2017 Rochester mayoral election

The Rochester Mayoral Election of 2017 was an election to determine who will hold the office of Mayor of Rochester, New York in the upcoming term. The election took place on November 7, 2017. Incumbent mayor Lovely Warren was elected to a second term in office.[1]

2017 Rochester mayoral election

November 7, 2017
Turnout14%
 
GOP
Nominee Lovely Warren Tony Micchiche
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Women's Equality Conservative
Reform
Popular vote 17,751 5,504
Percentage 60.14% 18.75%

 
WFP
Nominee James M. Sheppard Alex White
Party Working Families Green
Alliance Independence
Popular vote 4,140 1,579
Percentage 14.36% 5.33%

Mayor before election

Lovely Warren
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Lovely Warren
Democratic

Primaries

The Democratic Primary took place on September 12, 2017. Incumbent mayor Lovely A. Warren defeated former police chief and current county legislator James Sheppard as well as former journalist Rachel Barnhart, and though Sheppard had secured the nomination of the Independence Party of New York and the Working Families Party, he stated that his campaign "was finished" following the primary.[2]

Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lovely A. Warren (incumbent) 12,616 62.05%
Democratic James M. Sheppard 4,526 22.26%
Democratic Rachel A. Barnhart 3,189 15.69%
Total votes 20,331 100%

Declared Candidates

As of April, six candidates declared their intent to run:

Democratic Party

Republican Party

  • Tony Micciche, current member of the Monroe County Legislature representing the 26th district.[8]

Green Party

  • 2Alex White

Independent

  • Lori Thomas, retired teacher.[9]

General Election

General election results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lovely A. Warren 17,963 58.78%
Women's Equality Lovely A. Warren 417 1.36%
Total Lovely A. Warren (Incumbent) 18,380 60.14%
Republican Tony Micciche 4,558 14.91%
Conservative Tony Micciche 983 3.22%
Reform Tony Micciche 190 0.62%
Total Tony Micciche 5,731 18.75%
Working Families James M. Sheppard 2,582 8.45%
Independence James M. Sheppard 1,806 5.91%
Total James M. Sheppard 4,388 14.36%
Green Alex White 1,629 5.33%
The People's Lori F. Thomas 433 1.42%
Total votes 30,561 100%

Notes

  1. ^ James Sheppard ended his campaign after losing the Democratic primary, but was still on the ballot on the Independence Party and Working Families Party lines
  2. ^ Alex White sought the nomination of both the Green Party and the Democratic Party, but ran on the Green Party line

References

  1. "Election results from Rochester, Monroe, and nearby counties". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  2. "Warren wins Democratic primary for Rochester mayor". WHEC-TV. September 12, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  3. "2017 Democratic Municipal Primary" (PDF).
  4. Sharp, Brian (March 6, 2017). "Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren to run for 2nd term". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  5. Sharp, Brian (January 14, 2017). "Sheppard officially announces run for mayor". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  6. Lahman, Sean (February 6, 2017). "Rachel Barnhart announces run for mayor". USA Today/Gannett. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  7. "Alex White announces he will run for mayor of Rochester for 3rd time". WROC-TV. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  8. Gorbman, Randy (April 17, 2017). "Rochester mayoral race gets its 1st Republican this year". WXXI News. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  9. "Retired teacher Lori Thomas becomes fifth person in Rochester mayoral race". WHEC-TV. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  10. "2017 Rochester Mayoral Election" (PDF).
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