Corey Ellis

Corey Ellis

Democratic Party

Albany Common Council President

Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

7

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 24, 2025

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Corey Ellis (Democratic Party) is the Albany Common Council President in New York. Ellis assumed office in 2018. Ellis' current term ends on January 1, 2026.

Ellis (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Albany in New York. Ellis lost in the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in Albany, New York (2025)

General election

General election for Mayor of Albany

Dorcey Applyrs defeated Rocco Pezzulo in the general election for Mayor of Albany on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dorcey Applyrs (D / Working Families Party)	83.4	11,784
	Submit photo	Rocco Pezzulo (R / Conservative Party)	13.6	1,922
		Other/Write-in votes	3.0	425

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 14,131
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Albany

Dorcey Applyrs defeated Dan Cerutti, Corey Ellis, and Carolyn McLaughlin in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Albany on June 24, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dorcey Applyrs	52.1	6,564
	Submit photo	Dan Cerutti	27.9	3,513
	Submit photo	Corey Ellis	10.6	1,340
	Submit photo	Carolyn McLaughlin	7.4	930
		Other/Write-in votes	1.9	240

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,587
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Rocco Pezzulo advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Albany.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Rocco Pezzulo advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Mayor of Albany.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Dorcey Applyrs advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Mayor of Albany.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ellis in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in Albany, New York (2021)

General election

General election for Albany Common Council President

Incumbent Corey Ellis defeated Jesse Calhoun in the general election for Albany Common Council President on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Corey Ellis (D)	79.3	10,564
		Jesse Calhoun (R / Conservative Party)	20.4	2,712
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	44

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,320
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Corey Ellis advanced from the Democratic primary for Albany Common Council President.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jesse Calhoun advanced from the Republican primary for Albany Common Council President.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Jesse Calhoun advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Albany Common Council President.

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Corey Ellis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Corey Ellis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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