2017 Rochester mayoral election

2017 Rochester mayoral election

November 7, 2017
Turnout	14%
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

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]

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

• Lovely A. Warren, incumbent Mayor of Rochester.^[4]
• ¹James M. Sheppard, former Chief of the Rochester Police Department and current member of the Monroe County Legislature representing the 23rd district.^[5]
• Rachel Barnhart, former State Assembly candidate and broadcast journalist for WHAM-TV and WROC.^[6]
• ²Alex White, local business owner and former Green Party candidate for mayor.^[7]

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).

External links

• Mayoral Debate hosted by WROC-TV held on October 23, 2017