New York City mayoral election, 2013
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Incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-Independent, is term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Background
Republican and Republican-endorsed candidates have won five successive mayoral elections in New York City. Republican Rudy Giuliani was elected in in 1993 and re-elected in 1997. Republican Michael Bloomberg was then elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005. He left the Republican Party in 2007 and successfully campaigned to extend the city's term limits law so that he could run for a third term. He was re-elected as an Independent on the Republican and Independence/Jobs & Education ballot lines in 2009. The term limits law was subsequently changed by a referendum in 2010, reverting the limit to two terms.Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Adolfo Carrión, Jr., former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and former Borough President of The Bronx (now an Independent, Carrión would have to switch parties or receive a Wilson Pakula in order to run as a Republican;[2][3] has also received the nomination of the Independence Party)[4]
- John A. Catsimatidis, businessman, owner of companies including the Red Apple Group, the Gristedes supermarket chain and the United Refining Company (has received the Liberal Party nomination)[5]
- Joseph J. Lhota, former Chairman of the MTA (has received the Conservative Party nominations)[2][6]
- George McDonald, founder of The Doe Fund[7][8]
Withdrawn
- Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media and former New York City public school teacher (had initially declared as a Democrat; then withdrew and declared as a Republican, also receiving the nomination of the Liberal Party, before dropping out entirely)[9]
- Malcolm Smith, state Senator, former Lieutenant Governor, and former Majority Leader of the New York State Senate (a Democrat, Smith would have had to change his party affiliation or receive a Wilson Pakula in order to run as a Republican. He and several others were arrested for trying to bribe Republican leaders to give him a Wilson Pakula)[10]
Potential
- Kelsey Grammer, actor[11][12]
- Richard Grasso, former Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange[13]
Declined
- A. R. Bernard, pastor[14]
- S. E. Cupp, conservative political commentator[15]
- Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Staten Island District Attorney[16]
- Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City[17][18]
- Martin Golden, state Senator[19]
- Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department[20]
- Richard Parsons, chairman of Citigroup[21]
- Edward Skyler, executive at Citigroup and former Deputy Mayor for Operations[22]
- Diana Taylor, former New York State Banking Department superintendent and partner of Mayor Bloomberg[23][24][25]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Tom Allon | A. R. Bernard | Adolfo Carrion | John Catsimatidis | Joseph Lhota | George McDonald | Other | Undecided |
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| Quinnipiac | July 18–23, 2013 | 96 | ± 10% | — | — | — | 35% | 49% | 7% | — | 9% |
| Siena | July 9–15, 2013 | 125 | ± 8.8% | — | — | — | 21% | 32% | 3% | 1% | 42% |
| Marist | June 17–21, 2013 | 123 | ± 9% | — | — | — | 21% | 28% | 10% | 1% | 40% |
| Quinnipiac | April 3–8, 2013 | 188 | ± 7.5% | — | — | — | 8% | 23% | 11% | 2% | 55% |
| Marist | February 4–12, 2013 | 172 | ± 7.5% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 20% | 8% | 3% | 55% |
| Quinnipiac | January 8–14, 2013 | 176 | ± 7.4% | 5% | — | 3% | 9% | 23% | 2% | — | 58% |
Bribery scandal
On April 2, 2013, federal law enforcement officers arrested numerous New York City-area politicians. These included Democratic State Senator Malcolm Smith and Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran, who were charged with trying to bribe various Republican political leaders so as to get Smith onto the ballot as a Republican. Also arrested were Mayor of Spring Valley and local Republican party leaders.[26]Endorsements
| [show]John Catsimatidis |
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| [show]Joe Lhota |
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| [show]Not endorsing |
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