Michael McDermott (politician)

Michael McDermott is an American politician. He was the Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of New York state, in the election of 2014,[1][2] losing to Andrew Cuomo and falling very short of the 50,000 votes needed to maintain ballot access. The libertarian ticket dropped by 0.63% of all voters from the previous year and received less than a third of the votes from the last cycle despite being included in the only gubernatorial debate of 2014.[3]

Michael McDermott
Nationality	American
Known for	Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of New York
Political party	Libertarian Party

According to his website, McDermott worked as a real estate broker and developer from 2001 to 2008. As of 2016, he is the vice chair of the Libertarian party of Suffolk County.[4]

Political career

In 2012, McDermott was the Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of New York. He was defeated by Democrat Steve Israel on November 6, 2012.

In 2014, McDermott was the Libertarian nominee for governor of New York.[5][6]

In 2016, McDermott ran for a seat in Congress representing New York's 3rd congressional district, in a race to replace Steve Israel, who decided to retire.[7][8] He failed to make it onto the ballot, forcing him to be a write-in candidate.

Electoral history

US House election, 2012: New York District 3 [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Israel	146,271
	Working Families	Steve Israel	6,506
	Independence	Steve Israel	5,103
	Total	Steve Israel (incumbent)	157,880	57.8
	Republican	Stephen LaBate	98,614
	Conservative	Stephen LaBate	14,589
	Total	Stephen LaBate	113,203	41.5
	Libertarian	Michael McDermott	1,644	0.6
	Constitution	Anthony Tolda	367	0.1
	None	Blank/Void/Scattered	35,105	0
Total votes			273,094	100
	Democratic hold

Gubernatorial election in New York, 2014 [10]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Swing
	Democratic	Andrew Cuomo		1,811,672	47.08%	9.44%
	Working Families	Andrew Cuomo		126,244	3.22%	0.13%
	Independence	Andrew Cuomo		77,762	2.02%	1.15%
	Women's Equality	Andrew Cuomo		53,802	1.41%	N/A
	Total	Andrew Cuomo	Kathy Hochul	2,069,480	54.19%	8.86%
	Republican	Rob Astorino		1,234,951	32.59%	4.65%
	Conservative	Rob Astorino		250,634	6.60%	1.57%
	Stop-Common-Core	Rob Astorino		51,294	1.39%	N/A
	Total	Rob Astorino	Christopher Moss	1,536,879	40.24%	6.71%
	Green	Howie Hawkins	Brian Jones	184,419	4.86%	3.56%
	Libertarian	Michael McDermott	Chris Edes	16,967	0.42%	0.63%
	Sapient	Steven Cohn	Bobby Kalotee	4,963	0.13%	N/A
		Scattering		6,378	0.19%	0.09%
Majority				480,605	13.26%	16.74%
Totals				3,930,310	100.00%
	Democratic Hold

References

1. Klepper, David (2014-10-22). "NY governor hopefuls debate economy, leadership". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
2. Filler, Lane (2014-10-14). "Filler: Want big ideas? Listen to Howie Hawkins and Michael McDermott". Newsday. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
3. http://news.wbfo.org/post/video-candidates-square-sole-gubernatorial-debate
4. "Who We Are". The Libertarian Party of Suffolk County, New York. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
5. "Michael McDermott to Lead Libertarian Team in Drive for Governor's Race". The Libertarian Party of Suffolk County, New York. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
6. "Libertarians nominate LIer Michael McDermott for governor". Newsday. 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
7. "Jack Martins' bid for delay shakes up House race". The Island Now.
8. Hackman, Michelle (30 August 2016). "N.Y. Republican Seeks to Postpone Election Date to December". Wall Street Journal.
10. "NYS Board of Elections Unofficial Election Night Results". Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

External links

• Michael McDermott Campaign Website, 2014
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Party political offices
Preceded by Warren Redlich	Libertarian nominee for Governor of New York 2014	Succeeded by Larry Sharpe