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Melissa Mark-Viverito
Melissa Mark-Viverito (Democratic Party) was a member of the New York City Council, representing District 8. She assumed office in 2006. She left office in 2017.
Mark-Viverito (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 15th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020.
She was selected as the speaker of the city council in January 2014. Mark-Viverito was not eligible to run for re-election in 2017 due to term limits.[1][2]
Mark-Viverito was a candidate for New York City public advocate in New York. She lost the general special election on February 26, 2019.
Biography
Mark-Viverito earned a B.S. from Columbia University and an M.P.A. from Baruch College, City University of New York.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 15
Ritchie Torres defeated Patrick Delices in the general election for U.S. House New York District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ritchie Torres (D) | 88.7 | 169,533 |
 | Patrick Delices (R / Conservative Party) | 11.1 | 21,221 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 283 | ||
| Total votes: 191,037 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Orlando Molina (R)
- Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ritchie Torres | 32.1 | 19,090 |
 | Michael Blake | 18.0 | 10,725 | |
 | Ruben Diaz | 14.4 | 8,559 | |
 | Samelys Lopez | 13.9 | 8,272 | |
 | Ydanis Rodriguez | 10.6 | 6,291 | |
 | Melissa Mark-Viverito | 4.3 | 2,561 | |
 | Tomas Ramos | 2.4 | 1,442 | |
 | Chivona Newsome | 2.3 | 1,366 | |
 | Marlene Tapper | 0.7 | 392 | |
 | Julio Pabon | 0.4 | 244 | |
 | Frangell Basora | 0.3 | 189 | |
| Mark Escoffery-Bey | 0.3 | 153 | ||
| David Philip Franks Jr. (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 189 | ||
| Total votes: 59,473 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marlene Cintron (D)
- Jonathan Ortiz (D)
- Eric Stevenson (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Orlando Molina advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Patrick Delices advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Kenneth Schaeffer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
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.[3] 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 |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Melissa Mark-Viverito did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Melissa Mark-Viverito did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
New York City Council, District 8 2006-2017 |
Succeeded by Diana Ayala (D) |
