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
NationalityAmerican
Known forLibertarian Party candidate for Governor of New York
Political partyLibertarian 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.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Warren Redlich		 Libertarian nominee for Governor of New York
2014		 Succeeded by
Larry Sharpe


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