Democratic winner, Bill de Blasio won of his (40.81%). The 61,111 valid votes cast in the Republican primary were less than one-eleventh of the 691,801 cast in the Democratic one held on the same day in the same polling places. From the Board of Elections in the City of New York, September 27, 2013 2009 The principal candidates were Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent running for the third time on the Republican and Independence Party lines, and New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, running for the Democratic and Working Families Parties. Bloomberg had enjoyed pluralities of about 9% to 16% in most independent published pre-election polls and on Tuesday, November 3, he won his third term with 50.7% of votes over Thompson's 46%. Other candidates included: Steven Christopher of Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn, Conservative Party of New York State Joseph Dobrian, Libertarian Party of New York Reverend Billy Talen of the Church of Life After Shopping, Green Party of New York Dan Fein, Socialist Workers Party Francisca Villar, Party for Socialism and Liberation Jimmy McMillan, Rent Is Too Damn High Party Tyrell Eiland, New Voice Party Jonny Porkpie, independent John M. Finan, independent General election, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Democratic primary, Tuesday, September 15, 2009 From the Board of Elections in the City of New York, September 26, 2009 Tony Avella represents a Queens district on the New York City Council. Out of the nearly 400 write-in votes, almost half or 184 (representing about one Democratic voter in 2,000) were some form or spelling of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. 2005 In 2005, Mayor Bloomberg won every borough but The Bronx (of which his Democratic opponent was the former Borough President) against a Democratic Party split by a divisive primary, in contrast to his first victory in 2001, when Bloomberg carried only Queens and Staten Island. Source: Board of Elections in the City of New York http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/results.html 2001 The 2001 mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6. Republican incumbent Rudy Giuliani could not run again due to term limits. As Democrats outnumber Republicans by 5 to 1 in the city, it was widely believed that a Democrat would succeed him in City Hall. However, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, changed his party affiliation a few months before the election in order to avoid a crowded primary, and ran as a Republican. The Democratic primary was meant to be held