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The New York City mayoral election, 2001 was held on Tuesday, November 6.
Republican incumbent Rudy Giuliani could not run again due to term limits. As Democrats outnumber Republicans by 5 to 1 in the city, it was widely believed that a Democrat would succeed him in City Hall. However, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, changed his party affiliation a few months before the election in order to avoid a crowded primary, and ran as a Republican. The Democratic primary was meant to be held on September 11 but was postponed due to the September 11 attacks; it was instead held on September 25. The primary opened the way to a bitter run-off between Ferrer, Puerto Rican, and Green, white (Green attacked Ferrer's close ties to Al Sharpton), that left the party divided along racial lines.
[edit] Campaign
Bloomberg spent $74 million on his election campaign, which was a record amount at the time for a non-presidential election (Bloomberg would break his own record in 2005). [1] Thanks also in part to active support from Giuliani, whose approval ratings shot up after the September 11 attacks, Bloomberg won a very close general election.
[edit] Results
The results of the election are as follows:
[edit] General election
Michael Bloomberg secured victory in a close election by 744,757 votes. Although he lost in three of the five boroughs, he was able to collect enough votes in Staten Island and Queens so that he may come in as a tight first. Due to New York's electoral fusion rules, all candidates were allowed to run representing different parties.
| General Election |
|
Manhattan |
The Bronx |
Brooklyn |
Queens |
Staten Island |
Total |
| Republican- Independence |
Michael R. Bloomberg |
179,797 |
80,597 |
189,040 |
210,432 |
84,891 |
744,757 |
| Democratic-Working Families |
Mark J. Green |
202,574 |
102,280 |
217,222 |
163,528 |
23,664 |
709,268 |
| Conservative |
Terrance M. Gray |
507 |
642 |
844 |
1,219 |
365 |
3,577 |
| Liberal-Better Schools |
Alan G. Hevesi |
2,684 |
847 |
2,124 |
1,886 |
486 |
10,331 |
| Green |
Julia Willebrand |
2,241 |
670 |
2,456 |
1,579 |
209 |
7,155 |
| American Dream |
Kenneth B. Golding |
96 |
112 |
163 |
81 |
22 |
474 |
| Libertarian |
Kenny Kramer |
368 |
296 |
338 |
306 |
100 |
1,408 |
| Fusion |
Bernhard H. Goetz |
203 |
201 |
333 |
253 |
59 |
1,049 |
| Marijuana Reform |
Thomas K. Leighton |
791 |
529 |
680 |
418 |
145 |
2,563 |
|
1,480,582 |
[edit] Democratic primary runoff
| Democratic Primary Runoff |
|
Manhattan |
The Bronx |
Brooklyn |
Queens |
Staten Island |
Total |
|
Mark Green |
131,438 |
38,256 |
120,781 |
94,342 |
18,183 |
403,000 |
|
Fernando Ferrer |
86,579 |
106,086 |
109,831 |
77,330 |
7,193 |
387,019 |
|
790,019 |
[edit] Democratic primary
| Democratic Primary |
|
Manhattan |
The Bronx |
Brooklyn |
Queens |
Staten Island |
Total |
|
Fernando Ferrer |
60,839 |
86,571 |
77,516 |
49,441 |
5,084 |
279,451 |
|
Mark Green |
83,856 |
26,125 |
77,805 |
49,692 |
5,704 |
243,182 |
|
Peter F. Vallone (Sr.) |
25,296 |
18,268 |
51,210 |
48,576 |
11,842 |
155,192 |
|
Alan G. Hevesi |
32,925 |
6,066 |
25,110 |
27,163 |
3,504 |
94,768 |
|
George N. Spitz |
1,558 |
1,264 |
2,923 |
2,489 |
283 |
8,517 |
|
785,365 |
Green clearly led among Manhattan's Democrats, Ferrer among The Bronx's and Vallone among Staten Island's. Ferrer and Green were evenly matched in Brooklyn, while all three candidates were essentially tied in Queens.
[edit] Republican primary
| Republican Primary |
|
Manhattan |
The Bronx |
Brooklyn |
Queens |
Staten Island |
Total |
|
Michael Bloomberg |
10,959 |
3,230 |
10,168 |
14,543 |
9,155 |
48,055 |
|
Herman Badillo |
4,161 |
1,838 |
4,153 |
5,700 |
2,624 |
18,476 |
|
72,961 |
[edit] See also
