2025 Rochester mayoral election

The 2025 Rochester mayoral election will take place on November 4, 2025. Incumbent mayor, Malik Evans, is running for a second term as mayor.^[1] The primary election will be held on June 24, 2025.

Democratic Primary

Candidates

Declared

Malik Evans, incumbent mayor^[2]
Mary Lupien, Rochester City Councilmember^[3]
Shashi Sinha, IT executive^[4]

Endorsements

Malik Evans

Labor unions

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 282^[5]
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1635^[5]
International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1071^[5]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters^[5]
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 4^[5]
Iron Workers Local 33^[5]
Laborers Local 435^[5]
New York State United Teachers^[5]
Rochester Building Trades^[5]
Rochester Labor Council^[5]
Rochester Teachers Association^[5]
United Association Local 13^[5]
United Auto Workers Local 1097^[5]

Organizations

Monroe County Democratic Committee^[5]

Mary Lupien

Labor unions

Workers United^[5]

Organizations

Moms Demand Action^[5]

Declined to endorse

Individuals

Ana Maria Archila, activist and co-director of the New York Working Families Party^[6]

Organizations

Results

Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Democratic	Malik Evans (incumbent)	7,601
	Democratic	Mary Lupien	4,431
	Democratic	Shashi Sinha	1,329
	Write-in		76
Total votes

References

^ Schermerhorn, Jacob; O'connor, Justin (January 23, 2025). "Vying to lead the city". Rochester Beacon. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
^ "Mayor Malik Evans announces re-election bid in 2025 race for Rochester Mayor". RochesterFirst. January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
^ "Councilmember Mary Lupien to enter Rochester mayoral race". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
^ "In the race for Rochester mayor, a political unknown is promising change". WXXI News. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Jefferson, Austin (May 27, 2025). "The upstate mayoral primary races you should know about". City & State. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "For first time, Working Families Party stays out of Rochester mayor race". WXXI News. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.

External links

[1] Schermerhorn, Jacob; O'connor, Justin (January 23, 2025). "Vying to lead the city". Rochester Beacon. Retrieved January 25, 2025.

[2] "Mayor Malik Evans announces re-election bid in 2025 race for Rochester Mayor". RochesterFirst. January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.

[3] "Councilmember Mary Lupien to enter Rochester mayoral race". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved January 25, 2025.

[4] "In the race for Rochester mayor, a political unknown is promising change". WXXI News. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.

[C&S_Endorsements-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Jefferson, Austin (May 27, 2025). "The upstate mayoral primary races you should know about". City & State. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[WFP-6] "For first time, Working Families Party stays out of Rochester mayor race". WXXI News. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.

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