DFNYC Endorsement Results in 2013 Races

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Democracy for NYC is proud to announce endorsements in several 2013 races.  For endorsement rules, win number, etc., click here.  A big thank you to our vote counters (DFA activists in other states) Jeff Gardner and Franco Caliz.

Mayor

Bill de Blasio 58%  - winner!
John Liu 15%
Bill Thompson  11%
Sal Albanese 5%
Anthony Weiner (write-ins) 2%
Christine Quinn   0%
Erick Salgado    0%
No Endorsement 9%
 
Public Advocate

Letitia James       46% - winner!
Daniel Squadron   31%
Reshma Saujani   13%
Cathy Guerriero      2%    
No Endorsement     8%

DFNYC endorsement rules (in April, for all races but Comptroller) required a winning candidate to achieve either (a) over 50% of the vote, or (b) the most votes and at least 10% more than the nearest opponent. For more, click here. 
 
Comptroller
 
Eliot Spitzer           39%
Scott Stringer     59% - winner!
No Endorsement      2%
 
(The DFNYC endorsement vote for Comptroller took place in August of 2013 and was the only race on the ballot.  Based on member feedback, DFNYC leadership developed a threshold for endorsement that required a winning candidate to achieve both (a) at least 50% of the vote, and (b) at least 5% more than his opponent.)  
 
Brooklyn Borough President
 
Eric Adams           71% - winner!
John Gangemi         3% 
No Endorsement    26%
 
Manhattan Borough President
 
Gale Brewer  43%  - winner!
Robert Jackson   19%
Julie Menin   13%
Jessica Lappin  11%
No Endorsement 14% 

DFNYC endorsement rules required a winning candidate to achieve either (a) over 50% of the vote, or (b) the most votes and at least 10% more than the nearest opponent. For more, click here. 
 
Council District 3
 
Yetta Kurland 77%  - winner!
Corey Johnson 16%
No Endorsement  7%
 
Council District 5   - No Endorsement
 
Micah Kellner        47% 
Ben Kallos            44%
Edward Hartzog     3%
No Endorsement     6%
 
DFNYC endorsement rules required a winning candidate to achieve either (a) over 50% of the vote, or (b) the most votes and at least 10% more than the nearest opponent. For more, click here. 
 
Council District 6     
 
Marc Landis   42%  - winner!
Helen Rosenthal   23%
Debra Cooper    7%
Ken Biberaj   5%
Noah Gotbaum    5%
Mel Wymore    5%
No Endorsement   13%

DFNYC endorsement rules required a winning candidate to achieve either (a) over 50% of the vote, or (b) the most votes and at least 10% more than the nearest opponent. For more, click here. 
 
Council District 7
 
Mark Levine 63% - winner!
April Tyler6%
Cheryl Pahaham    9%
Marc Otto 3%
Zead Ramadan 3%
No Endorsement   16%
 
NYC Council Dist 22
 
Costa Costantinides 89% - winner!
Antonio Meloni            0%
No Endorsement 11%
 
NYC Council Dist 34

Antonio Reynoso 90%   - winner!
Vito Lopez                  0%
No Endorsement 10%