An election for Mayor of New York City was held on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio won re-election to a second term with 66.2% of the vote against Republican Nicole Malliotakis.

Background Bill de Blasio was elected mayor of New York City in 2013, with his term beginning January 1, 2014. De Blasio declared his intention to seek reelection in April 2015.

The following candidates filed petitions to have their names on the ballot during the primary elections: Democrats Bill De Blasio, Sal Albanese, Robert Gangi, Richard Bashner and Michael Tolkin, and Republicans Nicole Malliotakis, Rocky De La Fuente and Walter Iwachiw.

On May 9, 2017, the Libertarian Party nominated Aaron Commey. It was Commey's first run for political office. On August 1, 2017, the City Board of Elections determined in a hearing that Rocky De La Fuente had not received enough petition signatures to qualify for the Republican primary ballot. With De La Fuente's disqualification and the remaining Republican candidate, Walter Iwachiw, not reporting any fundraising for this election, Nicole Malliotakis was the only remaining candidate for the Republican nomination.

There were two Democratic primary debates, on August 23 and September 6. The candidates were incumbent mayor Bill De Blasio and former City Council member Sal Albanese. De Blasio won the primary.

The first general election debate was held on October 10, with De Blasio, Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis, and independent candidate Bo Dietl. The second was held on November 1.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Bill de Blasio, incumbent mayor of New York City

Eliminated in primary Sal Albanese, former city councilman and candidate for mayor in 1997 and 2013 Richard Bashner, real estate attorney Robert Gangi, activist Michael Tolkin, entrepreneur

Withdrew Tony Avella, state senator, former city councilman and candidate for mayor in 2009 Michael Basch, chief business officer of The Future Project Kevin P. Coenen Jr., firefighter and candidate for mayor in 2009 and 2013 Bo Dietl, former Fox News contributor and former New York City Police Department detective (ran on the Independent line) Scott Joyner, community advocate and service sector worker Joel Roderiguez, police officer Eric Roman Collin Slattery, entrepreneur Josh Thompson, education activist

Declined Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Senator, former First Lady and nominee for president in 2016 Rubén Díaz, Jr., Bronx Borough President (ran for re-election) Shaun Donovan, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Harold Ford Jr., former U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district Letitia James, New York City Public Advocate (ran for re-election) Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Representative from New York's 8th congressional district Melissa Mark-Viverito, Speaker of the New York City Council Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter SchoolsJennifer Fermino & Adam Edelman, Charter school boss Eva Moskowitz will NOT run for New York City mayor in 2017 , New York Daily News (October 9, 2015). Christine Quinn, former Speaker of the New York City Council and candidate for mayor in 2013 Scott Stringer, New York City Comptroller (running for re-election) Anthony Weiner, former U.S. Representative for New York's 9th congressional district and candidate for mayor in 2005 and 2013 Keith L. T. Wright, former State Assemblyman

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated Nicole Malliotakis, state assemblywoman

Withdrew Bo Dietl, former Fox News contributor and former New York City Police Department detective (ran on the Independent line) Michel Faulkner, pastor and former New York Jets player (ran for comptroller) Rocky De La Fuente, businessman, Reform Party and American Delta Party nominee for president in 2016, Democratic candidate for president in 2016 and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2016 (disqualified from the Republican ballot by not having enough signatures) Anniello (Neil) V. Grimaldi, Attorney (did not file for the primary ballot) Walter Iwachiw, businessman Paul Massey, businessman

Declined John Catsimatidis, businessman and candidate for mayor in 2013 Raymond Kelly, former New York City Police Commissioner Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of President of the United States Donald Trump Eric Ulrich, city councilman (running for re-election)

Endorsements

Major third parties Besides the Democratic and Republican parties, the Conservative, Green, Working Families, Independence, Reform, and Women's Equality parties are qualified New York parties, with automatic ballot access.

Paul Massey ran as an independent but suddenly withdrew.

Albanese was nominated by the Reform Party Committee. On September 12, 2017, an Opportunity to Ballot was held to determine whether Albanese would retain the party's nomination. Dietl and Malliotakis each attempted to the secure the party line. Albanese won the race with approximately 57% of the vote, defeating the write-in campaigns.

Reform Nominee Sal Albanese, former city councilman and candidate for mayor in 1997 and 2013

Working Families Nominee Bill de Blasio, incumbent mayor

Minor third party and independent candidates Libertarian Nominee Aaron Commey, director of events for the Manhattan Libertarian Party

Independents Candidates Bo Dietl, former Fox News contributor and former New York City Police Department detective (running on the "Dump the Mayor" line) Dr. Robbie Gosine Mike Tolkin, entrepreneur (running on the "Smart Cities" line)

Withdrew Eric Armstead, security manager Scott Berry, musician, author (did not qualify for ballot)Scott Berry for Mayor Garrett M. Bowser, self-employed (did not qualify for ballot) Abbey Laurel-Smith, founder of the Pilgrims Alliance Party of America (did not qualify for ballot) Ese O'Diah, CEO of Liquorbox Karmen M. Smith, volunteer team leader with New York Cares (did not qualify for ballot) Ahsan A. Syed (ran on the Theocratic Party line)

General election

Endorsements

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror Billde Blasio (D) NicoleMalliotakis (R) SalAlbanese (RF) BoDietl (I) Other UndecidedNY1/Baruch CollegeNY1/Baruch College October 20–27, 2017 800 LV ± 4.5% 49% 16% 2% 3% — 20%WNBC/MaristWNBC/Marist October 3–4, 2017 428 LV ± 4.7% 58% 16% 5% 5% 2% 15% 857 RV ± 3.3% 55% 15% 5% 5% 3% 17%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University September 27 – October 4, 2017 731 LV ± 4.7% 61% 17% 8% 6% 1% 8%WNBC/MaristWNBC/Marist September 13–17, 2017 451 LV ± 4.6% 65% 18% — 8% 2% 7% 898 RV ± 3.3% 62% 18% — 9% 2% 9%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University July 20–26, 2017 877 ± 4.1% 52% 15% — 11% 2% 16% 57% 22% — — 4% 13%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University May 10–16, 2017 1,019 ± 3.1% 64% 21% — — 1% 10%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror Billde Blasio (D) PaulMassey (R) Other UndecidedQuinnipiac University May 10–16, 2017 1,019 ± 3.1% 63% 21% 1% 12%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University February 23–27, 2017 1,001 ± 3.1% 59% 25% 2% 12%

Results A total of 5,343 write-in votes were also certified by the Board of Elections. These included 982 votes for former mayors Michael Bloomberg, 12 for Rudy Giuliani, 9 for Fiorello La Guardia (deceased), 10 for Robbie Gosine, 3 for David Dinkins, and one each for John Lindsay, Abraham Beame, and Ed Koch (the latter three deceased), and 857 that could not be attributed to anybody or counted. The only other people to receive more than 100 write-in votes were former Sen. Hillary Clinton (240) and Christine Quinn, the former Speaker of the New York City Council (195).

By borough Manhattan was the only borough where de Blasio improved upon his 2013 margins.

References

External links Sal Albanese (RF) for Mayor Akeem Browder (G) for Mayor

Bill de Blasio (D) for Mayor Bo Dietl (I) for Mayor Nicole Malliotakis (R) for Mayor