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Mayoral elections in Syracuse, New York

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Elections are held in Syracuse, New York, to election the city's mayor. Currently, these elections are regularly scheduled to be held once every four years, with the elections taking place in the off-year immediately after United States presidential election years.

Elections before 2009

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2009

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2009 Syracuse mayoral election
 
← 2005 November 3, 2009 2013 →
       
Candidate Stephanie Miner Steve Kimatian Otis Jennings
Party Democratic Republican Conservative
Popular vote 11,237 8,783 2,313
Percentage 50.3% 39.3% 10.4%
Mayor before election

Matt Driscoll
Democratic

Elected mayor

Stephanie Miner
Democratic

The 2009 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009. The incumbent mayor, Democrat Matt Driscoll, was term limited. Democrat Stephanie Miner defeated Republican Steve Kimatian, 50%-39%, and Conservative Party of New York candidate Otis Jennings finished a distant 3rd, with 10% of the vote.[1] Miner became the city's first female leader.[2]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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  • Alfonso Davis – Democratic political consultant
  • Carmen Harlow – former Syracuse Department of Public Works deputy commissioner
  • Stephanie Miner, Syracuse Common Councilor-at-Large[3]
  • Joe Nicoletti – business development consultant, former New York State Assemblyman and Syracuse Common Councilor
Withdrew
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Results

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2009 Syracuse Democratic mayoral primary[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Miner 4,040 44.4
Democratic Joe Nicoletti 3,240 35.6
Democratic Alfonso Davis 1,021 11.2
Democratic Carmen Harlow 793 8.7
Majority 800 8.8
Turnout 9,094 100

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Steve Kiatian defeated Otis Jennings. Jennings had carried the endorsement of the local Republican Party organization.[3]

2009 Syracuse Republican mayoral primary[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Kimatian 1,645 56.4
Republican Otis Jennings 1,271 43.5
Majority 374 12.9
Turnout 2,916 100

Conservative nomination

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  • Otis Jennings, after receiving an overwhelming endorsement from the Syracuse Republican Party, Jennings lost in the September primary for the Republican nomination.[3] Days after the primary, he decided to continue campaigning, and received the nomination from the Conservative Party of New York.[5]

General election

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The general election took place on November 3, 2009.

2009 Syracuse mayoral election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Miner 10,904 46.3%
Working Families Stephanie Miner 916 3.9%
Total Stephanie Miner 11,820 50.2%
Republican Steve Kimatian 7,860 33.4%
Independence Steve Kimatian 1,377 5.8%
Total Steve Kimatian 9,237 39.2%
Conservative Otis Jennings 2,448 10.4%
Write-ins 55 0.2%
Majority 2,583 11%
Turnout 23,560 100%

2013

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2013 Syracuse mayoral election
 
← 2009 November 5, 2013 2017 →
       
Candidate Stephanie Miner Ian Hunter Kevin Bott
Party Democratic Conservative Green
Popular vote 11,000 2,489 2,405
Percentage 68.13% 15.42% 14.90%
Mayor before election

Stephanie Miner
Democratic

Elected mayor

Stephanie Miner
Democratic

The 2013 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013, in Syracuse, New York. The incumbent mayor, Democrat Stephanie Miner, ran for re-election. She defeated Conservative candidate Ian Hunter and Green Party candidate Kevin Bott, winning 68% of the vote.[7][8] The Republican Party did not field a candidate in this election, the first time in over a century that a Syracuse mayor ran unopposed by a major party candidate.[9]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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2013 Syracuse Democratic mayoral primary[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Miner (incumbent) 3,860 54.04%
Democratic Patrick Hogan 2,047 28.66%
Democratic Alfonso Davis 1,221 17.09%
Write-ins 15 0.21%
Majority 1,813 25.38%
Turnout 7,143 100%

Other nominations

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Conservative

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  • Ian Hunter – project manager

Hunter collected signatures to run on the Republican line but was kept off of the ballot by the efforts of the Onondaga Republican Party chairman.[14]

Green

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  • Kevin Bott – non-profit director[15]

General election results

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The general election took place on November 5, 2013.

2013 Syracuse mayoral election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Miner (incumbent) 9,805 60.73%
Independence Stephanie Miner (incumbent) 617 3.82%
Working Families Stephanie Miner (incumbent) 578 3.58%
Total Stephanie Miner (incumbent) 11,000 68.13%
Conservative Ian Hunter 2,489 15.42%
Green Kevin Bott 2,405 14.90%
Write-ins 252 1.56%
Majority 8,511 52.71%
Turnout 16,146 100%

2017

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2017 Syracuse mayoral election
 
← 2013 November 7, 2017 2021 →
     
Candidate Ben Walsh Juanita Perez Williams
Party Independence Democratic
Popular vote 13,584 9,701
Percentage 53.21% 38.00%
 
Results by ward
Walsh:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Williams:      40–50%      60–70%      70–80%
Mayor before election

Stephanie Miner
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ben Walsh
Independent

The 2017 mayoral election in Syracuse, New York was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the election of Ben Walsh, an independent, to his first term as mayor.[17]

Background

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Incumbent mayor Stephanie Miner, a member of the Democratic Party, was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013, but was term limited in 2017.[18][19] Syracuse last elected a Republican Party mayor in 1997, and in the 2013 election Republicans did not field a candidate.[20]

Democratic primary

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2017 Syracuse Democratic mayoral primary[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Juanita Perez Williams 4,421 51.72%
Democratic Joe Nicoletti 2,958 34.60%
Democratic Martin Masterpole 828 9.69%
Write-ins 341 3.99%
Total votes 8,548 100%

General election

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Five candidates appeared on the general election ballot: Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins, who had run for office 20 times since 1991; Democratic Party nominee Juanita Perez Williams, the city's former corporation counsel; Independence Party, Reform Party and Upstate Jobs Party nominee Ben Walsh, a business development director and the son of U.S. Representative James T. Walsh; Republican nominee Laura Lavine, a former Lafayette School District superintendent; and Working Families Party nominee Joe Nicoletti, who remained on the Working Families party line after unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination and did not campaign.[20][22][23][24][25][26] City auditor Martin Masterpole also sought the Democratic nomination.[27]

2017 Syracuse mayoral election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independence Ben Walsh 12,351 48.38%
Reform/Upstate Jobs Ben Walsh 1,233 4.83%
Total Ben Walsh 13,584 53.21%
Democratic Juanita Perez Williams 9,701 38.00%
Green Howie Hawkins 1,017 4.02%
Republican Laura B. Lavine 673 2.64%
Working Families Joe Nicoletti 305 1.19%
Write-ins 25 0.10%
Total votes 25,555 100%
Independence gain from Democratic

2021

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2021 Syracuse mayoral election
 
← 2017 November 2, 2021 2025 →
       
Candidate Ben Walsh Khalid Bey Janet Burman
Party Independent Democratic Republican
Alliance Independence Conservative
Popular vote 10,987 4,923 2,144
Percentage 61% 27% 11.84%
 
Results by ward
Walsh:     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bey:      50–60%      60–70%
Mayor before election

Ben Walsh
Independent

Elected mayor

Ben Walsh
Independent

See also: 2021 New York state elections

The Syracuse mayoral election of 2021 was held November 2, 2021. Incumbent Independent mayor Ben Walsh was seeking re-election to a second term in office.[29] The local committees of the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, and Working Families parties each endorsed a candidate, however the candidates who did not receive their party's endorsement could force a primary if they wished.[30][31][32]

Background

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In 2017, incumbent Democratic mayor Stephanie Miner was term limited and could not seek reelection. Ben Walsh won the race to succeed her, defeating Democrat Juanita Perez Williams.[33] Walsh comes from a family of Republican politicians. He is the son of Jim Walsh, former U.S. Representative from New York's 25th congressional district, and the grandson of William Walsh, former U.S. representative from New York's 33rd congressional district and former Mayor of Syracuse.[34] However, Walsh himself is registered as an Independent, and was the first Independent elected mayor of Syracuse in 104 years.[33] Walsh ran on three ballot lines: Independence, Reform, and a new line that he created for himself, Upstate Jobs. When Walsh confirmed that he would seek re-election, he did not clarify which lines he would campaign under.[29]

Whichever lines he pursues, he will face an uphill battle to get on the ballot, due to several developments since 2017. First, the Reform Party lost automatic ballot access in 2018 after failing to surpass 50,000 votes in that year's gubernatorial election.[35] Then in November 2020, New York increased the cutoff for automatic ballot access. Previously, political parties only needed to gain at least 50,000 votes on their ballot line in a statewide election every four years in order to maintain automatic ballot access. But under the new rules, parties must at least gain either 130,000 votes or 2% of the total, whichever is higher. In addition, they must meet this threshold every two years. As a result of the increased restrictions, the Independence Party also lost its automatic ballot access after the 2020 presidential election. Parties who fail to meet the requirement can still get on the ballot via petition, but this is significantly more difficult, especially for minor parties.[36][37]

Walsh sought the endorsement of the Working Families Party, one of four parties that surpassed the threshold for automatic ballot access in the 2020 presidential election (the other three are the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and the Conservative Party), but did not receive it.[32][38][39] He has received the nomination of the Independence Party, but will need to collect 1,500 signatures in order to ensure that the Independence line will be on the 2021 ballot.[40][41] If Walsh cannot collect enough signatures to qualify the Independence Party for the ballot, he will need to run a write-in campaign.[40] On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.[42]

Democratic primary

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The Onondaga County Democratic Committee endorsed Greene on February 17, 2021. 58% of the committee's members voted for Greene, while 42% voted for Bey. However, Bey chose to continue his candidacy and force a primary.[43][44][45] In order to qualify for the primary ballot on June 22, Bey and Greene must collect 300 signatures from registered Democrats.[46]

Candidates

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Declared
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Declined
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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of May 21, 2021
Candidate Total raised
Khalid Bey $25,716
Michael Greene $87,470
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Results

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Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Khalid Bey 2,720 49.9%
Democratic Michael Greene 2,674 49.0%
Write-in 62 1.1%
Total votes 5,456 100.0%

Republican primary

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The Syracuse Republican Committee endorsed Burman as its mayoral candidate on January 21.[30] However, despite receiving her party's endorsement, Burman did not officially declare her candidacy until March 10. Babilon entered the race on March 1, declaring his intent to force a primary against Burman. The primary will be held on June 22.[56][57]

Candidates

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Declared
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Declined
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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of May 21, 2021
Candidate Total raised
Thomas Babilon $7,555
Janet Burman $6,903
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Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janet Burman 499 66.6%
Republican Thomas Babilon 235 31.4%
Write-in 15 2.0%
Total votes 749 100.0%

Conservative endorsement

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The Conservative Party endorsed Burman as its mayoral candidate.[56]

Endorsed candidate

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Nominees/endorsements of parties without automatic ballot access

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Independence Party

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The Independence Party endorsed Walsh as its mayoral candidate on February 24. Because the party lost automatic ballot access in the 2020 presidential election, Walsh needed to collect 1,500 signatures in order to create an Independence line on the 2021 ballot.[40] On May 25, 2021, Walsh submitted 2,538 signatures to create a dedicated party ballot line.[42]

Endorsed candidate
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Working Families endorsement

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The Syracuse Working Families Committee chose not to endorse any candidate in the mayoral election, meaning that its ballot line would go unfilled.[39]

Endorsed candidate

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Not endorsed

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General election

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of July 19, 2021
Candidate (party) Total raised
Ben Walsh (I) $277,108
Khalid Bey (D) $36,379
Janet Burman (R) $8,657
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Results

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2021 Syracuse Mayoral Election[59]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independence Ben Walsh (incumbent) 12,013 59.6%
Democratic Khalid Bey 5,520 27.4%
Republican Janet Burman 1,786 8.9%
Conservative Janet Burman 567 2.8%
Total Janet Burman 2,353 11.7%
Write-in 57 0.3%
Total votes 20,163 100%

Campaign websites

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Candidate is an Independent, but can still receive any party's nomination thanks to New York's electoral fusion system.
  2. ^ Candidate is a member of the Republican Party, but can still seek any party's nomination thanks to New York's electoral fusion system.
  3. ^ a b Candidate is a member of the Democratic Party, but can still seek any party's nomination thanks to New York's electoral fusion system.

References

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