Jimmy McMillan

Jimmy McMillan

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Jimmy McMillan was a Republican and Rent Is Too Damn High Party candidate for District 2 representative on the New York City Council in New York. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

McMillan is the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party. He ran as the party's candidate for mayor of New York City in 2005, 2009, and 2013. He also ran as the Rent Is Too Damn High candidate for governor of New York in 2006 and 2010.

Biography

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McMillan's experience includes work as a postal worker and a private investigator and service as a political activist and in the U.S. armed forces.

Elections

2017

See also: Mayoral election in New York, New York (2017) and Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot. Carlina Rivera (D) defeated Jimmy McMillan (R), Jasmin Sanchez (Liberal), Don Garrity (Libertarian), and Manny Cavaco (Green) in the general election for the District 2 seat on the New York City Council.

New York City Council, District 2 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Carlina Rivera	82.69%	20,050
	Republican	Jimmy McMillan	11.70%	2,837
	Liberal	Jasmin Sanchez	2.01%	487
	Libertarian	Don Garrity	1.79%	434
	Green	Manny Cavaco	1.55%	375
		Write-in votes	0.26%	63
Total Votes				24,246
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "General Election - November 7, 2017," accessed January 2, 2018

Jimmy McMillan ran unopposed in the Republican primary for the District 2 seat on the New York City Council.

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.

New York City Council, District 2 Republican Primary Election, 2017
Candidate
Jimmy McMillan
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Certified Results," accessed September 28, 2017

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2014 See also: New York gubernatorial election, 2014 McMillan filed for election to the office of New York governor, but his party's petitions were found insufficient. 2010 See also: New York gubernatorial election, 2010 and Gubernatorial elections, 2010 McMillan faced Andrew Cuomo (D), Carl P. Paladino (R), Warren Redlich (L), Howie Hawkins (G) and five other candidates in the general election on November 2, 2010. Cuomo won the election.

Campaign themes

2017

McMillan's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

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Affordable Housing The housing situation in New York City is nightmarish for all New York City residents; Whites, Blacks, Latino, people of color and of diverse gender orientation. The cost of housing is prohibitive and is inflated by high level bureaucracy, fraud and greed, and is not reflective of the actual cost of materials and labor. Labor is highly augmented by the undocumented labor pool. The workers are not paid a fair wage consummate with the artificially inflated cost-of living in New York City. We need to set up investigative agencies who will not succumb to the bribery and greed of developers in New York City. We must make affordable housing available to all New York City residents. Housing Discrimination We are against, and will stop the wanton discrimination in New York City housing. Discrimination of the poor and middle class, whether they are white, black, Latino, other people of color and LGBT must be discontinued. We must maintain the diversity of the New York City communities by making affordable housing available and free of discrimination. Gentrification Gentrification, whether it be by economic stifling as in high rents to whites, people of color or entrepreneurs with limited means, must be stopped in New York City. We need diversity in New York City. The wealthy cannot maintain the viability of the city without the inclusion of diversity in economic strata. Economic Viability We must be visionaries in New York City. The entrepreneurs are at the cutting edge of the thrust of this city into the future. However, they must be encouraged and nurtured into giving their best. We should invest in them. That will be infrastructural and human resource money well spent and will redound to the economic benefit of the City. Jobs for City Youth There have been generations of city dwellers of all colors and races who have not held a job throughout their entire lives. This situation is untenable. We must train our youth in the skills of workers required by our entrepreneurs. We must develop a tripartite approach to all our developmental thrusts, in order that everyone will be empowered to reap the benefits of our future development of the city. Everyone must be engaged in the business of city building and be made to be a part of our progress.

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See also

New York, New York	New York	Municipal government	Other local coverage

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