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2001 New York City mayoral election

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2001 New York City mayoral election

The 2001 New York City mayoral election was held on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani could not run again due to term limits. As Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a five-to-one margin in the city, it was widely believed that a Democrat would succeed him in City Hall. Businessman Michael Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, changed his party affiliation to run as a Republican. Mark Green narrowly defeated Fernando Ferrer in the Democratic primary, surviving a contest that divided the party and consumed the vast majority of the Green campaign's financial resources. After a campaign largely overshadowed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Bloomberg won the general election with 50.3% of the vote to Green's 47.9%. Democrats flipped the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn from the previous election. This is one of two mayoral elections where the winning candidate carried a minority of the boroughs, the other being the 1969 election.

Infobox

Registered
3,715,022
Turnout
1,520,44340.93% (0.84 pp)
Nominee
Michael Bloomberg
Party
Republican
Alliance
Independence
Popular vote
744,757
Percentage
50.3%

Tables

2001 Republican mayoral primary · Republican primary › Results
Total votes
Total votes
Party
Total votes
Party
66,531
Candidate
100.00%
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Michael Bloomberg
48,055
72.3%
Republican
Herman Badillo
18,476
27.7%
Total votes
66,531
100.00%
· Republican primary › Results › By borough
Republican primary, September 25, 2001
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Total
Michael Bloomberg
10,959
3,230
10,168
14,543
9,155
48,05572.3%
Herman Badillo
4,161
1,838
4,153
5,700
2,624
18,47627.7%
66,531
2001 New York City mayoral election Democratic primary debate · Democratic primary › Debate
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No.
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Fernando Ferrer
Fernando Ferrer
No.
Fernando Ferrer
Date
Mark Green
Host
Alan Hevesi
Moderator
George Spitz
Link
Peter Vallone, Sr.
1
1
No.
1
Date
Aug. 28, 2001
Host
New York City Campaign Finance BoardNewsday, WNYC, WPIX
Moderator
Kaity Tong
Link
YouTube
Democratic
P
Democratic
P
Democratic
P
Democratic
P
Democratic
P
No.
Date
Host
Moderator
Link
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
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Fernando Ferrer
Mark Green
Alan Hevesi
George Spitz
Peter Vallone, Sr.
1
Aug. 28, 2001
New York City Campaign Finance BoardNewsday, WNYC, WPIX
Kaity Tong
YouTube
P
P
P
P
P
· Democratic primary › Results
Democratic primary, September 25, 2001
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Total
Fernando Ferrer
60,839
86,571
77,516
49,441
5,084
279,45135.5%
Mark Green
83,856
26,125
77,805
49,692
5,704
243,18230.9%
Peter Vallone, Sr.
25,296
18,268
51,210
48,576
11,842
155,19219.7%
Alan Hevesi
32,925
6,066
25,110
27,163
3,504
94,76812.0%
George N. Spitz
1,558
1,264
2,923
2,489
283
8,5171.8%
785,365
· Democratic primary › Run-off
Democratic primary run-off, October 11, 2001
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Total
Mark Green
131,438
38,256
120,781
94,342
18,183
403,000 51.1%
Fernando Ferrer
86,579
106,086
109,831
77,330
7,193
387,019 48.9%
790,019
2001 New York City mayoral election debate · General election › Debate
Key: P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Key: P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
No.
Key: P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
No.
Michael Bloomberg
Date
Mark Green
1
1
No.
1
Date
Nov. 1, 2001
Host
League of Women Voters of New York CityNew York City Campaign Finance BoardWABC-TVWNYC-FM
Moderator
Diana Williams
Link
C-SPAN
Democratic
P
Democratic
P
No.
Date
Host
Moderator
Link
Democratic
Democratic
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
Michael Bloomberg
Mark Green
1
Nov. 1, 2001
League of Women Voters of New York CityNew York City Campaign Finance BoardWABC-TVWNYC-FM
Diana Williams
C-SPAN
P
P
· General election › Results
Republican-Independence
Republican-Independence
General election
Republican-Independence
General election
Michael Bloomberg
General election
179,797
General election
80,597
General election
189,040
General election
210,432
General election
84,891
General election
744,757
Democratic-Working Families
Democratic-Working Families
General election
Democratic-Working Families
General election
Mark Green
General election
202,574
General election
102,280
General election
217,222
General election
163,528
General election
23,664
General election
709,268
Liberal-Better Schools
Liberal-Better Schools
General election
Liberal-Better Schools
General election
Alan Hevesi
General election
3,100
General election
1,619
General election
2,752
General election
2,293
General election
567
General election
10,331
Green
Green
General election
Green
General election
Julia Willebrand
General election
2,241
General election
670
General election
2,456
General election
1,579
General election
209
General election
7,155
Conservative
Conservative
General election
Conservative
General election
Terrance M. Gray
General election
507
General election
642
General election
844
General election
1,219
General election
365
General election
3,577
Marijuana Reform Party
Marijuana Reform Party
General election
Marijuana Reform Party
General election
Thomas K. Leighton
General election
791
General election
529
General election
680
General election
418
General election
145
General election
2,563
Libertarian
Libertarian
General election
Libertarian
General election
Kenny Kramer
General election
368
General election
296
General election
338
General election
306
General election
100
General election
1,408
Fusion
Fusion
General election
Fusion
General election
Bernhard H. Goetz
General election
203
General election
201
General election
333
General election
253
General election
59
General election
1,049
American Dream
American Dream
General election
American Dream
General election
Kenneth B. Golding
General election
96
General election
112
General election
163
General election
81
General election
22
General election
474
General election
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Total
Republican-Independence
Michael Bloomberg
179,797
80,597
189,040
210,432
84,891
744,757
Democratic-Working Families
Mark Green
202,574
102,280
217,222
163,528
23,664
709,268
Liberal-Better Schools
Alan Hevesi
3,100
1,619
2,752
2,293
567
10,331
Green
Julia Willebrand
2,241
670
2,456
1,579
209
7,155
Conservative
Terrance M. Gray
507
642
844
1,219
365
3,577
Marijuana Reform Party
Thomas K. Leighton
791
529
680
418
145
2,563
Libertarian
Kenny Kramer
368
296
338
306
100
1,408
Fusion
Bernhard H. Goetz
203
201
333
253
59
1,049
American Dream
Kenneth B. Golding
96
112
163
81
22
474
1,480,582

References

  1. The primary began on September 11, but was halted due to the September 11 attacks. The official results here are for the
  2. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/us/after-attacks-election-primary-rescheduled-for-sept-25-with-runoff-if-necessary.html
  3. "Board of Elections in the City of New York - Elections Results"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100106085915/http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/results.html
  4. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/nyregion/12MAYO.html
  5. "WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 - Mark Green Cleared of Wrongdoing"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020558/http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/59844.php?contentType=4&contentId=175972
  6. "Village voice > news > Mark Green, You Can't Hide by Peter Noel"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080227012719/http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0142,noel,29155,5.html
  7. Nagourney, Adam. "Bloomberg Puts Eggs In a Basket: Giuliani's", The New York Times, October 28, 2001. Accessed December
    https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E6DF1630F93BA15753C1A9679C8B63
  8. ABC News
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200304020945/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1289253
  9. "Got Milk? Campaign"
    http://marketing-case-studies.blogspot.com/2008/04/got-milk-campaign.html
  10. " New York's difficult year", The Economist, September 12, 2002. Accessed December 31, 2007.
    https://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1328844
  11. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/nyregion/posing-with-satmars-green-steps-into-a-sectarian-thicket.html
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