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Parents > United States > New York > New York City > Mayor
OfficeMayor
HonorificMayor - Abbr: Mayor
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1965 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 1965 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 1965 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 01, 1966 - 12:00pm
Term End January 01, 1970 - 12:00pm
Contributornystate63
Last Modifiedbudgeteer December 25, 2017 04:18pm
Data SourcesNew York City Board of Elections
Description Lindsay also ran on the Liberal and Independent Citizens lines. REP 867,310 LIB/INC 281,796

Beame also ran on the Civil Service and City Fusion lines. DEM 983,109 CSI/FUS 63,590
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/1961
NameRobert F. Wagner, Jr. Votes1,237,421 (51.03%)
Term01/01/1962 - 01/01/1966 Margin401,730 (+16.57%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyLiberal Won11/04/1969
NameJohn V. Lindsay Votes1,012,633 (42.35%)
Term01/01/1970 - 01/01/1974 Margin180,861 (+7.56%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 14, 1965 NYC Mayor - D Primary
Abraham D. "Abe" Beame
D 750,139
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

11/01/1965 11/01/1965

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. John V. Lindsay Controller Abraham D. "Abe" Beame William F. Buckley, Jr. Vito P. Battista Clifton DeBerry Eric Hass  
PartyRepublican Democratic Conservative United Taxpayers Socialist Workers Socialist Labor  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,149,106 (44.99%) 1,046,699 (40.98%) 341,226 (13.36%) 11,104 (0.44%) 3,977 (0.16%) 2,087 (0.08%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -102,407 (-4.01%) -807,880 (-31.63%) -1,138,002 (-44.55%) -1,145,129 (-44.83%) -1,147,019 (-44.91%)  
Fusion Votes
R Republican867,310
L Liberal281,796
D Democratic983,109
CSI Civil Service Independent63,590
 
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 12/1 $2,500,000.00 12/1 $1,615,081.00 12/1 $245,003.00 $-- $-- $--  
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MATCHUP POLLS (2 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg41.35%-- 41.37%-- 14.33%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
New York Herald-Tribune 
11/01/65-11/01/65		 41.00% -- 39.00% -- 15.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
New York Daily News 
11/01/65-11/01/65		 42.00% -- 40.00% -- 18.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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LBR Old LW
D Carol Greitzer 🔗
D Ashley
Laf-W Craverguy
  New York Times
  New York Post
Veg Thomas Walker
D Edward I. "Ed" Koch
AnFed Patient Grasshopper
AENM Angry Russian
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
D Dodge Landesman
IPR Drew Benson R.I.P.
R CincinnatiReds1990
F Blue Republican
R Frederic R. Coudert
I Chase McFadden
GN nystate63
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Oct 09, 2005 03:00pm Election Guide A Campaign to Remember: The Mixed Legacy of John V. Lindsay's 1965 Race for Mayor  Article User 13 

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