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NEW YORK

Your complete directory of New York candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): July 2010
Filing Deadline (Independents): August 2010
Filing Deadline (Other Parties): September 2010
Primary: September 2010

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Giuliani for Mayor - 1993

POLITICAL PARTY LEGEND:
(D) = Democrat - (R) = Republican - (C) = Conservative - (CNST) = Constitution
(G) = Green - (IP) = Independence Party - (I) = Independent/No Party - (Ind) - Independent
(L) = Liberal - (LIBT) = Libertarian - (NL) = Natural Law - (RTL) = Right to Life -
(SJ) = Save Jobs - (SC) = School Choice - (SWP) = Socialist Workers
(WF) = Working Families

Note: New York law permits "fusion" candidates (i.e., individuals who
concurrently seek an office as a candidate of more than one party).

This page was last updated on October 25, 2009

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
David Paterson (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Andrew Cuomo (D) - Attorney General & Ex-US Housing Secretary
John Cahill (R) - Attorney & Ex-Gubernatorial Chief of Staff
Chris Collins (R) - Erie County Executive & Businessman
Ed Cox (R) - Attorney & Son-in-Law of President Nixon
Rudy Giuliani (R) - Ex-NYC Mayor, Ex-US Attorney, Businessman & '08 Presidential Candidate
Ken Goewey (R) - Ex-Auto Dealership Owner & Alternative Medicine Advocate
Rick Lazio (R) - Ex-Congressman, Attorney & '00 US Sen. Nominee
George Pataki (R) - Ex-Governor, Ex-State Sen. & Attorney

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

Alfred E. Smith for Governor - 1918

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Richard Ravitch (D)*

STATE COMPTROLLER:
Tom DiNapoli (D)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Andrew Cuomo (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Richard Brodsky (D) - State Assemblyman & Attorney
John "Sean" Coffey (D) - Attorney & Retired Navy Officer
Michael Gianaris (D) - State Assemblyman
Tom Suozzi (D) - Nassau County Executive, Ex-Glen Cove Mayor, Attorney & '06 Governor Candidate
Dan Donovan (R) - Staten Island District Attorney

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State Assembly (Republican Caucus)

State Senate (Democratic Caucus)

U.S. SENATOR:

REGULAR ELECTION - 2010:
Chuck Schumer (D)*
Randy Credico (D) - Comedian & Drug Legalization Activist

Jacob K. Javits for US Senate - 1956

SPECIAL ELECTION - 2010:
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Jon Cooper (D) - Suffolk County Legislator & Manufacturing Executive
Scott Noren (D) - Oral Surgeon & Army Veteran
Jonathan Tasini (D) - Ex-National Writers Union President, Labor Union Organizer & '06 Candidate
George Pataki (R) - Ex-Governor, Ex-State Sen. & Attorney

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Tim Bishop (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Randy Altschuler (R) - Businessman
George Demos (R) - Attorney

District 2:
Steve Israel (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Anthony Tolda (R/C) - Financial Consultant

W.J. Bryan for President - William Sulzer for Congress - 1900

District 3:
Pete King (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Carolyn McCarthy (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Frank Scaturro (R) - Attorney, Law Professor & Author

District 5:
Gary Ackerman (D)* - (Campaign Site)

Ruth Pratt - 1930

District 6:
Gregory Meeks (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 7:
Joe Crowley (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Jerrold Nadler (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Steven Leiner (Independent)

District 9:
Anthony Weiner (D)* - (Campaign Site)

Col. Theodore Roosevelt for Governor - 1898

District 10:
Ed Towns (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Kevin Powell (D) - Journalist, Author, Community Activist & '08 Candidate

District 11:
Yvette Clarke (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 12:
Nydia Velazquez (D)*
Bruce Hirschfeld (D)

Benjamin Tracy for NYC Mayor - 1897

District 13:
Mike McMahon (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Michael Allegretti (R) - Environmenal Policy Advocate & Ex-Aide to NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg

District 14:
Carolyn Maloney (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 15:
Charlie Rangel (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Vincent Morgan (D) - Banker & Ex-Congressional Aide
Adam Clayton Powell IV (D) - State Assemblyman, Ex-NYC City Councilman, Attorney & '94 Candidate

Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. - 1967

District 16:
Jose Serrano (D)*

District 17:
Eliot Engel (D)*

District 18:
Nita Lowey (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 19:
John Hall (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Greg Ball (R) - State Assemblyman, Businessman & USAF Veteran
Nan Hayworth (R) - Physician
John MacEnroe (R) - Army Veteran

Fiorello LaGuardia for NYC Mayor - Matt Levy for Council President - 1941

District 20:
Scott Murphy (D)* - (Campaign Site)
John Faso (R) - Ex-State Assembly Minority Leader, Attorney, '06 Gov. Nominee & '02 State Comptroller Nominee
Jim Tedisco (R) - State Assembly Minority Leader, Ex-Schenectady City Councilman, Educator & '09 Nominee

District 21:
Paul Tonko (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 22:
Maurice Hinchey (D)* - (Campaign Site)
George Phillips (R) - Teacher, Ex-Congressional Aide & '08 Nominee

District 23 - Special Election - November 3, 2009:
[ John McHugh (R)* - Resigning to become US Secretary of the Army. ]
Dede Scozzafava (R/IP) - State Assemblywoman, Ex-Gouverneur Village Mayor & Businesswoman
Bill Owens (D/WF) - Attorney & USAF Veteran
Doug Hoffman (C) - Accountant, Community Activist & Army Veteran

Bill Mauldin - 1956

District 24:
Mike Arcuri (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 25:
Dan Maffei (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Paul Bertran (R/C/IP) - Onondaga Conservative Party Chair, Retired College Professor & Anti-Tax Activist

District 26:
Chris Lee (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Congressman William E. Miller - 1960