| Election Name: | 2013 New York City Public Advocate election |
| Country: | New York City |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2009 New York City Public Advocate election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2017 New York City Public Advocate election |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2013 |
| Candidate1: | Letitia James |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Alliance1: | Working Families Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 770,764 |
| Percentage1: | 83.6% |
| Candidate2: | Robert Maresca |
| Party2: | Conservative Party of New York State |
| Popular Vote2: | 112,967 |
| Percentage2: | 12.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Public Advocate | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Letitia James |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2013 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 5, 2013, along with elections for the Mayor, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and members of the New York City Council. Incumbent Democratic Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, serving his first term, ran for Mayor of New York City rather than seek re-election.
The Democratic Party held its primary on September 10, and since no candidate reached 40%, a runoff was held on October 1 between the top two candidates, Councilwoman Letitia James and State Senator Daniel Squadron. James won the runoff to become the Democratic nominee.[1] [2]
The Republican Party did not nominate a candidate. In the general election, James faced Green Party nominee James Lane and Conservative nominee Robert Maresca as well as various minor party candidates.
James won the general election in a landslide.[3]
The runoff between Letitia James and Daniel Squadron was characterized as bitter by most of the media outlets that covered it.[5] [6] [7]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | Margin of error | Catherine Guerriero | Letitia James | Reshma Saujani | Daniel Squadron | Sidique Wai | Other | Undecided | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist | align=center | August 12–14, 2013 | align=center | 355 | align=center | ± 5.2% | align=center | 12% | align=center | 16% | 3% | align=center | 12% | 2% | 6% | align=center | 49% |
| Marist | align=center | June 17–21, 2013 | align=center | 689 | align=center | ± 4% | align=center | 16% | align=center | 17% | 8% | 4% | — | <1% | align=center | 54% |
No Republican candidate filed to run for the office.
Besides the two main parties, the Conservative, Green, Independence and Working Families parties are qualified New York parties. These parties have automatic ballot access.
The following parties without automatic ballot access succeeded in petitioning onto the ballot: