10, and since no candidate reached 40%, a runoff was held on October 1 between the top two candidates, Councilwoman Letitia James and State Senator Daniel Squadron. James won the runoff to become the Democratic nominee. [1] [2]

Letitia James American lawyer and politician

Letitia "Tish" A. James is an American lawyer, activist and politician currently serving as the Attorney General of New York, having won the 2018 election to succeed appointed attorney general Barbara Underwood. She is the first African-American and first woman to be elected to the position.

Daniel Squadron American politician

Daniel Squadron is a former member of the New York State Senate for the 26th district.

The Republican Party did not nominate a candidate. In the general election, James faced Green Party nominee James Lane and Conservative nominee Robert Maresca as well as various minor party candidates.

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James won the general election in a landslide. [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

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Declined

Bill de Blasio American politician and mayor of New York City

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Tone

The runoff between Letitia James and Daniel Squadron was characterized as bitter by most of the media outlets that covered it. [5] [6] [7]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Catherine
Guerriero		Letitia
James		Reshma
Saujani		Daniel
Squadron		Sidique
Wai		OtherUndecided
Marist August 12–14, 2013355± 5.2%12%16%3%12%2%6%49%
Marist June 17–21, 2013689± 4%16%17%8%4%—<1%54%

Primary results

2013 New York City Public Advocate Election Democratic Primary Results [8] 99% of precincts reporting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James191,34736.1
Democratic Daniel Squadron178,15133.6
Democratic Reshma Saujani76,98314.5
Democratic Cathy Guerriero69,02513
Democratic Sidique Wai14,4092.7
2013 New York City Public Advocate Election Democratic Primary Runoff Results [9] 99.8% of precincts reporting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James119,60459.1
Democratic Daniel Squadron83,04340.9

Republican primary

No Republican candidate filed to run for the office.

Major third parties

Besides the two main parties, the Conservative, Green, Independence and Working Families parties are qualified New York parties. These parties have automatic ballot access.

Conservative

Nominee

  • Robert Maresca

Green

Nominee

  • James Lane, an internet media professional and Green Party activist. In 2013 he ran for New York City Public Advocate and in 2015 he ran for Congress against the Republican candidate Dan Donovan who was the District Attorney that failed to indict anyone in the killing of Eric Garner. He is a member of the Adoptee Rights, Black Lives Matter and Stop Mass Incarceration movements. His current titles include: Director of Analytics & Implementation, GroupM and Editor-in-Chief, Hot Indie News

Working Families

Nominee

Minor third parties

The following parties without automatic ballot access succeeded in petitioning onto the ballot:

Freedom

Nominee

  • Michael K. Lloyd

Libertarian

Nominee

  • Alex Merced, author, columnist, and blogger [11]

Socialist Worker

Nominee

  • Deborah O. Liatos

Students First

Nominee

  • Mollena G. Fabricant

War Veterans

Nominee

  • Irene Estrada

General Election results

2013 New York City Public Advocate General Election Results [12] 100% of precincts reporting
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Letitia James761,05877.87
Working Families Letitia James53,8215.51
TotalLetitia James814,87983.37
Conservative (N.Y.) Robert Maresca119,76812.25
Green James Lane16,9741.74
Libertarian Alex Merced 10,4191.07
Socialist Workers Deborah O. Liatos5,1140.52
War VeteransIrene Estrada4,2160.43
Students FirstMollina G. Fabricant2,3910.24
Freedom PartyMichael K. Lloyd1,7990.18

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Dates". Vote.nyc.ny.us. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  2. ↑  . "James Defeats Squadron In Democratic Public Advocate Runoff". NY1. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ CBS New York
  4. 1 2 "Primary Election Day: Primary Rundown". nyunews.com.
  5. ↑ "NY/Region: Bitter Tone in Debate Between Public Advocate Rivals". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Letitia James defeats Daniel Squadron in Democratic runoff for public advocate". NY Daily News.
  7. ↑ "James' Runoff Win Likely To Shape Council Speaker Race". NY1. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Staten Island, New York City Primary Night returns". slive.com. September 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ "NYC Public Advocate Runoff Results". October 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Working Families Party Backs Brooklyn CM Letitia James For NYC Public Advocate | New York Daily News". Nydailynews.com. May 9, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  11. ↑ "About Alex Merced - AlexMerced.Com - Libertarianism, Economics, and Knowledge". Alexmerced.squarespace.com. February 22, 1999. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Statement and Return Report for Certification" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2014.
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