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David Eisenbach
David Eisenbach ran in a special election for New York City Public Advocate. Eisenbach lost in the special general election on February 26, 2019.
Eisenbach was a Democratic candidate for New York City Public Advocate in New York. Eisenbach was defeated in the primary election on September 12, 2017.
Biography
Eisenbach earned his Ph.D. in American history from Columbia University. He teaches courses on the U.S. presidency and LGBT history at Columbia University. Eisenbach also teaches courses on William Shakespeare's plays at the Manhattan School of Music. He was the host of a History Channel show called "Ten Things You Don't Know About...".[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Public advocate election in New York, New York (2019)
General election
Special general election for New York City Public Advocate
The following candidates ran in the special general election for New York City Public Advocate on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jumaane Williams (Nonpartisan) | 32.8 | 138,803 |
 | Eric Ulrich (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 80,308 | |
 | Melissa Mark-Viverito (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 47,375 | |
 | Michael Blake (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 35,416 | |
 | Ydanis Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 25,253 | |
| Dawn Smalls (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 17,420 | ||
 | Rafael Espinal (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 13,482 | |
 | Daniel O'Donnell (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 12,774 | |
 | Ron Kim (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 11,849 | |
| Benjamin Yee (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 10,701 | ||
 | Nomiki Konst (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 9,738 | |
| Helal Sheikh (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,347 | ||
 | David Eisenbach (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,491 | |
| Manny Alicandro (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,373 | ||
 | Anthony Herbert (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,189 | |
 | Latrice Walker (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 2,549 | |
| Jared Rich (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 1,053 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 825 | ||
| Total votes: 422,946 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Danniel Maio (Nonpartisan)
- Gary Popkin (Nonpartisan)
- Ifeoma Ike (Nonpartisan)
- Mike Zumbluskas (Nonpartisan)
- Walter Iwachiw (Nonpartisan)
- Theo Chino-Tavarez (Nonpartisan)
Though the special election was nonpartisan, candidates were allowed to file with their own party line as long as it did not resemble an established political party's name.[2] Click [show] below to see the list of party lines for each candidate.
| Candidate party lines | |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Party line |
| Manny Alicandro | Better Leadership |
| Michael Blake | For The People |
| Theo Chino | Courage To Change |
| David Eisenbach | Stop REBNY |
| Rafael Espinal | Livable City |
| Anthony L. Herbert | Housing Residents First |
| Ifeoma Ike | People Over Profit |
| Walter Iwachiw | I4panyc |
| Ron Kim | People Over Corporations |
| Nomiki Konst | Pay People More |
| Danniel Maio | I Like Maio |
| Melissa Mark-Viverito | Fix the MTA |
| Daniel O'Donnell | Equality For All |
| Gary Popkin | Liberal |
| Jared Rich | Jared Rich For NYC |
| Ydanis Rodriguez | UNITED FOR IMMIGRANTS |
| Helal Sheikh | Friends Of Helal |
| Dawn Smalls | No More Delays |
| Eric Ulrich | Common Sense |
| Latrice Walker | People For Walker |
| Jumaane Williams | The People's Voice |
| Benjamin Yee | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT |
| Mike Zumbluskas | FIX MTA & NYCHA NOW |
2017
Incumbent Letitia James defeated David Eisenbach in the Democratic primary for public advocate of New York City.[3]
| New York City Public Advocate, Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Letitia James Incumbent |
76.24% | 300,301 |
| David Eisenbach | 23.42% | 92,246 |
| Write-in votes | 0.34% | 1,322 |
| Total Votes | 393,869 | |
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Official Election Results," September 26, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Eisenbach did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Endorsements
2017
Eisenbach's campaign website included the following endorsements:[1]
- The Small Business Congress
- Take Back NYC
- New Yorkers for a Human Scale City
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democrat David Eisenbach for Public Advocate, "Home," accessed August 7, 2017
- ↑ Gotham Gazette, "23 Candidates Submit Petitions to Get on February 26 Public Advocate Ballot," January 15, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the New York City Board of Elections," July 14, 2017
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