The 2009 Syracuse mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009. The incumbent

Incumbent

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 mayor, Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 Matt Driscoll, was term limited. Democrat Stephanie Miner

Stephanie Miner

Stephanie Ann Miner is an attorney, Democratic politician, and current Mayor of Syracuse, NY.-Background:Miner was born in Syracuse, New York to Edward, a physician and retired army officer, and Dianne Cooney, a nurse and current Dean of the Wegman School of Nursing at St. John Fisher College in...

 defeated Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 Steve Kimatian, 50%-39%, and Conservative Party of New York

Conservative Party of New York

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 candidate Otis Jennings finished a distant 3rd, with 10% of the vote. Miner will become the city's first female leader.

Democratic primary candidates

• Joe Nicoletti
  Joe Nicoletti
  Joe Nicoletti, is an American politician and business person. Previously elected offices include city councilor, member of the New York Assembly. Joe is a lifelong Syracuse, New York resident. He resides on the North Side. Joe is a graduate of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs...
  
   - business development consultant, former New York State Assembly
  New York State Assembly
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  man and Syracuse Common Councilor
• Alfonso Davis - Democratic political consultant
• Carmen Harlow - former Syracuse Department of Public Works deputy commissioner

Former Democratic candidates

• Bethaida González
  Bethaida González
  Bethaida Carmen "Bea" Gonzalez is a Latina politician in Syracuse, New York. She was the first Latina elected to the Syracuse School Board and Common Council , and was a candidate for mayor of Syracuse, New York in 2009.-Childhood and education:...
  
   - Syracuse Common Council President. Dropped out of race prior to primary.

Republican nominee

• Steve Kimatian - former general counsel to Newport Television
  Newport Television
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  , former regional vice-president of Clear Channel Television
  Clear Channel Communications
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  , former television personality with Syracuse ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
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  -affiliate WSYR-TV
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  . Beat out heavily-endorsed candidate Otis Jennings in the party primary.

Conservative Nominee

• Otis Jennings - After receiving an overwhelming endorsement from the Syracuse Republican Party, Jennings lost in the September primary for the Republican nomination. Days after the primary, he decided to continue campiaigning, and received the nomination from the Conservative Party of New York
  Conservative Party of New York
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Democratic

Republican

General election results

The general election took place on November 3, 2009.