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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%

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Democracy for NYC (DFNYC) is committed to the ideals espoused by Democracy for America, the organization founded by Howard Dean, and the national network of local coalition groups dedicated to the same.

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