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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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 December 18, 2008

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
David Paterson (D)*
Peter King (R) - Congressman
Tom Reynolds (R) - Ex-Congressman & Ex-State Assemblyman

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Dean Skelos (R)* - Acting Lieutenant Governor & Senate Majority Leader

STATE COMPTROLLER:
Tom DiNapoli (D)*

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Andrew Cuomo (D)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

[ Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)* - Resigning to become US Secretary of State - Special Election in 2010. ]

Chuck Schumer (D)* - Next Election in 2010.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Tim Bishop (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Steve Israel (D)* - (Campaign Site)

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

District 4:
Carolyn McCarthy (D)* - (Campaign Site)

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

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

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

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

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

District 10:
Ed Towns (D)* - (Campaign Site)

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

District 12:
Nydia Velazquez (D)*

District 13:
[ Vito Fossella (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Mike McMahon (D) - NYC City Councilor

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

District 15:
Charlie Rangel (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 16:
Jose Serrano (D)*

District 17:
Eliot Engel (D)*

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

District 19:
John Hall (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 20:
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 21:
[ Mike McNulty (D)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Paul Tonko (D) - State Energy Research and Development Authority President & Ex-State Assemblyman

District 22:
Maurice Hinchey (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 23:
John McHugh (R)*

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

District 25:
[ Jim Walsh (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Dan Maffei (D) - Ex-Congressional Aide, Businessman, Democratic Activist & '06 Nominee

District 26:
[ Tom Reynolds (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Chris Lee (R) - Businessman

District 27:
Brian Higgins (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 28:
Louise Slaughter (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 29:
[ John "Randy" Kuhl (R)* - Defeated for re-election in 2010. ]
Eric Massa (D) - Retired Naval Officer, Ex-Aide to Gen. Wesley Clark & '06 Nominee

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

America First Party of New York State
Conservative Party of New York State
New York State Constitution Party
New York State Democratic Party
Green Party of New York State
Independence Party of New York
Integrity Party of New York State
New York State Integrity Party
Liberal Party of New York
Libertarian Party of New York
New York Loyalist Party
New York State Republican Party
New York Right To Life Party
School Choice Party
Socialist Party of New York
Socialist Workers Party of New York
Working Families Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

State Board of Elections

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Albany Times Union
Amsterdam Recorder
Buffalo Artvoice (Alternative)
Buffalo News
Buzzsaw Haircut (Ithaca College)
Chenango County Evening Sun
Daily Orange (Syracuse University)
East Hampton Independent
East Hampton Star
Elmira Star-Gazette
Empire Page Politics
Genesee Country Express
Glens Falls Post-Star
Gloversville Leader-Herald
Hamilton County News
Hillsdale Independent
Honeoye Falls Sentinel
Ithaca Times
LGNY (NYC - Gay & Lesbian)
Little Falls Evening Times
Livingston County Lake and Valley Clarion
LIPolitics.com (Long Island)
Medina Journal-Register
Middletown Cable TV-6
Middletown Times-Herald Record
New York City Gotham Gazette
New York Daily News
New York Law Journal
New York Magazine
New York Newsday - (Politics Section)
New York Observer - (Politics Section)
New York Post
New York Press (Alternative)
New York Times - (Politics Section)
New York Village Voice
New York Wired
News-12 New York (Cablevision - Long Island/Bronx/Westchester)
NY1: News
Oswego Palladium-Times
PoliticsWNY.com
Rome Sentinel
Schenectady Daily Gazette
Smithtown News
Staten Island Advance
Sullivan County Democrat
Syracuse Post-Standard - (Election News)
Syracuse New Times
Troy Record
Urban Elephants
Watertown Daily News
Westchester Today
WRBW TV-16 (WB - Rochester)

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