The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York. Running on the Conservative Party line,James L. Buckley won election to the U.S. Senate in 1970 and served for one term. Since 2010,the party has held "Row C" on New York ballots—the third-place ballot position,directly below the Democratic and Republican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the 2010,2014 and 2018 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
Adriano de Jesús Espaillat Rodríguez is a Dominican-American politician. He is the U.S. representative for New York's 13th congressional district and the first Dominican American and first formerly Undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress. He previously served in the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.
JoséMarco Serrano is a member of the New York State Senate from the 29th District,representing Mott Haven,Melrose,Highbridge,Morris Heights,Spanish Harlem,Yorkville,Roosevelt Island and part of the Upper West Side. He is the son of U.S. Congressman JoséSerrano.
Andrew Joseph Lanza is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He is a member of the New York State Senate,representing the 24th district,which includes most of Staten Island. He was elected in 2006 after having served on the New York City Council for the 51st district.
Elizabeth O'Connor Little is a former New York State Senator. A member of the Republican Party,she was first elected in 2002. She served in the 45th Senate District,which includes all or part of Clinton,Essex,Franklin,Hamilton,Warren and Washington Counties.
Velmanette Montgomery is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 25th district of the New York State Senate from 1984 until 2020. The district comprised Fort Greene,Boerum Hill,Red Hook,Bedford-Stuyvesant,Sunset Park,Gowanus,and Park Slope,among other neighborhoods located within the borough of Brooklyn.
Roy Matz Goodman was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1969 to 2002. He was the Republican nominee in the 1977 New York City mayoral election,receiving 4.08% of the vote.
Toby Ann Stavisky is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate,having held a seat since 1999. She represents the 11th district,which comprises parts of Queens.
Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers,New York. A member of the Democratic Party,Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and has served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has previously served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul,for 16 days in 2021 and between April and May 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as the New York lieutenant governor,although in an acting capacity. She is the first woman in the history of New York State to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature and is also the first female Senate Majority Leader in New York history.
The 1984 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6,1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Tower decided to retire,instead of seeking a fifth term. Republican Phil Gramm won the open seat.
Shelley Mayer is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th Senate District,which includes portions of Westchester County. Formerly a member of the New York State Assembly,Mayer was first elected in a special election in 2018.
Luis R. Sepúlveda is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as the New York State Senator from the 32nd Senate District,which includes parts of the Bronx. Prior to being in the state senate Sepúlveda was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2013 to 2018.
Roxanne Persaud is a Guyanese-American politician. She is a Democrat and a member of the New York Senate for the 19th district,which includes portions of Canarsie,East New York,Brownsville,Mill Basin,Sheepshead Bay,Bergen Beach,Marine Park,Flatlands,Ocean Hill and Starrett City in Brooklyn.
Pamela A. Helming is an American politician from the state of New York. A Republican,Helming has represented Senate District 54 in the New York State Senate since 2017. Prior to her election to the State Senate,Helming served as the town supervisor for Canandaigua,New York. She was elected to that post in 2014.
Stacey Pheffer Amato is a member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 23rd district,which includes portions of Queens. A conservative Democrat,Pheffer Amato was first elected in 2016.
Peter Harckham is an American businessman and politician from the State of New York. A Democrat,Harckham represents Senate District 40 in the New York State Senate. He was first elected in 2018,defeating incumbent Terrence Murphy. The 40th district includes parts of Dutchess,Putnam and Westchester counties in the Hudson Valley.
Andrew Gounardes is an American lawyer and politician. He is a Democrat and a member of the New York State Senate,representing the 26th district,which encompasses the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge,Dyker Heights,Sunset Park,Greenwood Heights,Red Hook,Park Slope,Gowanus,Carroll Gardens,Boerum Hill,Cobble Hill,Downtown Brooklyn,Fort Greene,Brooklyn Heights,Vinegar Hill,and DUMBO in Brooklyn.
Robert E. Antonacci is an American politician and judge from Syracuse,New York. A Republican,Antonacci served as Onondaga County Comptroller from 2008 to 2018. He was the Republican nominee for New York State Comptroller in 2014,losing to incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli. He was elected to the New York State Senate in New York's 50th State Senate district in 2018. In 2019,Antonacci was elected as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court—a trial-level court—in the Fifth Judicial District and stepped down from his Senate seat.
New York's 28th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Liz Krueger since 2002.
Harvey Mark Krueger was an American investment banker,former CEO and President of Kuhn,Loeb &Co. known for being the first banker to bring Israel to the international capital markets and helped broker the merger between Kuhn,Loeb &Co. and Lehman Brothers in 1977. He also served as the vice chairman of Lehman Brothers and Barclays.
