NYC Election Results and Thoughts
Of course, the biggest item in the city from last night's elections was the landslide win by incumbent Mayor Mike Bloomberg over the Fernan-D'OH Ferrer.
The final unofficial vote tally (all vote counts provided by WNBC):
Bloomberg (R) 59% ,723,653 votes
Ferrer (D) 39%, 477,903
As I noticed yesterday, the word "mandate" will be uttered by some people. However, there is no indication that the City Council will be any less combative in the Mayor's second term than it was in the first. This is especially true with the results from the City Council races. Although Republicans were hoping to pick up a few seats in the City Council from the three out of 51 that were already in the Council by this election, not one Republican candidate came anywhere close to victory. The Republican delegation in the Council will remain at three.
As Urban Elephants points out, ont of the four Council races that seemed like they could be Republican victories, only one of those Republicans had earned over 40% of the vote. That one Republican, Pat Russo, earned the same 45% of the vote against incumbent Vincent Gentile in District 43 (Brooklyn) has he did in 2003, against Gentile.
The other three races that Republican candidates were supposed to be competitive:
District 4 (Manhattan):
Daniel Garodnick (D) 63%, 19,483 votes
Patrick Murphy (R) 35%, 12,342
District 5 (Manhattan):
Jessica Lappin (D) 65%, 21,981
Joel Zinberg (R) 35%, 11,791
District 13 (Bronx):
James Vacca (D) 64%, 14,868
Philip Foglia (R) 36%, 8,217
Also of interest are the elections involving those considered to be competing for the post of City Council Speaker after Gifford Miller leaves due to term limits. The list of candidates for the Speaker post are given by Backroom Deal Breaker.
Christine Quinn (District 3) was unchallenged.
Joel Rivera (District 13) won with 91% of the vote.
David Weprin (District 23) was unchallenged.
Leroy Comrie (District 27) was unchallenged.
Melinda Katz (District 29) was unchallenged.
Bill de Blasio (District 39) won with 83% of the vote.
Lewis Fidler (District 46) won with 69% of the vote.
Of course, none of that really matters as each candidate won easily. The real election will come when it is time to select the new Speaker. With the candidates for Speaker here, it looks very likely that the City Council will remain as combative against Mayor Bloomberg as ever, regardless of the landslide victory. This may or may not be a good thing, as the city faces budget gaps in the immediate future that will need to be fixed.
The District 45 election had some good news. Although Kendall Stewart won easily, Erlene King and the hate-filled Rent is Too Damn High Party did not get very far.
Kendall Stewart (D) 81%, 12,229 votes
Salvatore Grupico (R) 13%, 1,926
Erlene King (RTDH) 7%, 1,018
Percentages are rounded to nearest number.
For Kendall Stewart, this vote tally is lower than in his victories in 2001:
Kendall Stewart (D) 91%, 16,330
Salvatore Grupico (R) 8%, 1,396
Ernest Emmanuel (L) 1%, 263
But it was much greater than the vote tally in the 2003 election, which had very low turnout since it was an off-year:
Kendall Stewart (D) 90%, 6,299
Salvatore Grupico (R) 10%, 738
Historical vote tallies provided by the New York City Board of Elections. All results are on PDF files.
A little morale booster that Stewart did not do quite as well, though still easily won. Though it does not matter, since this will be the final term for Stewart before having to leave after 2009 due to term limits.
Finally, after a vicious campaign, Jon Corzine did better than expected against Doug Forrester to become the next Governor of New Jersey. I for one am glad that I will no longer have to see such nasty commercials from both candidates.
Jon Corzine (D) 53%, 1,152,347 votes
Doug Forrester (R) 44%, 948,372
Lastly, each of the ballot proposals. The descriptions and thoughts for each question can be found here.
Question 1:
YES 36%, 689,264 votes
NO 64%, 1,251,703
Question 2:
YES 55%, 1,092,897
NO 45%, 886,867
Only 98% of districts are reporting by 11:10 AM for these two state proposals.
Question 3:
YES 79%, 372,552
NO 21%, 100,319
Question 4:
YES 76%, 331,402
NO 24% 104,240
All this sets up what will be an interesting next four years for New York City. The next major election will come next November when New York State chooses the successor to George Pataki.
The final unofficial vote tally (all vote counts provided by WNBC):
Bloomberg (R) 59% ,723,653 votes
Ferrer (D) 39%, 477,903
As I noticed yesterday, the word "mandate" will be uttered by some people. However, there is no indication that the City Council will be any less combative in the Mayor's second term than it was in the first. This is especially true with the results from the City Council races. Although Republicans were hoping to pick up a few seats in the City Council from the three out of 51 that were already in the Council by this election, not one Republican candidate came anywhere close to victory. The Republican delegation in the Council will remain at three.
As Urban Elephants points out, ont of the four Council races that seemed like they could be Republican victories, only one of those Republicans had earned over 40% of the vote. That one Republican, Pat Russo, earned the same 45% of the vote against incumbent Vincent Gentile in District 43 (Brooklyn) has he did in 2003, against Gentile.
The other three races that Republican candidates were supposed to be competitive:
District 4 (Manhattan):
Daniel Garodnick (D) 63%, 19,483 votes
Patrick Murphy (R) 35%, 12,342
District 5 (Manhattan):
Jessica Lappin (D) 65%, 21,981
Joel Zinberg (R) 35%, 11,791
District 13 (Bronx):
James Vacca (D) 64%, 14,868
Philip Foglia (R) 36%, 8,217
Also of interest are the elections involving those considered to be competing for the post of City Council Speaker after Gifford Miller leaves due to term limits. The list of candidates for the Speaker post are given by Backroom Deal Breaker.
Christine Quinn (District 3) was unchallenged.
Joel Rivera (District 13) won with 91% of the vote.
David Weprin (District 23) was unchallenged.
Leroy Comrie (District 27) was unchallenged.
Melinda Katz (District 29) was unchallenged.
Bill de Blasio (District 39) won with 83% of the vote.
Lewis Fidler (District 46) won with 69% of the vote.
Of course, none of that really matters as each candidate won easily. The real election will come when it is time to select the new Speaker. With the candidates for Speaker here, it looks very likely that the City Council will remain as combative against Mayor Bloomberg as ever, regardless of the landslide victory. This may or may not be a good thing, as the city faces budget gaps in the immediate future that will need to be fixed.
The District 45 election had some good news. Although Kendall Stewart won easily, Erlene King and the hate-filled Rent is Too Damn High Party did not get very far.
Kendall Stewart (D) 81%, 12,229 votes
Salvatore Grupico (R) 13%, 1,926
Erlene King (RTDH) 7%, 1,018
Percentages are rounded to nearest number.
For Kendall Stewart, this vote tally is lower than in his victories in 2001:
Kendall Stewart (D) 91%, 16,330
Salvatore Grupico (R) 8%, 1,396
Ernest Emmanuel (L) 1%, 263
But it was much greater than the vote tally in the 2003 election, which had very low turnout since it was an off-year:
Kendall Stewart (D) 90%, 6,299
Salvatore Grupico (R) 10%, 738
Historical vote tallies provided by the New York City Board of Elections. All results are on PDF files.
A little morale booster that Stewart did not do quite as well, though still easily won. Though it does not matter, since this will be the final term for Stewart before having to leave after 2009 due to term limits.
Finally, after a vicious campaign, Jon Corzine did better than expected against Doug Forrester to become the next Governor of New Jersey. I for one am glad that I will no longer have to see such nasty commercials from both candidates.
Jon Corzine (D) 53%, 1,152,347 votes
Doug Forrester (R) 44%, 948,372
Lastly, each of the ballot proposals. The descriptions and thoughts for each question can be found here.
Question 1:
YES 36%, 689,264 votes
NO 64%, 1,251,703
Question 2:
YES 55%, 1,092,897
NO 45%, 886,867
Only 98% of districts are reporting by 11:10 AM for these two state proposals.
Question 3:
YES 79%, 372,552
NO 21%, 100,319
Question 4:
YES 76%, 331,402
NO 24% 104,240
All this sets up what will be an interesting next four years for New York City. The next major election will come next November when New York State chooses the successor to George Pataki.
posted by Will at 11:13 AM
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