2013 New York City Public Advocate election

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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.

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2013 New York City Public Advocate election
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Candidate Letitia James Robert Maresca
Party Democratic Conservative
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote 770,764 112,967
Percentage 83.6% 12.2%
James:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Maresca:      50–60%
Public Advocate before election

Bill de Blasio
Democratic

 Elected Public Advocate

Letitia James
Democratic

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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]

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.

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

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

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Catherine
Guerriero		 Letitia
James		 Reshma
Saujani		 Daniel
Squadron		 Sidique
Wai		 Other Undecided
Marist[8] August 12–14, 2013 355 ± 5.2% 12% 16% 3% 12% 2% 6% 49%
Marist[9] June 17–21, 2013 689 ± 4% 16% 17% 8% 4% — <1% 54%
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Debates

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2013 New York City public advocate election democratic primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Catherine Guerriero Letitia James Reshma Saujani Daniel Squadron Sidique Wai
1 Aug. 15, 2013 Citizens Committee of New York
Citizens Union
Gothamist
Hispanic Federation
New York One
New York One Noticias
New York City Campaign Finance Board
Transportation Alternatives
WNYC-FM		 Errol Louis YouTube P P P P P
2 Aug. 25, 2013 New York City Campaign Finance Board
Telemundo Nueva York
The Wall Street Journal
WNBC		 Melissa Russo
David Ushery		 YouTube P P P P N
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2013 New York City public advocate election democratic primary run-off debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Letitia James Daniel Squadron
1 Sep. 24, 2013 Citizens Committee of New York
Citizens Union
Gothamist
Hispanic Federation
New York One
New York One Noticias
New York City Campaign Finance Board
Transportation Alternatives
WNYC-FM		 Brian Lehrer
Errol Louis		 YouTube P P
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Results

Primary results by State Assembly district
  James
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  Squadron
  •   20%–30%
  •   30%–40%
  •   40%–50%
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
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2013 New York City Public Advocate Election Democratic Primary Results [10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Letitia James 191,347 36.10
Democratic Daniel Squadron 178,151 33.61
Democratic Reshma Saujani 76,983 14.52
Democratic Cathy Guerriero 69,025 13.02
Democratic Sidique Wai 14,409 2.72
Democratic Write-in 174 0.03
Total votes 530,089 100.00
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Runoff results by State Assembly district
  James
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
  •   90%–100%
  Squadron
  •   50%–60%
  •   60%–70%
  •   70%–80%
  •   80%–90%
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2013 New York City Public Advocate Election Democratic Primary Runoff Results [11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Letitia James 119,604 59.02
Democratic Daniel Squadron 83,043 40.98
Total votes 202,647 100.00
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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, internet media professional and Green Party activist.

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[13]

Socialist Worker

Nominee

  • Deborah O. Liatos

Students First

Nominee

  • Mollena G. Fabricant

War Veterans

Nominee

General Election results

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2013 New York City Public Advocate General Election Results [14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Letitia James 761,058 77.87%
Working Families Letitia James 53,821 5.51%
Total Letitia James 814,879 83.37%
Conservative Robert Maresca 119,768 12.25%
Green James Lane 16,974 1.74%
Libertarian Alex Merced 10,419 1.07%
Socialist Workers Deborah O. Liatos 5,114 0.52%
War Veterans Irene Estrada 4,216 0.43%
Students First Mollina G. Fabricant 2,391 0.24%
Freedom Party of New York Michael K. Lloyd 1,799 0.18%
Total votes 975,560 100%
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