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2025 New York City Comptroller election

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2025 New York City Comptroller election

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Nominee Mark Levine Peter Kefalas
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Comptroller

Brad Lander
Democratic



The 2025 New York City Comptroller election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the New York City Comptroller. Incumbent Comptroller Brad Lander was eligible to run for a second term, but retired to run for Mayor of New York City.[1]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrawn

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Declined

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports
as of June 23, 2025
Independent expenditures
as of June 23, 2025
Candidate Raised Public

matching funds

Total funds Spent Est.

Cash on hand

Supporting Opposing
Justin Brannan $905,525 $3,038,200 $3,943,725 $2,827,879 $1,115,846 $175,484 $0
Mark Levine $1,273,203 $3,903,648 $5,176,851 $3,532,791 $1,644,060 $154,798 $0
Ismael Malave $104,826 $0[a] $104,826 $87,211 $17,615 $0 $0
Kevin Parker $89,506 $0[a] $89,506 $77,898 $11,607 $0 $0
Source: New York City Campaign Finance Board[11]

Endorsements

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Justin Brannan
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
  • Keith Wright, chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party (2009–present) (previously endorsed Parker first and Levine third)[20]
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Mark Levine
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
  • Keith Wright, chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party (2009–present) (third choice) (switched to solely endorsing Brannan)[20]
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Kevin Parker
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
  • Keith Wright, chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party (2009–present) (first choice) (switched to solely endorsing Brannan)[20]
Declined to endorse
State legislators

Polling

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Ranked-choice polls

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[c]
Margin
of error
RCV
count
Justin Brannan
Mark Levine
Ismael Malave
Kevin Parker
Undecided
Emerson College[50][A] May 23–26, 2025 573 (LV) ± 3.9% BA 17% 37% 7% 12% 29%
409 (LV) 1 23% 51% 10% 16%
403 (LV) 2 27% 55% 19%
375 (LV) 3 37% 63%

First-past-the-post polls

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[c]
Margin
of error
Justin Brannan
Mark Levine
Ismael Malave
Kevin Parker
Undecided
Center for Strategic Politics[51][B] June 13–16, 2025 580 (LV) ± 4.1% 17% 41% 12% 7% 23%
Public Policy Polling (D)[52][C][d] June 6–7, 2025 573 (LV) ± 4.1% 19% 30% 1% 6% 44%
Emerson College[50][A][d] May 23–26, 2025 573 (LV) ± 3.9% 17% 37% 7% 12% 29%
Honan Strategy Group[53][D] April 16–17, 2025 823 (LV) ± 3.4% 10% 25% 5% 60%

Other polls

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[c]
Margin
of error
RCV
count
Justin Brannan
Mark Levine
Ismael Malave
Kevin Parker
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[52][C][e] June 6–7, 2025 573 (LV) ± 4.1% 1 19% 30% 1% 6% 44%
2 7% 9% 3% 6% 74%

Results

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Democratic primary results[54]
Party Candidate First round Second round Final round
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Democratic Mark D. Levine 444,067 47.98% 444,482 48.14% 491,551 58.72%
Democratic Justin Brannan 308,637 33.35% 308,837 33.45% 345,628 41.28%
Democratic Ismael Malave-Perez 96,049 10.38% 96,259 10.43%
Democratic Kevin Parker 73,322 7.92% 73,677 7.98%
Democratic Write-ins 3,475 0.38%
Total active votes 925,550 100.00% 923,255 100.00% 837,179 100.00%
Exhausted ballots 2,295 0.25% 86,076 9.32%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Peter Kefalas, founder of media site QNS Voice[55][4]

Eliminated in primary

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  • Danniel Maio, data analyst and perennial candidate[55]

Results

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Republican primary results[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Kefalas 18,112 60.9%
Republican Danniel Maio 9,870 33.2%
Write-in 1,740 5.9%
Total votes 29,722 100%

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Did not qualify.
  2. ^ Locals 1, 52, 306, 751, 764, and 798
  3. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ^ a b First-choice results from a ranked-choice poll
  5. ^ This poll asked respondents to name their first and second choices on their ballots, but did not eliminate candidates in a ranked-choice simulation.

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by WPIX and The Hill
  2. ^ This poll was sponsored by DREAM for NYC
  3. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Brannan's campaign
  4. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce
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References

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