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  New York City Controller
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > New York > New York City > Comptroller
OfficeController
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1961 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 07, 1961 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 07, 1961 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 01, 1962 - 12:00pm
Term End January 01, 1966 - 12:00pm
Contributornystate63
Last Modifiednystate63 August 08, 2004 07:33pm
Data SourcesNYC Board of Elections - 1961 Annual Report
DescriptionBeame also ran on the Liberal and Brotherhood lines.
DEM 1,133,848 LIB 248,799 BRO 72,268

Gilhooley also ran on the Civic Action line.
REP 780,238 CIV 50,716
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1957
NameLawrence E. Gerosa Votes1,526,553 (71.85%)
Term01/01/1958 - 01/01/1962 Margin983,771 (+46.30%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 07, 1961 NYC Controller - D Primary Abraham D. "Abe" Beame
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name Abraham D. "Abe" Beame John J. Gilhooley Frederick W. Halstead John Emanuel
PartyDemocratic Republican Socialist Workers Socialist Labor
Votes1,454,915 (63.45%) 830,954 (36.24%) 4,962 (0.22%) 2,143 (0.09%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -623,961 (-27.21%) -1,449,953 (-63.23%) -1,452,772 (-63.36%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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