New York City mayoral election, 1989

November 7, 1989



Candidate	David Dinkins	Rudy Giuliani
Party	Democratic	Republican
Alliance	-	Liberal
Popular vote	917,544	870,464
Percentage	50.42%	47.84%

Results by Borough

Dinkins—60-70%

Dinkins—50-60%

Giuliani—50-60%

Giuliani—70-80%

Mayor before election

Ed Koch
Democratic

Elected Mayor

David Dinkins
Democratic

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The New York City mayoral election of 1989 occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 1989, with Democratic candidate, Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins, narrowly defeating U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican nominee.^[1] They also faced several third party candidates. Dinkins replaced outgoing Democratic incumbent mayor Ed Koch; Dinkins had defeated Koch in the Democratic primary.

Dinkins won with 50.42% of the vote to Giuliani's 47.84%.^[2]

Whereas the two preceding mayoral elections of the 1980s had been Democratic landslide victories, with all five boroughs voting to re-elect incumbent Ed Koch, the 1989 election was a closely contested race that finished with a narrow 2.58% margin of victory for David Dinkins. Dinkins won majorities in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, while Giuliani carried Queens and Staten Island, the latter by a landslide margin. Four years later, in the 1993 election, Dinkins and Giuliani would face each other again in a re-match and Dinkins would narrowly lose to Giuliani in his bid for re-election.

Results

General Election
		Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
Dinkins' lead over Giuliani		+ 97,600	+ 72,471	+ 39,071	– 94,670	– 67,392	+ 47,080

Democratic	David N. Dinkins	255,286	172,271	276,903	190,096	22,988	917,544
Republican - Liberal - Independent	Rudolph W. Giuliani	157,686	99,800	237,832	284,766	90,380	870,464
Right to Life	Henry Hewes	3,025	2,571	4,140	5,647	2,077	17,460
Conservative	Ronald S. Lauder	1,701	1,139	2,328	3,062	1,041	9,271
	Others	1,904	714	1,197	947	194	4,956
							1,819,695

Giuliani vote was 815,387 Republican and 55,077 Liberal. Other vote was 1,732 Lenora Fulani-New Alliance; 1,671-James Harris-Socialist Workers; 1,118 Warren Raum-Libertarian; 435 Mazelis-Workers League.


	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
David N. Dinkins	151,113	101,274	170,440	113,952	11,122	547,901
Edward I. Koch	96,923	66,600	139,268	129,262	24,260	456,313
Harrison J. Goldin	6,889	4,951	9,619	5,857	1,493	28,809
Richard Ravitch	17,499	5,946	13,214	9,443	1,432	47,534
						1,080,557

Giuliani won the Republican Primary, defeating Ron Lauder 77,150 (67.0%) to 37,960 (33.0%)

References

^ http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/09/nyregion/the-1989-elections-the-new-york-vote-almost-lost-at-the-wire.html
^ "New York City Mayoral Election 1989". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

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