New York City Public Advocate election, 2017

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New York City Public Advocate Election, 2017
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  2013 November 7, 20172021 

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Candidate Letitia James J.C Polanco
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Reform
Popular vote669,649148,607
Percentage72.97%16.19%

Public Advocate before election

Letitia James
Democratic

Elected Public Advocate

Letitia James
Democratic

The 2017 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 7th, 2017. [1]

Letitia James defeated challenger David Eisenbach in the Democratic Primary on September 12th, 2017.

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References

  1. Max, Ben. "Candidates for 2017 City Elections". Gotham Gazzette. Retrieved 5 November 2017.