2005 Rochester mayoral election

The 2005 Rochester mayoral election took place on November 8, 2005 in the city of Rochester, New York, United States. Robert Duffy was elected to succeed outgoing mayor William A. Johnson Jr. who chose not to seek a fourth term.

Candidates

Democratic

Robert Duffy - Chief of the Rochester Police Department^[1]
Wade Norwood - City councilman^[2]
Tim Mains - City councilman^[3]
Chris Maj - Business owner^[4]

Norwood had been selected by the party convention in April and was backed by local party elites such as Joe Morelle and David Gantt.^[5]^[6] However, he was defeated by Duffy in the primary election.

The primary election was held on September 13, 2005.

Democratic primary results^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Duffy	10,616	49.58%
	Democratic	Wade Norwood	8,397	39.22%
	Democratic	Tim Mains	2,186	10.21%
	Democratic	Chris Maj	211	0.99%
Total votes			21,410	100%

Republican

John Parrinello - criminal defense attorney ^[8]

General Election

General election results^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Duffy	24,776	65.11%
	Independence	Robert Duffy	2,620	6.89%
	Total	Robert Duffy	27,396	72.00%
	Republican	John Parrinello	6,314	16.59%
	Working Families	Tim Mains	3,903	10.26%
	Red White and Blue	Chris Maj	439	1.15%
Total votes			38,052	100%

References

^ "Duffy makes three". CITY News.
^ "To lead this city: Wade Norwood". CITY News.
^ Moore, Barbara. "Tim Mains: New York State's First Openly Gay Elected Official – Shoulders to Stand On Blog".
^ Towler, Mary Anna. "Chris Maj: the Dems' long shot". CITY News.
^ DeGeorge, Krestia. "Postmortem for a primary". CITY News.
^ DeGeorge, Krestia. "Power play". CITY News.
^ "2005 Municipal Primary" (PDF).
^ Towler, Krestia DeGeorge, Mary Anna. "Looking for a change". CITY News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "2005 Rochester Mayoral Election" (PDF).

[1] "Duffy makes three". CITY News.

[2] "To lead this city: Wade Norwood". CITY News.

[3] Moore, Barbara. "Tim Mains: New York State's First Openly Gay Elected Official – Shoulders to Stand On Blog".

[4] Towler, Mary Anna. "Chris Maj: the Dems' long shot". CITY News.

[5] DeGeorge, Krestia. "Postmortem for a primary". CITY News.

[6] DeGeorge, Krestia. "Power play". CITY News.

[demprimaryresults-7] "2005 Municipal Primary" (PDF).

[8] Towler, Krestia DeGeorge, Mary Anna. "Looking for a change". CITY News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[RocGeneralElectionResults05-9] "2005 Rochester Mayoral Election" (PDF).

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