2013 New York City mayoral election

New York City mayoral election, 2013

← 2009 November 5, 2013 2017 →
Candidate Bill de Blasio Joe Lhota Party Democratic Republican Alliance Working Families Conservative Popular vote 795,679 264,420 Percentage 73.15% 24.31%
Results by Borough   De Blasio—80-90%   De Blasio—70-80%   Lhota—50-60%
Mayor before election Michael Bloomberg Independent Elected Mayor Bill de Blasio Democratic

Michael Bloomberg
Independent

Bill de Blasio
Democratic

The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5, 2013, along with elections for comptroller, public advocate, borough presidents, and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-Independent, was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.

Primary elections were held on September 10, 2013. The Republican nominee was former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota. New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio was the Democratic nominee. De Blasio was elected mayor.

Republican and Republican-endorsed candidates have won five successive mayoral elections in New York City. Republican Rudy Giuliani was elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1997. Republican Michael Bloomberg was then elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005. He left the Republican Party in 2007 and successfully persuaded the city council to extend the city's term limits law so that he could run for a third term. He was re-elected as an Independent on the Republican and Independence/Jobs & Education ballot lines in 2009. The term limits law was subsequently changed by a referendum in 2010, reverting the limit to two terms.