2005 New York City Public Advocate election

none October 2026 2005 New York City Public Advocate election New York City presidential no 2001 New York City Public Advocate election 2001 2009 New York City Public Advocate election 2009 November 8, 2005 Betsy Gotbaum Democratic Party (United States) 745,035 90.0% Jay Golub Conservative Party of New York State 48,082 5.8% Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Democratic Party (United States) Betsy Gotbaum Democratic Party (United States) The 2005 New York City Public Advocate election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, along with elections for mayor, the city comptroller, borough presidents, and members of the New York City Council. The Democratic incumbent, Betsy Gotbaum, won reelection with 90% of the vote against 5.8% for the Conservative nominee, Jay Golub, 2.1% for Jim Lesczynski of the Libertarian Party, and 2.1% for Bernard Goetz on the Rebuild line."Statement and Return Report for Certification, General Election 2005 – 11/08/2005, Crossover – All Parties and Independent Bodies, for Public Advocate (NYC)", Board of Elections in the City of New York, printed November 29, 2005 The public advocate has the formal role of presiding over meetings of the New York City Council (although the speaker elected by the council itself now does much of this work), and, until the next election, would serve as acting mayor whenever the elected mayor is unable to serve. Candidates Democratic party Gotbaum, who was first elected public advocate in 2001, sought a second term. She faced a contested Democratic primary against five challengers: Norman Siegel, the civil liberties lawyer who lost a runoff to Gotbaum in 2001; Andrew Rasiej; Michael E. Brown; Jay Golub; and Damon Cabbagestalk."Statement and Return Report for Certification, Primary Election 2005 – 09/13/2005, Crossover – Democratic Party, for Democratic Public Advocate (NYC)", Board of Elections in the City of New York, printed September 28, 2005 On September 13, 2005, Gotbaum won the Democratic primary with 48.6% of the vote to 30.5% for Siegel. Because Gotbaum cleared the 40% threshold, no runoff election was required. Other parties Jay Golub, Conservative Party Jim Lesczynski, Libertarian Party Bernard Goetz, Rebuild Results Democratic primary Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Official results from the New York City Board of Elections, printed September 28, 2005: 2005 Democratic primary Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total % Betsy Gotbaum 65,025 29,004 53,659 39,707 5,332 192,727 48.6% 49.0% 46.0% 47.1% 51.9% 53.0% Norman Siegel 45,444 17,281 34,292 20,736 3,066 120,819 30.5% 34.2% 27.4% 30.1% 27.1% 30.5% Michael E. Brown 7,199 7,546 12,482 7,547 714 35,488 9.0% 5.4% 12.0% 11.0% 9.9% 7.1% Andrew Rasiej 7,237 3,410 5,314 3,125 380 19,466 4.9% 5.5% 5.4% 4.7% 4.1% 3.8% Jay Golub 5,347 3,684 5,038 3,585 362 18,016 4.5% 4.0% 5.8% 4.4% 4.7% 3.6% Damon L. Cabbagestalk 2,462 2,058 3,088 1,860 211 9,679 2.4% 1.9% 3.3% 2.7% 2.4% 2.1% all write-in votes 8 5 43 2 3 61 0.02% T O T A L 132,722 62,988 113,916 76,562 10,068 396,256 Gotbaum became the Democratic nominee for public advocate. General election Tuesday, November 8, 2005 2005 general electionPartyManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal% Betsy Gotbaum Democratic 214,150 121,012 197,903 176,134 35,836 745,035 90.0% 91.0% 93.8% 90.6% 88.9% 76.5% Jay Golub Conservative 10,708 4,186 11,141 14,423 7,624 48,082 5.8% 4.6% 3.2% 5.1% 7.3% 16.3% Bernard Goetz Rebuild 4,320 2,338 4,631 3,843 2,125 17,257 2.1% 1.8% 1.8% 2.1% 1.9% 4.5% Jim Lesczynski Libertarian 6,034 1,516 4,569 3,795 1,225 17,139 2.1% 2.6% 1.2% 2.1% 1.9% 2.6% Total write-ins 121 9 106 26 7 269 0.03% Total votes 235,333 129,061 218,350 198,221 46,817 827,782 Source: Board of Elections in the City of New York Betsy Gotbaum was reelected public advocate. See also New York City Public Advocate Government of New York City 2005 New York City mayoral election 2005 New York City Comptroller election References New York City Public Advocate 2005 Public Advocate