1973 New York City mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1973 New York City mayoral election New York City presidential no 1969 New York City mayoral election 1969 1977 New York City mayoral election 1977 November 6, 1973 Mario Biaggi 1973 (3x4 cropped).tiff Mario Biaggi Conservative Party of New York State 186,977 11.0% Albert H. Blumenthal.png Albert H. Blumenthal Liberal Party of New York 262,600 15.4% John Marchi, New York politician, cropped.jpg John J. Marchi Republican Party (United States) 274,052 16.1% A beame in 1974.jpg Abraham Beame Democratic Party (United States) 963,542 56.5% NYCmayoralelectionresultsbyborough1973.svg 250px Results by BoroughBeame: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Mayor John Lindsay Democratic Party (United States) Abraham Beame Democratic Party (United States) Integrity Civil Service & Fusion Good Government Safe City 3,565,147 1,790,05350.21% (31.00 pp) no The 1973 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1973. Incumbent mayor John Lindsay did not run for a third term in office. New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame was elected to succeed him with a decisive majority amongst a highly divided field. Beame also swept all five boroughs, breaking 60% of the vote in Brooklyn, winning majorities in Queens and the Bronx, and winning with pluralities in Manhattan and Staten Island.New York City Mayoral Election 1973 http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=79305 Our Campaigns 15 April 2014 Beame's closest competitor was state senator John Marchi, who received 16.07% of the vote running on the Republican and Integrity lines. This was the first election since 1953 in which the winning candidate did not run on the Liberal Party ticket. Liberal primary Candidates Albert Blumenthal, Assemblyman from the West Side (also running as Democrat) J. Stanley Shaw, bankruptcy attorney and Queens party leaderO'Dwyer Looks to Election And Garelik to a Recount https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/06/archives/odwyer-looks-to-electionand-garelik-to-a-recount-political.html June 6, 1973 53 The New York Times subscription John Darnton Declined John V. Lindsay, incumbent mayor since 1966 Robert F. Wagner Jr., former mayor from 1954 to 1966Garelik Quits Mayoral Contest As Candidates File Petitions April 13, 1973 Maurice Carroll https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/13/archives/garelik-quits-mayoral-contest-as-candidates-file-petitions.html 25 The New York Times Democratic primary Background After Mario Procaccino won the 1969 Democratic primary with only 33 percent of the vote as the only conservative in the field, primaries were reformed to require at least 40 percent to win outright. If no candidate received more than 40 percent, the race would proceed to a run-off election between the top two vote-getters. Candidates Herman Badillo, U.S. Representative from the Bronx Abraham Beame, City Comptroller and nominee for mayor in 1965 Mario Biaggi, U.S. Representative from the Bronx (also running as Conservative) Albert Blumenthal, Assemblyman from the West Side (also running as Liberal) Withdrew Sanford Garelik, President of the New York City CouncilGarelik: Former Policeman And a 'Different' Politician The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/26/archives/garelik-former-policeman-and-a-different-politician.html March 26, 1973 83 John Corry (ran for re-election) Jesse Gray, Assemblyman from HarlemSutton Denies Blocking Mayoral Race by Gray April 22, 1973 https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/22/archives/sutton-denies-blocking-mayoral-race-by-gray.html The New York Times 27 Jerome Kretchmer, New York City Environmental Protection Administrator and former Assemblyman from the Upper West Sidehttps://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/21/archives/kretchmer-seeking-mayoralty-aims-his-first-blast-at-lindsay.html February 21, 1973 The New York Times Frank Lynn 1 Kretchmer, Seeking Mayoralty, Aims His First Blast at Lindsayhttps://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/25/archives/running-for-mayor-on-a-garbage-truck-jerry-kretchmer.html Running for Mayor on a Garbage Truck April 25, 1971 Grace Lichtenstein SM30 The New York Times Results 1973 Democratic mayoral primary Abraham Beame Democratic Party (US) 270,421 34.53% Herman Badillo Democratic Party (US) 228,019 29.12% Mario Biaggi Democratic Party (US) 160,787 20.53% Albert H. Blumenthal Democratic Party (US) 123,906 15.82% 783,133 100.00% By borough 1973 Democratic initial primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total%Abraham Beame 46,51942,53798,12174,2239,021270,42134%26%27%41%40%42%Herman Badillo74,49657,25858,54634,7422,977228,01929%41%36%25%19%14%Albert H. Blumenthal41,79418,71332,41229,1731,814123,90616%23%12%14%16%8%Mario Biaggi18,21839,89348,95245,9497,775160,78721%10%25%21%25%36% [100%] Runoff results 1973 Democratic mayoral primary Abraham Beame Democratic Party (US) 547,626 60.81% Herman Badillo Democratic Party (US) 352,912 39.19% 900,538 100.00% By borough 1973 Democratic run-off primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total%Abraham Beame 78,76096,590200,945153,37717,844547,62660.8%41%53%69%73%79%Herman Badillo113,73885,82791,62856,9334,796352,91239.2%59%47%32%27%21%T O T A L 192,598182,417292,573210,31022,640900.538  Republican primary Candidates Sanford Garelik, President of the New York City Council John J. Marchi, state senator from Staten Island and nominee in 1969 General election Candidates Abraham Beame, incumbent comptroller since 1970 (Democratic and Civil Service & Fusion) Mario Biaggi, U.S. Representative from the Bronx (Conservative and Safe City) Albert Blumenthal, Assemblymember from the West Side (Liberal and Good Government) Anton Chaiken (Labor) John Emanuel (Socialist Labor) John Marchi, state senator from Staten Island (Republican and Integrity) Norman Oliver (Socialist Workers) Rasheed Storey (Communist) Frank Youngstein (Free Libertarian) Results 1973 New York City mayoral election Abraham Beame Democratic Party (US) 896,265 52.55% 20.15 Abraham Beame Civil Service & Fusion 67,277 3.94% 1.55 Abraham Beame Total 963,542 56.49% 21.70 John J. Marchi Republican Party (US) 259,781 15.23% 1.15 John J. Marchi Integrity 14,271 0.84% N/A John J. Marchi Total 274,052 16.07% 6.62 Albert H. Blumenthal Liberal Party of New York 233,265 13.68% 22.82 Albert H. Blumenthal Good Government 29,335 1.72% N/A Albert H. Blumenthal Total 262,600 15.40% N/A Mario Biaggi Conservative Party of New York 178,967 10.49% 1.58 Mario Biaggi Safe City 8,010 0.47% N/A Mario Biaggi Total 186,977 10.96% N/A Fran Youngstein Libertarian Party (US) 8,818 0.52% N/A Rasheed Storey Communist Party (US) 3,601 0.21% 0.04 Norman Oliver Socialist Workers Party (US) 2,282 0.13% N/A Anton Chaiken U.S. Labor Party 2,000 0.12% N/A John Emanuel Socialist Labor Party (US) 1,762 0.10% N/A 1,705,634 100.00% By borough 1973 General ElectionpartyManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total%Abraham BeameDemocratic - Civil Service & Fusion 159,531161,156322,141283,14537,569963,54256.5%49.8%57.3%63.6%56.7%47.1%John MarchiRepublican -Integrity44,20037,28773,32890,86028,377274,05216.1%13.8%13.3%14.5%18.2%35.6%Albert H. BlumenthalLiberal - Good Government99,81632,30559,41766,0565,006262,60015.4%31.2%11.5%11.7%13.2%6.3%Mario BiaggiConservative - Safe City16,66250,44051,39159,6918,793186,97711.0%5.2%17.9%10.2%11.9%11.0%subtotal320,209281,188506,277499,75279,7451,687,171 98.9others 18,4631.1%T O T A L  1,705,634   References 30em Mayoral election, 1973 1973 New York City mayoral New York Category:November 1973 in the United States