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NYSUT Endorsement Recommendations for 2008

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

C.D. Name
1 Timothy Bishop (D/I/W)
2 Steve J. Israel (D/I/W)
3 No Endorsement
4 Carolyn McCarthy (D/I/W)
5 Gary Ackerman (D/I/W)
6 Gregory Meeks (D/I/L) primary/general election
7 Joseph Crowley (D/W)
8 Jerrold Nadler (D/W)
9 Anthony Weiner (D/W)
10 Edolphus Towns (D) primary/general election
11 Yvette Clarke (D/W)
12 Nydia Velazquez (D/W)
13 Michael McMahon (D/W) primary/general election
14 Carolyn Maloney (D/W)
15 Charles Rangel (D/W)
16 Jose E. Serrano (D/W)
17 Eliot L. Engel (D/W/I)
18 Nita M. Lowey (D/W)
19 John Hall (D/I/W)
20 Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D/I/W)
21 Paul Tonko (D/W)
22 Maurice D. Hinchey (D/I/W)
23 John M. McHugh (R/I/C)
24 Michael A. Arcuri (D/W)
25 Daniel B. Maffei (D/W)
26 Jonathan P. Powers (D/W) primary/general election
27 Brian Higgins (D/I/W)
28 Louise M. Slaughter (D/W/I)
29 Eric J. Massa (D/W)

NEW YORK STATE SENATE

S.D. Name
1 No Endorsement
2 No Endorsement
3 No Endorsement
4 No Endorsement
5 No Endorsement
6 No Endorsement
7 No Endorsement
8 No Endorsement
9 No Endorsement
10 Shirley Huntley (D/W) primary/general election
11 No Endorsement
12 George Onorato (D)
13 Hiram Monserrate (D/W)
14 No Endorsement
15 No Endorsement
16 Toby Stavisky (D/W) primary/general election
17 Martin Dilan (D)
18 Velmanette Montgomery (D/W)
19 John Sampson (D/W)
20 Eric Adams (D/W)
21 Kevin Parker (D/W) primary/general election
22 No Endorsement
23 Diane Savino (D/W)
24 No Endorsement
25 Martin Connor (D) primary/general election
26 Elizabeth Krueger (D/W)
27 Carl Kruger (D)
28 Jose Serrano Jr. (D/W)
29 Thomas K. Duane (D/W)
30 Bill Perkins (D/W)
31 Eric T. Schneiderman (D/W)
32 Ruben Diaz, Sr. (D/R)
33 Efrain Gonzalez Jr. (D) primary/general election
34 No Endorsement
35 Andrea Stewart Cousins (D)
36 Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D/W) primary/general election
37 Suzi Oppenheimer (D/W)
38 No Endorsement
39 No Endorsement
40 No Endorsement
41 No Endorsement
42 No Endorsement
43 Roy McDonald (R/I/C)
44 No Endorsement
45 No Endorsement
46 Neil Breslin (D)
47 No Endorsement
48 No Endorsement
49 No Endorsement
50 No Endorsement
51 No Endorsement
52 No Endorsement
53 No Endorsement
54 No Endorsement
55 No Endorsement
56 No Endorsement
57 No Endorsement
58 No Endorsement
59 No Endorsement
60 Antoine M. Thompson (D/W/I) primary/general election
61 Open Seat, No Endorsement
62 No Endorsement

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY

A.D. Name
1 Marc Alessi (D/I/W)
2 Fred Thiele (R/I/C/W)
3 Patricia Eddington (D/I/W) primary/general election
4 Steven Englebright (D/I/W)
5 Ginny Fields (D/I)
6 Philip Ramos (D/I/W) primary/general election
7 No Endorsement
8 Philip Boyle (R/I/C)
9 Andrew Raia (R/I/C/W)
10 James D. Conte (R/C/I)
11 Robert Sweeney (D/I/W)
12 Joseph Saladino (R/I/C/W)
13 Charles Lavine (D)
14 Robert Barra (R/I/C/W)
15 Rob Walker (R/I/C/W)
16 Michelle Schimel (D/I/W)
17 Thomas McKevitt (R/C/I)
18 Earlene Hooper (D/I) primary/general election
19 David McDonough (R/I/C/W)
20 Harvey Weisenberg (D/I/W)
21 Thomas Alfano (R/I/C/W)
22 Ellen Young (D/I/W) primary/general election
23 Audrey Pheffer (D/W)
24 Mark Weprin (D/W)
25 Rory Lancman (D/W)
26 Ann M. Carrozza (D/W)
27 Nettie Mayersohn (D)
28 Andrew Hevesi (D/W)
29 William Scarborough (D/W)
30 Margaret Markey (D)
31 Michelle Titus (D/W)
32 Vivian Cook (D/W)
33 Barbara Clark (D/W)
34 Open Seat, No Endorsement
35 Jeffrion Aubry (D)
36 Michael Gianaris (D/W)
37 Catherine Nolan (D)
38 Anthony Seminerio (D/R/I/C)
39 Jose Peralta (D/W)
40 Open Seat, No Endorsement
41 Helene Weinstein (D/W)
42 Rhoda Jacobs (D) primary/general election
43 Karim Camara (D/W)
44 James Brennan (D/W)
45 Steven Cymbrowitz (D/R/W)
46 Alec Brooks-Krasny (D/W)
47 William Colton (D/W)
48 Dov Hikind (R/D)
49 Peter Abbate Jr. (D/W)
50 Joseph Lentol (D) primary/general election
51 Felix Ortiz (D/W)
52 Joan Millman (D/W)
53 No Endorsement
54 Darryl Towns (D/W)
55 William Boyland (D/W) primary/general election
56 Annette Robinson (D) primary/general election
57 Hakeem Jeffries (D/W)
58 Nick Perry (D/W)
59 Alan Maisel (D)
60 Janele Hyer-Spencer (D/I/W)
61 Matthew Titone (D/W)
62 Louis Tobacco (R/I/C)
63 Michael Cusick (D/I/C/W)
64 Sheldon Silver (D/W) primary/general election
65 Micah Kellner (D/W)
66 Deborah Glick (D/W)
67 Linda Rosenthal (D/W)
68 Adam Clayton Powell (D)
69 Daniel O’Donnell (D)
70 Keith Wright (D/W)
71 Herman Farrell Jr. (D)
72 Adriano Espaillat (D/W) primary/general election
73 Jonathan Bing (D/W)
74 Brian Kavanagh (D/W)
75 Richard Gottfried (D/W)
76 Peter Rivera (D/W)
77 Aurelia Greene (D/W)
78 Jose Rivera (D)
79 Michael Benjamin (D/W)
80 Naomi Rivera (D)
81 Jeffrey Dinowitz (D/W)
82 Michael Benedetto (D/W)
83 Carl E. Heastie (D/W) primary/general election
84 Carmen Arroyo (D)
85 Ruben Diaz Jr. (D/W)
86 Open Seat, No Endorsement
87 James Pretlow (D/I)
88 Amy Paulin (D/I/W)
89 Adam Bradley (D/I/W)
90 No Endorsement
91 George Latimer (D/I/W)
92 Richard Brodsky (D/W)
93 Mike Spano (D/C/W)
94 Kenneth Zebrowski (D/I/C/W)
95 Ellen Jaffee (D/I/W/) primary/general election
96 No Endorsement
97 Ann G. Rabbitt (R/C/I/W)
98 Aileen Gunther (D/C/I)
99 No Endorsement
100 Thomas J. Kirwan (R/C/I)
101 Kevin A. Cahill (D/I/W)
102 Joel Miller (R/I/C)
103 No Endorsement
104 John McEneny (D)
105 Mark Blanchfield (D/I/W)
106 Ronald Canestrari (D/I/W)
107 Clifford W. Crouch (R/I)
108 Timothy P. Gordon (D/I/W)
109 Robert Reilly (D/I/W)
110 James N. Tedisco (R/I/C)
111 Bill Magee (D/I)
112 Open Seat, No Endorsement
113 Teresa R. Sayward (R/I/C)
114 Janet L. Duprey (R/I/C)
115 David Townsend Jr. (R/C/W) primary/general election
116 RoAnn Destito (D)
117 Marc Butler (R/I/C)
118 Open Seat, No Endorsement
119 Joan Christensen (D/I)
120 William Magnarelli (D/I)
121 Albert Stirpe (D)
122 Dierdre Scozzafava (R/I/C/W)
123 Gary D. Finch (R/I/C)
124 Will A. Barclay (R/C/I)
125 Barbara S. Lifton (D/W)
126 Donna Lupardo (D/W)
127 No Endorsement
128 Robert C. Oaks (R/C)
129 No Endorsement
130 Joe Errigo (R/I/C)
131 Susan John (D/W)
132 No Endorsement
133 No Endorsement
134 William Reilich (R/I/C)
135 David R. Koon (D/W)
136 No Endorsement
137 No Endorsement
138 Francine DelMonte (D/W)
139 Stephen Hawley (R/I/C)
140 No Endorsement
141 Crystal Peoples (D)
142 Michael Cole (R) primary/general election
143 Dennis Gabryszak (D/I/C)
144 Barbara A. Kavanaugh (D)
145 Mark Schroeder (D)
146 No Endorsement
147 Daniel J. Burling (R/I/C)
148 James P. Hayes (R/C/I)
149 Joseph M. Giglio (R/I/C)
150 William Parment (D/I)

 

Important deadlines

  • Oct. 10: Applications for voter registration must be postmarked
  • Oct. 15: A board of elections must receive voter registration applications
  • Oct. 28: Application or letter of application for absentee ballots must be received
  • Nov. 3: Last day to apply, in person, for absentee ballots or to postmark absentee ballots
  • Nov. 4: Election Day.

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