Candidates 2026 & AI – December 18, 2025

The club invites candidates running in 2026.  If you are running or thinking about running, you are welcome to participate.

Location of the December 18, 2025 meeting is at Grace Lutheran Church, 103-15 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills, Queens from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 

You could watch the meeting live on YouTube from 7:30 to 9:30 pm!

AGENDA
1. Pledge of Allegiance 7:30

– Memorial for Joseph Maffia, presented by his wife Mary-Jo.

2. Reading of club’s Mission Statement (Jim Strawhorn)
3. Roll call of officers and board members (Jimmy Schwatzman)
4. Reading of club’s 11/20 minutes (David Kemp)
5. Report of the Financial Secretary/Treasurer (Arkadiusz Tomaszewski)
6. Committee Reports
7. Old Business
– Election of the 2026 Officers and 2026-2028 Board Members
8. Announcement
9. New Business:  2026 Candidates & AI
-Alina Bonsell, State Senate 28 against Liz Krueger
-Denise Smith, State Assembly 80 against John Zaccaro, Jr.
-Jason Murillo, State Assembly 74 Special Election
Jonathan Rinaldi on “Algorithms of Power: How AI is rewriting the future of politics.”

Candidates who filed for Governor
Kathy Hochul
Elise Stefanik
Antonio Delgado
Hongbao Ma
Larry Sharpe
Marvin Suber Williams

Candidates who filed for Attorney General
Letitia James
Michael Louis Henry
Khurram Tanvir Dara

Candidates who filed for Comptroller
Thomas D. DiNapoli
Joseph Hernandez
Adem T. Bunkeddeko
Drew Warshaw
Rajeev Kumar Goyle

– 50/50 Raffle
10. Adjournment: 9:30 pm

November 30, 2025 email notification.

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The next meeting is January 15, 2026.