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Heather Collins is challenging longtime Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Jr. for a third time, hoping to unseat the incumbent — a 13-term assemblyman who chairs the Local Governments Committee and is the only sitting member of the state Legislature who is not a Democrat or Republican. The district includes 31,757 active […]
Among the numerous issues being debated this election season, criminal justice reform, police reform and the Black Lives Matter movement are at the forefront of most political discussions in New York. America has become divided on the proposal of defunding the police, and in many communities across New […]
George Amedore Jr., New York Senator of the 46th District, has held office since 2014 but will not seek re-election this year. As a result, three candidates are on the ballot in a battle to occupy the vacant seat: Richard Amedure, Michelle Hinchey, and Robert Alft Jr. A fourth candidate, […]
Spread between Westchester and Putnam counties, District 94 is looking at a third-term from Republican Assemblyman Kevin Byrne. On Nov. 3, more than 90,360 active voters will decide if Byrne, or his opponent Democrat Stephanie Keegan, will win. In 2016, former Republican Assemblyman Stephen Katz did not seek reelection. Assemblyman […]
As early voting kicks into gear and Election Day approaches, New York’s general election for the 41st District’s State Senate seat puts two small business owners in the race. Democrat Karen Smythe challenges Republican incumbent Sue Serino to represent the mid-Hudson Valley this fall. Serino is running for her fourth […]
State Senator Jen Metzger, a freshman Democrat, is running for re-election in District 42 on November 3. Her Republican opponent is first-time candidate Mike Martucci. Senate District 42 includes Sullivan County and parts of Delaware, Orange, and Ulster counties. Although the largely rural district has a mix of Democratic and […]
New York State Senate District 4, which accounts for a large portion of southwestern Suffolk County on Long Island, is currently represented by Senator Phil Boyle. Sen. Boyle is now up for his fifth term since first being elected in 2012, representing the Republican, Conservative, and Independent parties. He will […]
Democrat Betsy Kraat is challenging freshman incumbent Chris Tague (R,C,I) for the 102nd Assembly District. The district includes Greene County, Schoharie County, part of Albany County, part of Columbia County, part of Delaware County, part of Otsego County and part of Ulster County. Kraat has experience as a tenant in […]