2005 Albany mayoral election

The 2005 Albany mayoral election occurred on November 8, 2005.

2005 Albany mayoral election

November 8, 2005

GPNY GOP Nominee Gerald Jennings Alice Green Joseph Sullivan Party Democratic Green Republican Popular vote 15,367 5,548 1,465 Percentage 68.65% 24.79% 6.54%

Mayor before election Gerald Jennings Democratic Elected Mayor Gerald Jennings Democratic

Primaries

The primary election was held on September 13, 2005.

Democratic

• Gerald Jennings - incumbent mayor
• Archie Goodbee - retired broadcasting executive[1]

Democratic primary results[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Jennings	10,223	68.32%
	Democratic	Archie Goodbee	4,741	31.68%
Total votes			14,964	100%

Conservative

Conservative primary results[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Jennings (write-in)	22	81.48%
	Conservative	Joseph Sullivan (write-in)	3	11.11%
	Conservative	Paul Latimer (write-in)	1	3.70%
	Conservative	Joseph McElroy (write-in)	1	3.70%
Total votes			27	100%

General Election

Jennings, who was first elected mayor in 1993, was elected to his fourth four-year term.

In the general election, Jennings defeated Green Party candidate Alice Green, and Republican Party candidate Joseph Sullivan, a perennial candidate and local activist.[3] This was a great result for Green who, 7 years earlier as the running mate of Al Lewis, helped the nascent Green Party of New York to achieve automatic ballot access by winning over 50,000 votes in the 1998 New York gubernatorial election.[4]

2005 Albany Mayoral Election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Jennings	14,295	63.86%
	Independence	Gerald Jennings	561	2.51%
	Conservative	Gerald Jennings	511	2.28%
	Total	Gerald Jennings	15,367	68.65%
	Green	Alice Green	5,548	24.79%
	Republican	Joseph Sullivan	1,465	6.54%
		Benzie Johnson (write-in)	4	0.02%
Total votes			22,384	100%

See also

• 2009 Albany mayoral election
• History of Albany, New York (1983–present)
• List of mayors of Albany, New York

References

1. Feliciano, Kimberly. "Archie Goodbee to challenge Jennings for Albany mayor". The Free Library.
2. "2005 Albany Primary Election" (PDF).
3. Fries, Amanda. "Albany's Joe Sullivan, a frequent political candidate, has died". Times Union.
4. "New York State Green Party has best showing ever". Green Party of New York.
5. "2005 Albany Mayoral Election" (PDF).