Kris Lord

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Kris Lord

Republican Party

Education

High school

Andover High School

Bachelor's

Smith College, 2003

Graduate

Norfolk State University, 2006

Ph.D

Iowa State University, 2013

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Birthplace

New York, N.Y.

Religion

Jewish

Profession

Mayor

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Kris Lord (Republican Party) ran for election for Mayor of New York. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 24, 2025.

Biography

Kris Lord has been affiliated with the American Chemical Society, the National Society of Black Physicists, the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Sigma Xi, Revature, The National GEM Consortium, A Better Chance, InRoads, and the Materials Research Society.

Elections

2025

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

General election

General election for Mayor of New York

The following candidates are running in the general election for Mayor of New York on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Eric Adams (Safe&Affordable Party / EndAntiSemitism Party)
		Zohran Mamdani (D / Working Families Party)
		Curtis Sliwa (R / Protect Animals Party)
		Irene Estrada (Conservative Party)
		Andrew Cuomo (Fight and Deliver Party)
		James Walden (Integrity Party) (Unofficially withdrew)
	Submit photo	Joseph Hernandez (Quality of Life Party)
		Jean Anglade (Independent) (Write-in)
		Montell Moseley (Independent) (Write-in)
		Karen Stachel (Independent) (Write-in)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kyle Gutierrez (Independent)
• Abbey Laurel-Smith (Independent)
• Gowri Krishna (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Mayor of New York

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Zohran Mamdani in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Zohran Mamdani	56.4	573,169	103,414	Advanced (3)
		Andrew Cuomo	43.6	443,229	55,852	3
		Brad Lander	0.0	0	-120,707	2
		Adrienne Adams	0.0	0	-44,359	2
		Scott Stringer	0.0	0	-17,894	2
		Zellnor Myrie	0.0	0	-10,648	2
		Whitney Tilson	0.0	0	-8,525	2
		Michael Blake	0.0	0	-4,389	2
		Jessica Ramos	0.0	0	-4,294	2
		Paperboy Prince	0.0	0	-1,628	2
		Selma Bartholomew	0.0	0	-1,505	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Zohran Mamdani	43.9	469,755	113	Advanced (3)
		Andrew Cuomo	36.2	387,377	240	3
		Brad Lander	11.3	120,707	73	2
		Adrienne Adams	4.1	44,359	167	2
		Scott Stringer	1.7	17,894	74	2
		Zellnor Myrie	1.0	10,648	55	2
		Whitney Tilson	0.8	8,525	82	2
		Michael Blake	0.4	4,389	23	2
		Jessica Ramos	0.4	4,294	21	2
		Paperboy Prince	0.2	1,628	68	2
		Selma Bartholomew	0.1	1,505	16	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Zohran Mamdani	43.8	469,642	0	Advanced (3)
		Andrew Cuomo	36.1	387,137	0	3
		Brad Lander	11.3	120,634	0	2
		Adrienne Adams	4.1	44,192	0	2
		Scott Stringer	1.7	17,820	0	2
		Zellnor Myrie	1.0	10,593	0	2
		Whitney Tilson	0.8	8,443	0	2
		Michael Blake	0.4	4,366	0	2
		Jessica Ramos	0.4	4,273	0	2
		Paperboy Prince	0.1	1,560	0	2
		Selma Bartholomew	0.1	1,489	0	2
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.1	1,581	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,071,730
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Deirdre Levy (D)
• Cleopatra Fitzgerald (D)
• Corinne Fisher (D)

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Mayor of New York

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Curtis Sliwa in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Curtis Sliwa

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kris Lord (R)
• Joe Alny (R)
• James Manning (R)
• Gonzalo Duran (R)
• Naomi Coley (R)
• Fátimazöhra Nouinou (R)
• John Harris (R)
• Ronen Nahom (R)
• David Rem (R)
• Darren Dione Aquino (R)
• Montell Moseley (R)

Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for Mayor of New York

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Irene Estrada in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Irene Estrada

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Working Families Party primary election

Working Families Primary for Mayor of New York

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Gowri Krishna in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Gowri Krishna

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2022

See also: New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of New York

Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Lee Zeldin in the general election for Governor of New York on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Hochul (D / Working Families Party)	53.1	3,140,415
		Lee Zeldin (R / Conservative Party)	46.7	2,762,581
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	9,290

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,912,286
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jumaane Williams (Working Families Party)
• John Nistico (Constitutional Party)
• Larry Sharpe (L)
• Alex Zapesochny (Unite Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of New York

Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Hochul	67.4	607,928
		Jumaane Williams	19.3	173,872
		Tom Suozzi	13.0	116,972
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	3,730

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 902,502
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Agha Muhammad Saleh (D)
• Nicolae Bunea (D)
• Letitia James (D)
• Paul Nichols (D)
• Vladimy Joseph (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of New York

Lee Zeldin defeated Andrew Giuliani, Rob Astorino, and Harry Wilson in the Republican primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lee Zeldin	43.4	196,874
		Andrew Giuliani	22.8	103,267
		Rob Astorino	18.6	84,464
		Harry Wilson	14.7	66,736
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	2,261

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453,602
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Skiboky Stora (R)
• Derrick Gibson (R)
• Kris Lord (R)
• Kim Jarrett (R)
• Michael Carpinelli (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Lee Zeldin advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Governor of New York.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Jumaane Williams advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Governor of New York.

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2022

Kris Lord did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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