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Learn about ballot access, fundraising, paperwork and schedule for US Senate, Congress, State Senate, State Assembly races from past and 2024 candidates.

February 13, 2024 is the date of the Special Election for the third Congressional district.  April 2, 2024 is New York’s Presidential Primary.  Ballot access begins December 12, 2023.   June 25, 2024 is the Primary; and November 5, 2024 is the General.

Location of the December 21, 2023 meeting is at Grace Lutheran Church, 103-15 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills, Queens.  Doors open at 7:00 pm.

AGENDA
1. Pledge of Allegiance 7:30
2. Reading of club’s Mission Statement (Jim Strawhorn)
3. Roll call of officers and board members (Jimmy Schwatzman)
4. Reading of club’s 11/16 minutes (David Kemp)
5. Report of the Financial Secretary/Treasurer (Arkadiusz Tomaszewski)
6. Club’s President annual report
7. Committee Reports
– WhatsApp Social Media Committee (Vic Starsky/Carol Krohn)
8. Old Business
– General Election Results (certification, December 5th)
– NY Congressional lines (November 15)
9. Announcements
– Election of 2024 Officers and 2024-2026 board members
– Welcome Kings County GOP Chair, Richard Barsamian!
– Martha Rowen (Appearance before the Board of Elections Commissioners)
– 50/50 Raffle
10. Lessons Learned (Jim Strawhorn)
11. New Business – Candidates Sharing and/or Running
– Diane Sare, US Senate
– Josh Eisen, US Senate
– Tom Sullivan, 23rd State Assembly
– Juan Pagan, 38th State Assembly
– Steven Wang, State Assembly
– Jonathan Rinaldi, US Congress
– Sheryl Fertik, US Congress
– Isaiah Orlando Vega, NY Senate

– 3rd Congressional Special Election candidates invited
Mike Sapraicone
Phil Grillo
Mekita Jacqueline Coe
Kellen Curry
Daniel Norber

12. Adjournment 9:30

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Unofficial Results:  NYC Races and 2 Ballot Proposals

District Attorney races
Queens: Michael Mossa (R,C; 24% 35,319) vs. George A. Grasso (Public Safety; 5% 7,309) vs.  ✅Melinda Katz (D; 67% 97,388)
Bronx: *✅Darcel D. Clark (D; 48,268)
Staten Island: *✅Michael E. McMahon (D; 19,509)

City Council races by District
1: Helen Qiu (R,C,Common Sense, Arts & Culture; 31% 3,931) vs. * ✅Christopher Marte (D; 68% 8,555)
2: * ✅Carlina Rivera (D,WF; 9,725)
3: Robert Bobrick (R, Medical Freedom; 10% 1,595) vs. * ✅Erik D. Bottcher (D; 89% 13,693)
4: Brian Robinson (R, Parent; 26% 4,348) vs. * ✅Keith Powers (D; 73% 12,216)
5: Elizabeth Golluscio (R; 18% 3,275) vs. * ✅Julie Menin (D; 81% 14,449)
6: Diane di Stasio (R, CleanUpNY, Arts & Culture; 18% 3,809) vs. * ✅Gale Brewer (D, 81% 17,527) vs. Barbara Simpson (Medical Freedom, 1% 142)
7: * ✅Shaun Abreu (D; 12,612)
8: Exodus M. Gary (R; 12% 717) vs. * ✅Diana I. Ayala (D; 87% 5,373)
9:  ✅Yusef Salaam (D; 11,179)
10: * ✅Carmen N. De La Rosa (D,WF; 8,207)
11: Robert Caemmerer (R,C, Medical Freedom; 14% 1,518) vs. * ✅Eric Dinowitz (D; 84% 8,755)
12: Dewayne R. Lee (R; 7% 671) vs. * ✅Kevin C. Riley (D; 93% 9,298)
13:  ✅Kristy Marmorato (R,C; 52% 6,571) vs. *Marjorie Velazquez (D; 47% 5,863)
14: Amelia Rose (R; 11% 450) vs. * ✅Pierina A. Sanchez (D,WF; 88% 3,628)
15: Erica Elias (R; 13% 487) vs. Jose A. Padilla, Jr. (C; 7% 268) vs. * ✅Oswald J. Feliz (D; 80% 3,092)
16: Tanya Carmichael (R; 14% 677) vs. * ✅Althea V. Stevens (D; 86% 4,233)
17: Rosaline Nieves (R; 11% 441) vs. Gonzalo Duran (C; 4% 176) vs. * ✅Rafael Salamanca Jr. (D; 85% 3,517)
18: Michelle Castillo (R; 11% 757) vs. * ✅Amanda C. Farias (D,WF; 88% 5,844)
19: * ✅Vickie Paladino (R,C, Common Sense; 60% 11,648) vs. Tony Avella (D, Taxpayers Unite; 39% 7,634)
20: Yu-Ching James Pai (R,C, Medical Freedom, Common Sense; 31% 2,657) vs. Jin Liang Chen (Better Flushing; 10% 837) vs. * ✅Sandra Ung (D; 58% 4,905)
21: * ✅Franciso Moya (D; 2,936)
22: Kelly M. Klingman (R,C, Animal Welfare; 30% 4,126) vs * ✅Tiffany Caban (D,WF; 70% 9,517)
23: Bernard K. Chow (R,C, Medical Freedom, Common Sense; 36% 5,089) vs. * ✅Linda Lee (D; 63% 9,024)
24: Jonathan D. Rinaldi (R,C, Medical Freedom, Parent, Mad As Hell; 24% 2,169) vs. * ✅James F. Gennaro (D; 74% 6,862)
25: Zhile Cao (R, Medical Freedom; 21% 1,879) vs. * ✅Shekar Krishnan (D,WF; 65% 5,753) vs. Fatima Baryab (Diversity; 11% 945)
26: Marvin Jeffcoat (R, Medical Freedom; 20% 2,092) vs. * ✅Julie Won (D,WF; 79% 8,276)
27: Marilyn Miller (R, Medical Freedom; 7% 635) vs. * ✅Nantasha M. Williams (D; 92% 8,490)
28: Rusat Ramgopal (R, Common Sense; 14% 1,020) vs. * ✅Adrienne E. Adams (D; 85% 6,249)
29: Danniel S. Maio (R,C; 27% 3,132) vs. Sukhi Singh (Common Sense; 4% 489) vs. * ✅Lynn C. Schulman (D; 68% 7,790)
30: * ✅Robert F. Holden (R,C,D, Medical Freedom, Animal Welfare; 7,496)
31: Daniella M. May (R, Mad As Hell, Parent; 10% 988) vs. * ✅Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (D; 89% 8,597)
32: * ✅Joann Ariola (R,C; 8,839)
33: Martha Rowen (R,C, Medical Freedom; 12% 1,472) vs. * ✅Lincoln Restler (D,WF; 87% 10,640)
34: Marguerite Chandler (Medical Freedom; 5% 358) vs. * ✅Jennifer Gutierrez (D,WF; 95% 7,168)
35: * ✅Crystal Hudson (D,WF; 13,448)
36: * ✅Chi A. Osse (D,WF; 99% 9,396)
37: Isaiah Orlando Vega (R,C, Medical Freedom; 11% 525) vs. * ✅Sandy Nurse (D,WF; 89% 4,426)
38: Paul A. Rodriguez (R,C; 34% 2,871) vs. * ✅Alexa Aviles (D,WF; 66% 5,633)
39: Arkadiusz T. Tomaszewski (R,C, Medical Freedom; 13% 2,624) vs. * ✅Shahana K. Hanif (D,WF; 85% 17,461)
40: Daniel B. Lally (Medical Freedom; 3% 321) vs. * ✅Rita C. Joseph (D,WF; 96% 10,857)
41: * ✅Darlene Mealy (D; 5,959)
42: * ✅Chris Banks (D; 6,488)
43: Ying Tan (R; 26% 2,122) vs. Vito J. LaBella (C; 15% 1,174) vs.  ✅Susan Zhuang (D; 59% 4,722)
44: * ✅Kalman Yeger (R,C,D; 80% 7,362) vs. Heshy Tischler (Boro Park Flatbush; 18% 1,692)
45: * ✅Farah N. Louis (D; 97% 8,524)
46: Michael J. Moran (R,C; 32% 3,599) vs. Adieretta Kabreau (Kabreau 4 Council; 2% 214) vs. * ✅Mercedes Narcisse (D; 65% 7,268)
47: *Ari Kagan (R,C, Parent; 41% 7,916) vs. * ✅Justin Brannan (D; 58% 11,148)
48: * ✅Inna Vernikov (R,C; 67% 8,109) vs. Igor Kazatsker (Team Trump; 8% 978) vs. Amber Adler (D,We The People; 24% 2,926)
49: Ruslan Shamal (SSSI, 16% 1,341) vs. * ✅Kamilah M. Hanks (D, 79% 6,456)
50: * ✅David M. Carr (R,C; 9,568)
51: * ✅Joseph C. Borelli (R,C; 9,863)

Proposal Number 1, an Amendment: Removal of Small City School Districts From Special Constitutional Debt Limitation
The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 4 of the Constitution removes the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small city school districts, so they will
be treated the same as all other school districts. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? 73% ✅YES; 358,955 vs. 27% NO; 134,767

Abstract of Proposal Number One, An Amendment.  This constitutional amendment removes the special debt limit for small city school districts.  Debt limits would be established in state law for all school districts.  A small city school district is one that includes at least part of a small city.  A small city is a city with less than 125,000 people.  The State Constitution limits how much debt a small city school district can incur.  Their debt cannot be more than 5% of the value of taxable real estate in the district.  There are exceptions for certain expenses.  Other school districts are not subject to a constitutional debt restriction, but have a different debt limit provided by state law.  State law says their debts cannot be greater than 10% of the value of taxable real property.  If this Constitutional Amendment passes, small city school districts would be eligible to have the same debt limit as other school districts enacted via legislative action.

Proposal Number 2, an Amendment: Extending Sewage Project Debt Exclusion From Debt Limit
The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 5 of the Constitution extends for ten years the authority of counties, cities, towns, and villages to remove from their constitutional debt limits debt for the construction of sewage facilities. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? 76% ✅YES; 372,659 vs. 24% NO; 117,895.

Abstract of Proposal Number Two, An Amendment.  The Constitution limits the debt counties, cities, towns and villages can incur.  This debt limit does not include debt for sewage treatment and disposal construction projects.  The sewer debt exception expires on January 1, 2024.  This amendment extends the sewer debt exception for ten more years until January 1, 2034.  The proposed amendment does this by changing section 5 of article 8 of the Constitution.

Judges:  Of the 41 judgeship positions up for election, only 4 races have a competition: 1 in Kings and 3 in Queens.

3 Manhattan Civil Court – 1st Judicial:  ✅Phaedra F. Perry (D; 98,627);  ✅Lyle E. Frank (D; 94,052);  ✅Leslie A. Stroth (D; 97,288)
2 Manhattan Civil Court –  ✅Dana Marie Catanzaro (D; 104,438);  ✅Yael Witkofsky (D; 93,245)
1 Manhattan Civil Court – 1st Municipal:  ✅Lauren L. Esposito (D; 9,313)
1 Manhattan Civil Court – 3rd Municipal:  ✅Andrea Krugman (D; 10,219)
1 Manhattan Civil Court – 6th Municipal:  ✅Anna Mikhaleva (D; 15,949)
1 Manhattan Civil Court – 7th Municipal:  ✅Denise M. Dominguez (PS; 10,396)
3 Bronx Supreme Court – 12th Judicial:  ✅Michael A. Frishman (D; 32,039);  ✅Sharon AM Aarons (D; 40,619);  ✅John A. Howard-Algarin (D; 29,361)
1 Bronx Civil Court –  ✅Joaquin E. Orellana (D; 41,582)
2 Bronx Civil Court – 1st Municipal:  ✅Carol Elaine Malcolm (D; 24,784);  ✅Edit Shkreli (D; 16477)
1 Kings Surrogate –  ✅Bernard J. Graham (D; 131,709)
6 Kings Supreme Court – 2nd Judicial:  ✅Rachel Freier (D,R,C; 17% 135,789);  ✅Sharon AB Clarke (D,R,C; 17% 138,498);  ✅Joanne Quinones (D,R,C; 16% 134,410);  ✅Caroline Piela Cohen (D; 13% 105,852);  Timothy Peterson (R,C; 4% 33,377);  ✅Heela Capell (D,R,C; 16% 128,437); and  ✅Saul Stein (D,R,C; 16% 131,223)
4 Kings Civil Court –  ✅Betsey Jean-Jacques (D; 113,687);  ✅Linda Wilson (D; 117,561);  ✅Marva C. Brown (D,WF; 122,440);  ✅Monique J. Holaman (D; 110162)
1 Kings Civil Court – 1st Municipal:  ✅Rena Malik (D; 16,632)
2 Kings Civil Court – 2nd Municipal:  ✅Lola Waterman (D; 12,061);  ✅Babatunde Akowe (D; 10,972)
1 Kings Civil Court – 3rd Municipal:  ✅Javier Ortiz (D; 10,803)
5 Queens Supreme Court – 11th Judicial:  ✅Cassandra A. Johnson (D; 16% 81,254); Gary Muraca (R; 9% 43,220); ✅Karen Lin (D; 17% 85,098); ✅Peter J. Kelly (D; 17% 85,980); ✅Scott Dunn (D,R; 22% 111,309); ✅Jessica Earle-Gargan (D; 17% 82,969)
1 Queens Civil Court –  ✅Sandra Perez (D; 66% 90923); Sharmela Bachu (R; 33% 45,392)
1 Queens Civil Court – 1st Municipal:  ✅Michael H. Goldman (D; 13,130)
1 Queens Civil Court – 2nd Municipal:  ✅Sandra M. Munoz (D; 19,886)
1 Queens Civil Court – 4th Municipal:  ✅Delsia G. Marshall (D; 28,876)
1 Queens Civil Court – 6th Municipal:  ✅Evelyn Gong (D; 51% 19,503); William David Shanahan (R,C,CS; 48% 18,263)
1 Richmond Civil Court – 2nd Municipal:  ✅Michael J. Pinto (R,C; 16,207)

– Sharmela Bachu, Civil Court Judge
– Robert Bobrick, 3rd City Council
– Elizabeth Golluscio, 5th City Council
– Bernard Chow, 23rd City Council
– Jonathan Rinaldi, 24th City Council
– Zhile Cao, 25th City Council
– Marvin Jeffcoat, 26th City Council
– Martha Rowen, 33rd City Council
– Isaiah Orlando Vega, 37th City Council

Click here to see list of all the candidates and proposals on the ballot.

$5,000 threshold status of of October 27, 2023 (Statement #9)

Thank you for your support!

Jonathan Rinaldi (Queens 24th) $582* reported
Marilyn Miller (Queens 27th) $0* reported
Danniel Maio (Queens 29th) $3,036 reported
Arkadiusz Tomaszewski (Brooklyn 39th) $1,581 reported

Congratulations to Bob, Elizabeth, Zhile, Martha, Isaiah and Paul!
Robert Bobrick (Manhattan 3rd) $11,729 reported
Elizabeth Golluscio (Manhattan 5th) $6,493 reported
Zhile Cao (Queens 25th) $5,773 reported
Martha Rowen (Brooklyn 33rd) $5,374 reported
Isaiah Vega (Brooklyn 37th) $7,148 reported
Paul Rodriguez (Brooklyn 38th) $13,9239 reported

The Campaign Finance Board was established by Ballot Question Six: Voter Assistance and Campaign Finance in the November 1988 election to fight declining number of voter registration and to de-escalate costs of running for office.  How is it doing 35 years later?

Cost of USPS First Class stamp as of July 9, 2023 is 66¢.

Sources:  Campaign Finance Board Campaign Finance Summary and NYC Board of Elections Certified Results

Republican and Conservative candidates:

David Hirsch (State Assembly, 27th District), September 12, 2023 Special Election.  Presentation.

William Shanahan (Civil Court Judge, 6th Municipal District), Michael Mossa (Queens District Attorney), Gary Muraca (Supreme Court Judge).

Other speakers:
– Stephen Weiner on Missouri v. Biden  DOJ FBI subpoenaed (Epoch Times 8/17/23)
– Taisha Parrott and Laura Schmitt on Moms for Liberty
– Bill Schacht on Resiliency
– Edward Manfredonia

Lessons Learned on the Campaign Trail (Jim Strawhorn)
– Robert Bobrick (3rd City Council district) on fundraising
– Martha Rowen (33rd City Council district) on fundraising
– Danniel Maio (29th City Council district) on absentee ballot law

Help Republican, Conservative and/or Medical Freedom candidates to qualify for Campaign Finance Board’s matching fund

The following participating candidates have not met the second threshold of $5,000 as of August 25th.  Any person having an address in the City of New York will count.  Their status will be updated after October 8 (Statement #8), the next deadline.

Contribute to Robert Bobrick (Manhattan 3rd) $6,267 reported
Contribute to Elizabeth Golluscio (Manhattan 5th) $2,824 reported
Contribute to Jonathan Rinaldi (Queens 24th) $582* reported
Contribute to Zhile Cao (Queens 25th) $5,423 reported
Contribute to Marilyn Miller (Queens 27th) $0* reported
Contribute to Danniel Maio (Queens 29th) $3,142 reported
Contribute to Martha Rowen (Brooklyn 33rd) $2,324 reported
Contribute to Isaiah Vega (Brooklyn 37th) $2,006 reported
Contribute to Paul Rodriguez (Brooklyn 38th) $4,299 reported
Contribute to Arkadiusz Tomaszewski (Brooklyn 39th) $556 reported