Let's try Wikipedia just for Republican candidates for Mayor this time...

I have  new idea about this...since there is a problem trying to upload the Wikipedia article on the NYC Mayoral race in toto, I will start by just listing the Republicans, then do Dems.

New York City mayoral election, 2013

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New York City mayoral election, 2013

2009 ← November 5, 2013 → 2017

Party Republican Democratic

Mayor before election Michael Bloomberg Independent Elected Mayor TBD

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The 2013 New York City mayoral election is scheduled to occur on November 5, 2013, along with elections for Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough Presidents, and members of the New York City Council. The primary elections are scheduled for September 10, 2013. If no candidate obtains 40% of the vote, a runoff between the top two finishers will be held on October 1.^[1]
Incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-Independent, is term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.

Background

Republican and Republican-endorsed candidates have won five successive mayoral elections in New York City. Republican Rudy Giuliani was elected in 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 campaigned 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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Adolfo Carrión, Jr., former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and former Borough President of The Bronx (now an Independent, Carrión would have to switch parties or receive a Wilson Pakula in order to run as a Republican;^[2][3] has also received the nomination of the Independence Party)^[4]
• John A. Catsimatidis, businessman, owner of companies including the Red Apple Group, the Gristedes supermarket chain and the United Refining Company (has received the Liberal Party nomination)^[5]
• Joseph J. Lhota, former Chairman of the MTA (has received the Conservative Party nominations)^[2][6]
• George McDonald, founder of The Doe Fund^[7][8]

Withdrawn

• Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media and former New York City public school teacher (had initially declared as a Democrat; then withdrew and declared as a Republican, also receiving the nomination of the Liberal Party, before dropping out entirely)^[9]
• Malcolm Smith, state Senator, former Lieutenant Governor, and former Majority Leader of the New York State Senate (a Democrat, Smith would have had to change his party affiliation or receive a Wilson Pakula in order to run as a Republican. He and several others were arrested for trying to bribe Republican leaders to give him a Wilson Pakula)^[10]

Potential

• Kelsey Grammer, actor^[11][12]
• Richard Grasso, former Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange^[13]

Declined

• A. R. Bernard, pastor^[14]
• S. E. Cupp, conservative political commentator^[15]
• Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Staten Island District Attorney^[16]
• Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City^[17][18]
• Martin Golden, state Senator^[19]
• Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department^[20]
• Richard Parsons, chairman of Citigroup^[21]
• Edward Skyler, executive at Citigroup and former Deputy Mayor for Operations^[22]
• Diana Taylor, former New York State Banking Department superintendent and partner of Mayor Bloomberg^[23][24][25]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tom Allon	A. R. Bernard	Adolfo Carrion	John Catsimatidis	Joseph Lhota	George McDonald	Other	Undecided
Quinnipiac	July 18–23, 2013	96	± 10%	—	—	—	35%	49%	7%	—	9%
Siena	July 9–15, 2013	125	± 8.8%	—	—	—	21%	32%	3%	1%	42%
Marist	June 17–21, 2013	123	± 9%	—	—	—	21%	28%	10%	1%	40%
Quinnipiac	April 3–8, 2013	188	± 7.5%	—	—	—	8%	23%	11%	2%	55%
Marist	February 4–12, 2013	172	± 7.5%	4%	2%	3%	5%	20%	8%	3%	55%
Quinnipiac	January 8–14, 2013	176	± 7.4%	5%	—	3%	9%	23%	2%	—	58%

Bribery scandal

On April 2, 2013, federal law enforcement officers arrested numerous New York City-area politicians. These included Democratic State Senator Malcolm Smith and Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran, who were charged with trying to bribe various Republican political leaders so as to get Smith onto the ballot as a Republican. Also arrested were Mayor of Spring Valley and local Republican party leaders.^[26]

Endorsements

[show]John Catsimatidis

[show]Joe Lhota

[show]Not endorsing