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'''Michael S. McDermott''' is an American politician. He was the 2014 Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of New York and ran alongside [[Christopher Edes]].
'''Michael S. McDermott''' is an American politician. He was the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] candidate for [[Governor of New York]] state, in the election of 2014,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/4-candidates-for-NY-governor-to-debate-5838930.php |title=NY governor hopefuls debate economy, leadership |last=Klepper |first=David |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=2014-10-22 |accessdate=2014-10-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027092826/http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/4-candidates-for-NY-governor-to-debate-5838930.php |archivedate=October 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/lane-filler/want-big-ideas-listen-to-howie-hawkins-and-michael-mcdermott-lane-filler-1.9502996|title=Filler: Want big ideas? Listen to Howie Hawkins and Michael McDermott|last=Filler|first=Lane|work=[[Newsday]]|date=2014-10-14|accessdate=2014-10-27}}</ref> 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.<ref>http://news.wbfo.org/post/video-candidates-square-sole-gubernatorial-debate</ref>
 
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, New York|Suffolk County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Who We Are|url=http://lpsc.li/home/who-we-are/|website=The Libertarian Party of Suffolk County, New York|accessdate=2 January 2017|date=3 March 2013}}</ref>


In 2012, he ran for Congress for New York's third congressional district, as well as in 2016, but he did not get on the ballot.
In 2012, he ran for Congress for New York's third congressional district, as well as in 2016, but he did not get on the ballot.


==Organizational positions==
==Politics==
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael McDermott to Lead Libertarian Team in Drive for Governor’s Race|url=http://lpsc.li/home/2014/04/27/mike-mcdermott-to-lead-libertarian-team-in-drive-for-governors-race/|website=The Libertarian Party of Suffolk County, New York|accessdate=1 January 2017|date=27 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Libertarians nominate LIer Michael McDermott for governor|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle/libertarians-nominate-lier-michael-mcdermott-for-governor-1.7850825|accessdate=2 January 2017|work=Newsday|date=2012}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Martins' bid for delay shakes up House race|url=http://www.theislandnow.com/news/jack-martins-bid-for-delay-shakes-up-house-race/article_11e66696-67ca-11e6-bdf0-073fc20172ad.html|website=The Island Now}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hackman|first1=Michelle|title=N.Y. Republican Seeks to Postpone Election Date to December|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/n-y-republican-seeks-to-postpone-house-election-date-to-december-1472521217|work=Wall Street Journal|date=30 August 2016}}</ref> He failed to make it onto the ballot, forcing him to be a write-in candidate.
 
===Organizational positions===
;Libertarian Party of New York
;Libertarian Party of New York
*Candidate for Chair, 2015
*Candidate for Chair, 2015
*At-Large Committee Member, 2016—present
*At-Large Committee Member, 2016—present


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==Electoral history==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="7" | Gubernatorial election in New York, 2014 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/|title=NYS Board of Elections Unofficial Election Night Results|publisher=|accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"
! colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 10em" |Candidate
! style="width: 10em" |Running mate
! style="width: 5em" |Votes
! style="width: 7em" |Percentage
! style="width: 5em" |Swing
|-
! style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| colspan="2" | ''Andrew Cuomo''
| align="right" | 1,811,672
| align="right" | 47.08%
| align="right" | {{decrease}} 9.44%
|-
! style="background-color:#CC6699; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Working Families Party|Working Families]]
| colspan="2" | ''Andrew Cuomo''
| align="right" | 126,244
| align="right" | 3.22%
| align="right" | {{decrease}} 0.13%
|-
! style="background-color:#800080; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Independence Party of New York|Independence]]
| colspan="2" | ''Andrew Cuomo''
| align="right" | 77,762
| align="right" | 2.02%
| align="right" | {{decrease}} 1.15%
|-
! style="background-color:#E0218A; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Women's Equality
| colspan="2" | ''Andrew Cuomo''
| align="right" | 53,802
| align="right" | 1.41%
| align="right" | N/A
|-
! style="background-color:#B2BEB5; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Total
| '''[[Andrew Cuomo]]'''
| '''[[Kathy Hochul]]'''   
| align="right" | '''2,069,480'''
| align="right" | '''54.19%'''
| align="right" | {{decrease}} 8.86%
|-
! style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| colspan="2" | ''Rob Astorino''
| align="right" | 1,234,951
| align="right" | 32.59%
| align="right" | {{increase}} 4.65%
|-
! style="background-color:#FF8C00; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Conservative Party of New York State|Conservative]]
| colspan="2" | ''Rob Astorino''
| align="right" | 250,634
| align="right" | 6.60%
| align="right" | {{increase}} 1.57%
|-
! style="background-color:#0F4D92; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Stop-Common-Core
| colspan="2" | ''Rob Astorino''
| align="right" | 51,294
| align="right" | 1.39%
| align="right" | N/A
|-
! style="background-color:#B2BEB5; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Total
| [[Rob Astorino]]
| Christopher Moss
| align="right" | 1,536,879
| align="right" | 40.24%
| align="right" | {{increase}} 6.71%
|-
! style="background-color:#0BDA51; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Green Party of the United States|Green]]
| [[Howie Hawkins]]
| Brian Jones
| align="right" | 184,419
| align="right" | 4.86%
| align="right" | {{increase}} 3.56%
|-
! style="background-color:#FFD700; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| Michael McDermott
| Chris Edes
| align="right" | 16,967
| align="right" | 0.42%
| align="right" | {{decrease}} 0.63%
|-
! style="background-color:#BCB88A; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Sapient
| Steven Cohn
| Bobby Kumar Kalotee
| align="right" | 4,963
| align="right" | 0.13%
| align="right" | N/A
|-
! style="background-color:#B2BEB5; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" |
| colspan="2" | '' Scattering''
| align="right" | 6,378
| align="right" | 0.19%
| align="right" | {{increase}} 0.09%
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="4" align="right" | '''Majority'''
| align="right" | '''480,605'''
| align="right" | '''13.26%'''
| align="right" | {{decrease}} 16.74%
|-
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="4" align="right" | '''Totals'''
| align="right" | '''3,930,310'''
| align="right" | '''100.00%'''
| align="right" |
|-
! style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| colspan="7" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Hold'''
|}
 
== References ==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.VoteMcDermott.org/ Michael McDermott Campaign Website], 2014
* {{C-SPAN|michaelmcdermott02}}
 
{{Wikipedia}}


[[Category:New York Libertarians]]
[[Category:New York Libertarians]]
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