The Democratic Party primary was held on September 15, 2009. Incumbent Mayor Gerald Jennings defeated Corey Ellis, a city council member, by a vote of 8,130 to 6,301.[6][7]
In the general election, Jennings (running on both the Democratic and Conservative Party lines) defeated Ellis (running as the Working Families Party candidate), and Republican Party candidate Nathan Lebron. Jennings got 10,466 votes in total, Ellis came in second with 4,801 votes, and LeBron got 1,178 votes; there were also a few dozen write-in votes.[8]
The Albany, New York mayoral election of 2013 took place on November 5, 2013. The general election was preceded by the primaries on September 10, 2013. The winner of the election was Democratic nominee Kathy Sheehan.
The 2013 mayoral election was the City of Albany's first open-seat mayoral election since 1993. Incumbent mayor Gerald Jennings announced on May 14, 2013, that he would not run for a sixth term.[9] Jennings is the second-longest-serving mayor in the history of Albany (Erastus Corning 2nd was the city's longest-tenured mayor).[10]
Democratic primaryedit
On November 17, 2012, Sheehan announced herself as a candidate for mayor.[11] On September 10, 2013, Sheehan defeated Corey Ellis in the Democratic primary.[12] According to official returns released on October 9, Sheehan won the Democratic nomination with 7,468 votes (65.72%) to Ellis's 3,294 votes (28.99%), with 601 write in votes (5.29%) and a few void and blank ballots.[13]
In addition to Sheehan, who ran on the Democratic, Working Families, and Independence Party lines, Jesse D. Calhoun was the candidate of the Republican Party, Joseph P. Sullivan ran on the Conservative Party line, and Theresa M. Portelli (a former Albany City school board member) ran on the Green Party line.[14]
On November 5, Sheehan won the general election in a landslide, receiving over 83% of the total vote.[15]
Sheehan won the Democratic primary election with less than 50 percent of the vote. Frank Commisso Jr., a member of the Albany Common Council; and Carolyn McLaughlin, the president of the Common Council, also ran.[17]
Commisso ran again in the general election as the candidate of the Independence Party. He criticized Sheehan over her handling of the city's finances and on the issue of tax breaks. Sheehan responded to Commisso's criticism through television advertisements, which were funded by a $387,000 loan from Sheehan to her campaign.[17]
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Elections are held every four years in the off year immediately after United States presidential election years in Albany New York to elect the city s mayor Contents 1 Elections before 2005 2 2005 2 1 Primaries 2 1 1 Democratic 2 1 2 Conservative 2 2 General election 3 2009 3 1 Democratic primary 3 2 General election 4 2013 4 1 Background 4 2 Democratic primary 4 3 General election 5 2017 5 1 Democratic primary 5 2 General election 6 2021 6 1 Democratic primary 6 1 1 Candidates 6 1 1 1 Declared 6 1 1 2 Disqualified 6 1 1 3 Declined 6 2 Republican primary 6 2 1 Candidates 6 3 Third party and independent candidates 6 4 General election 7 ReferencesElections before 2005 editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2021 2005 edit2005 Albany mayoral election nbsp 2001 November 8 2005 2009 nbsp nbsp nbsp Nominee Gerald Jennings Alice Green Joseph SullivanParty Democratic Green RepublicanPopular vote 15 367 5 548 1 465Percentage 68 65 24 79 6 54 Mayor before electionGerald JenningsDemocratic Elected Mayor Gerald JenningsDemocraticThe 2005 Albany mayoral election occurred on November 8 2005 Incumbent Democrat Gerald Jennings was reelected to a fourth consecutive term Primaries edit Primary elections were held on September 13 2005 Democratic edit CandidatesGerald Jennings incumbent mayor Archie Goodbee retired broadcasting executive 1 2005 Albany Democratic mayoral primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gerald Jennings incumbent 10 223 68 32 Democratic Archie Goodbee 4 741 31 68 Total votes 14 964 100 Conservative edit 2005 Albany Conservative mayoral primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Gerald Jennings write in 22 81 48 Conservative Joseph Sullivan write in 3 11 11 Conservative Paul Latimer write in 1 3 70 Conservative Joseph McElroy write in 1 3 70 Total votes 27 100 General election edit In the general election Jennings defeated Green Party candidate Alice Green and Republican Party candidate Joseph Sullivan a perennial candidate and local activist 3 This was a great result for Green who 7 years earlier as the running mate of Al Lewis helped the nascent Green Party of New York to achieve automatic ballot access by winning over 50 000 votes in the 1998 New York gubernatorial election 4 2005 Albany mayoral election 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gerald Jennings incumbent 14 295 63 86 Independence Gerald Jennings incumbent 561 2 51 Conservative Gerald Jennings incumbent 511 2 28 Total Gerald Jennings incumbent 15 367 68 65 Green Alice Green 5 548 24 79 Republican Joseph Sullivan 1 465 6 54 Benzie Johnson write in 4 0 02 Total votes 22 384 100 2009 edit2009 Albany mayoral election nbsp 2005 November 3 2009 2013 nbsp nbsp nbsp Nominee Gerald Jennings Corey Ellis Nathan LebronParty Democratic Working Families RepublicanAlliance ConservativePopular vote 10 466 4 801 1 178Percentage 63 52 29 14 7 15 Mayor before electionGerald JenningsDemocratic Elected Mayor Gerald JenningsDemocraticThe Albany New York mayoral election of 2009 occurred on November 3 2009 It saw the reelection of Democrat Gerald Jennings to a fifth consecutive term Democratic primary edit The Democratic Party primary was held on September 15 2009 Incumbent Mayor Gerald Jennings defeated Corey Ellis a city council member by a vote of 8 130 to 6 301 6 7 2009 Albany Democratic mayoral primary Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gerald Jennings incumbent 8 130 56 34 Democratic Corey Ellis 6 301 43 66 Total votes 14 431 100 General election edit In the general election Jennings running on both the Democratic and Conservative Party lines defeated Ellis running as the Working Families Party candidate and Republican Party candidate Nathan Lebron Jennings got 10 466 votes in total Ellis came in second with 4 801 votes and LeBron got 1 178 votes there were also a few dozen write in votes 8 2009 Albany mayoral election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gerald Jennings incumbent 9 953 60 41 Conservative Gerald Jennings incumbent 513 3 11 Total Gerald Jennings incumbent 10 466 63 52 Working Families Corey Ellis 4 801 29 14 Republican Nathan Lebron 1 178 7 15 Write ins 31 0 19 Total votes 16 476 100 2013 edit2013 Albany mayoral election nbsp 2009 November 5 2013 2017 Nominee Kathy Sheehan Jesse CalhounParty Democratic RepublicanAlliance Parties IndependenceWorking FamiliesPopular vote 13 134 1 025Percentage 83 49 6 52 Mayor before electionGerald JenningsDemocratic Elected Mayor Kathy SheehanDemocraticThe Albany New York mayoral election of 2013 took place on November 5 2013 The general election was preceded by the primaries on September 10 2013 The winner of the election was Democratic nominee Kathy Sheehan Incumbent Democratic mayor Gerald Jennings did not seek reelection Background edit The 2013 mayoral election was the City of Albany s first open seat mayoral election since 1993 Incumbent mayor Gerald Jennings announced on May 14 2013 that he would not run for a sixth term 9 Jennings is the second longest serving mayor in the history of Albany Erastus Corning 2nd was the city s longest tenured mayor 10 Democratic primary edit On November 17 2012 Sheehan announced herself as a candidate for mayor 11 On September 10 2013 Sheehan defeated Corey Ellis in the Democratic primary 12 According to official returns released on October 9 Sheehan won the Democratic nomination with 7 468 votes 65 72 to Ellis s 3 294 votes 28 99 with 601 write in votes 5 29 and a few void and blank ballots 13 2013 Albany Democratic mayoral primary Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kathy Sheehan 7 468 65 72 Democratic Corey Ellis 3 294 28 99 Write ins 601 5 29 Total votes 14 431 100 General election edit In addition to Sheehan who ran on the Democratic Working Families and Independence Party lines Jesse D Calhoun was the candidate of the Republican Party Joseph P Sullivan ran on the Conservative Party line and Theresa M Portelli a former Albany City school board member ran on the Green Party line 14 On November 5 Sheehan won the general election in a landslide receiving over 83 of the total vote 15 2013 Albany mayoral election 15 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kathy Sheehan 11 884 75 55 Working Families Kathy Sheehan 826 5 25 Independence Kathy Sheehan 424 2 70 Total Kathy Sheehan 13 134 83 49 Republican Jesse D Calhoun 1 025 6 52 Green Theresa M Portelli 715 4 55 Conservative Joseph P Sullivan 681 4 33 Write ins 176 1 12 Total votes 15 731 100 Democratic hold2017 edit2017 Albany mayoral election nbsp 2013 November 7 2017 2021 Nominee Kathy Sheehan Frank Commisso Jr Party Democratic IndependenceAlliance Parties Women s EqualityWorking FamiliesPopular vote 11 520 3 687Percentage 70 42 22 54 Mayor before electionKathy SheehanDemocratic Elected Mayor Kathy SheehanDemocraticThe 2017 mayoral election in Albany New York was held on November 7 2017 and resulted in the incumbent Kathy Sheehan a member of the Democratic Party being re elected to a second term over Conservative Party candidate Joseph Sullivan Green Party candidate Bryan Jimenez and Independence Party candidate Frank Commisso Jr 16 17 Democratic primary edit Sheehan won the Democratic primary election with less than 50 percent of the vote Frank Commisso Jr a member of the Albany Common Council and Carolyn McLaughlin the president of the Common Council also ran 17 2017 Albany Democratic mayoral primary 18 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kathy Sheehan 6 650 49 37Democratic Frank Commisso Jr 4 446 33 01Democratic Carolyn McLaughlin 2 056 15 26Write ins 317 2 35Total votes 13 469 100General election edit Commisso ran again in the general election as the candidate of the Independence Party He criticized Sheehan over her handling of the city s finances and on the issue of tax breaks Sheehan responded to Commisso s criticism through television advertisements which were funded by a 387 000 loan from Sheehan to her campaign 17 2017 Albany mayoral election 19 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kathy Sheehan 10 247 62 63Working Families Kathy Sheehan 994 6 08Women s Equality Kathy Sheehan 279 1 71Total Kathy Sheehan 11 520 70 42Independence Frank Commisso Jr 3 687 22 54Conservative Joseph P Sullivan 709 4 22Green Bryan Jimenez 374 2 29Write ins 70 0 43Total votes 16 360 100Democratic hold2021 editSee also 2021 New York state elections 2021 Albany mayoral election nbsp 2017 2 November 2021 2025 Turnout14 015 Candidate Kathy Sheehan Alicia M Purdy Gregory J AidalaParty Democratic Republican Independence Party of New YorkAlliance none ConservativePopular vote 8 837 2 385 2 374Percentage 63 05 17 02 16 94 Mayor before electionKathy M SheehanDemocratic Elected Mayor Kathy M SheehanDemocraticThe 2021 mayoral election in Albany New York was held on November 2 2021 Incumbent Democratic mayor Kathy Sheehan won re election to a third term in office 20 21 Democratic primary edit Candidates edit Declared edit Valerie Faust reverend and write in candidate for mayor in 2009 and 2013 22 Kathy Sheehan incumbent mayor 21 Disqualified edit Marlon Anderson advocate 23 continued as a write in candidate 24 Lukee Forbes activist 22 25 Declined edit Dorcey Applyrs Chief City Auditor of Albany endorsed Sheehan 21 Corey Ellis president of the Albany Common Council and candidate for mayor in 2009 and 2013 endorsed Sheehan 21 26 2021 Albany Democratic mayoral primary 25 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kathy Sheehan incumbent 3 688 63 8Democratic Valerie Faust 2 093 36 2Total votes 5 781 100Republican primary edit Candidates edit Alicia Purdy radio host 27 also nominated by the Conservative Party 25 Third party and independent candidates edit Greg Aidala comedian and activist Independence Party 28 Ved Dookhun Socialist Workers Party 24 General election edit 2021 Albany mayoral election 29 Party Candidate Votes New York Democratic Party Kathy Sheehan Incumbent 8 837 63 05 New York Republican Party Alicia M Purdy 1 862 13 29 Conservative Party of New York Alicia M Purdy 523 3 73 Total Alicia M Purdy 2 385 17 02 Independence Party of New York Greg J Aidala 2 374 16 94 Write in 419 2 99 Total 14 015 100 References edit Feliciano Kimberly Archie Goodbee to challenge Jennings for Albany mayor The Free Library a b 2005 Albany Primary Election PDF Fries Amanda 16 January 2019 Albany s Joe Sullivan a frequent political candidate has died Times Union New York State Green Party has best showing ever Green Party of New York 2005 Albany Mayoral Election PDF 2009 Primary Election Results PDF Albany County Board of Elections November 3 2009 p 10 Archived from the original PDF on October 4 2012 Retrieved February 6 2013 Carleo Evangelist Jordan September 16 2009 Ellis falls short of win by at least 1 600 votes Albany Times Union Retrieved February 6 2013 2009 General Election Results PDF Albany County Board of Elections November 3 2009 p 171 Archived from the original PDF on October 4 2012 Retrieved February 6 2013 Benjamin Ian May 15 2013 DOCUMENT Officials react to Jennings decision not to run for re election The Record Retrieved October 9 2019 permanent dead link Sanzone Danielle May 16 2019 Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings decision to retire was not made lightly The Saratogian Retrieved October 9 2019 Kristen V Brown November 19 2012 Sheehan announces bid for Albany mayor Times Union Albany Retrieved September 11 2013 Danielle Sanzone September 10 2013 Sheehan wins Albany Mayor primary Shahinfar is the city s next treasurer The Record Troy Archived from the original on September 11 2013 Retrieved September 11 2013 OFFICIAL RECANVASS 2013 primary PDF Albany County Board of Elections September 25 2013 p 14 Archived from the original PDF on October 16 2013 Retrieved October 15 2013 The Voters of the County of Albany The Following is a complete list of all candidates nominated for office to be voted for at the General Election to be held in the county of Albany N Y on November 5 2013 Albany County October 9 2013 Retrieved October 15 2013 a b Election Results Albany County November 27 2013 Retrieved January 22 2019 Democrat Kathy Sheehan re elected Albany mayor NYup com November 8 2017 Retrieved December 18 2017 a b c Fries Amanda 22 December 2017 Four more years for Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan Times Union Retrieved December 18 2018 Albany County Election Results app albanycounty com Retrieved 2021 06 09 Election Results Albany County December 29 2017 Retrieved December 18 2018 Hinting At Run For Third Term Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan Says 2020 Changed Everything WAMC 17 November 2020 Retrieved 2020 12 08 a b c d Lucas Dave 22 December 2020 Sheehan First Into 2021 Race As She Seeks A Third Term www wamc org a b Hughes Steve January 16 2021 Third candidate enters Albany mayoral race Times Union Lucas Dave 7 February 2021 Marlon Anderson Enters Albany Mayoral Race www wamc org a b Albany s Mayoral Candidates Discuss Pressing City Issues as Campaign Season Nears 28 May 2021 a b c Mayoral election in Albany New York 2021 Albany Common Council President Corey Ellis Could Mount 2021 Campaign WAMC 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