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See the list below to find out if your local candidates have pledged to be a force for change in Albany.

 

 

Candidates for New York State Senate, as of 10/10/08

DISTRICT

Took the Pledge

CANDIDATE

Incumbent or Challenger

1

 NO

KENNETH P. LAVALLE

Incumbent

2

 NO

JOHN J. FLANAGAN

Incumbent

2

 NO

MICHAEL J. DEPAOLI

Challenger

3

 NO

CAESAR TRUNZO

Incumbent

3

 NO

BRIAN X. FOLEY

Challenger

4

 NO

OWEN H. JOHNSON

Incumbent

4

 NO

JOHN ALBANO

Challenger

5

YES

MATTHEW MENG

Challenger

5

 NO

CARL L. MARCELLINO

Incumbent

6

 NO

KEMP HANNON

Incumbent

6

 NO

KRISTEN M. MCELROY

Challenger

7

 NO

CRAIG JOHNSON

Incumbent

7

 NO

BARBARA DONNO

Challenger

8

 NO

CHARLES J. FUSCHILLO, JR.

Incumbent

8

 NO

CAROL A. GORDON

Challenger

9

YES

ROY D. SIMON

Challenger

9

 NO

DEAN G. SKELOS

Incumbent

10

 NO

SHIRLEY L. HUNTLEY

Incumbent

11

YES 

FRANK PADAVAN

Incumbent

11

YES

JAMES GENNARO

Challenger

12

 NO

GEORGE ONORATO

Incumbent

12

YES

THOMAS DOOLEY

Challenger

13

 NO

HIRAM MONSERRATE

Challenger

14

 NO

MALCOLM A. SMITH

Incumbent

15

YES

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO JR.

Challenger

15

 NO

SERPHIN R. MALTESE

Incumbent

16

YES

TOBY STAVISKY

Incumbent

16

 NO

PETER KOO

Challenger

17

 NO

MARTIN MALAVE-DILAN 

Incumbent

17

 NO

VICTOR C. GUARINO

Challenger

18

 NO

VELMANETTE MONTGOMERY

Incumbent

18

 NO

SANDRA PALACIOUS-SERRANO

Challenger

19

 NO

JOHN L. SAMPSON

Incumbent

19

 NO

GODFREY JELKS

Challenger

20

 NO

ERIC ADAMS

Incumbent

20

 NO

STEPHEN A. CHRISTOPHER

Challenger

21

YES

GLENN P. NOCERA

Challenger

21

 NO

KEVIN S. PARKER

Incumbent

22

 NO

MARTIN J. GOLDEN

Incumbent

23

YES

DIANE J. SAVINO

Incumbent

23

 NO

RICHARD THOMAS

Challenger

24

YES

JOSEPH J. PANCILA

Challenger

24

 NO

ANDREW JOSEPH LANZA

Incumbent

25

YES

JOHN G. CHROMCZAK

Challenger

25

 YES

DANIEL SQUADRON

Challenger

26

 NO

LIZ KRUEGER

Incumbent

26

 NO

TIMOTHY L. BROWN

Challenger

27

 NO

CARL KRUGER

Incumbent

27

 NO

VYACHESLAV PATRIN

Challenger

28

YES

JOSE SERRANO

Incumbent

28

 NO

KEESHA S. WEINER

Challenger

29

 NO

THOMAS K. DUANE

Incumbent

29

 NO

DEBRA LEIBLE

Challenger

30

 NO

BILL PERKINS

Incumbent

31

 NO

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN

Incumbent

31

 NO

MARTIN CHICON

Challenger

31

 NO

STEPHEN BRADIAN

Challenger

32

 NO

RUBEN DIAZ

Incumbent

32

 NO

WILLIAM J. MCDONAGH

Challenger

33

 NO

PEDRO ESPADA JR.

Challenger

33

 NO

RICHARD SOTO

Challenger

33

 NO

WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN

Challenger

34

 NO

JEFFREY KLEIN

Incumbent

34

 NO

DANIEL FASOLINO

Challenger

35

YES

ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS

Incumbent

35

YES

JOHN M. MURTAUGH

Challenger

36

YES

CURTIS BROOKS

Challenger

36

 NO

RUTH H. THOMPSON

Incumbent

37

YES

SUZI OPPENHEIMER

Incumbent

37

 NO

LIZ FELD

Challenger

38

 NO

THOMAS P. MORAHAN

Incumbent

38

 NO

GREGORY B. JULIAN

Challenger

39

YES

LAWRENCE M. DELAROSE

Challenger

39

 NO

WILLIAM J. LARKIN, JR.

Incumbent

40

 NO

VINCENT L. LEIBELL, III

Incumbent

41

 NO

KENNETH J. DOW

Challenger

41

 DECLINED

STEPHEN M. SALAND

Incumbent

42

 NO

JOHN J. BONACIC

Incumbent

43

 NO

MICHAEL A. RUSSO

Challenger

43

 NO

ROY J. MCDONALD

Challenger

44

DECLINED 

HUGH T. FARLEY

Incumbent

44

 NO

FRED L. GOODMAN

Challenger

45

 NO

ELIZABETH O'C. LITTLE

Incumbent

46

 NO

NEIL D. BRESLIN

Incumbent

47

 NO

JOE GRIFFO

Incumbent

47

 NO

MICHAEL W. BONCELLA

Challenger

48

 NO

DARREL J. AUBERTINE

Incumbent

49

 NO

DAVID J. VALESKY

Incumbent

49

 NO

JAMES G. DISTEFANO

Challenger

50

 NO

JOHN A. DEFRANCISCO

Incumbent

50

 NO

CAROL E. MULCAHY

Challenger

51

DECLINED 

JAMES L. SEWARD

Incumbent

51

 Y ES 

DON BARBER

Challenger

52

 NO

THOMAS W. LIBOUS

Incumbent

53

YES

JOHN S. TONELLO

Challenger

53

 NO

GEORGE H. WINNER, JR.

Incumbent

54

YES

PALOMA A. CAPANNA

Challenger

54

 NO

MICHAEL F. NOZZOLIO

Incumbent

55

YES

DAVID R. NACHBAR

Challenger

55

 NO

JIM ALESI

Incumbent

56

DECLINED 

JOSEPH E. ROBACH

Incumbent

56

 NO

RICHARD A. DOLLINGER

Challenger

57

YES

CHRISTOPHER H. SCHAEFFER

Challenger

57

 NO

CATHARINE M. YOUNG 

Incumbent

58

YES

DENNIS DELANO

Challenger

58

 NO

WILLIAM T. STACHOWSKI

Incumbent

59

 NO

DALE M. VOLKER

Incumbent

59

 NO

FRIENDS OF KATHY KONST

Challenger

60

 NO

ANTOINE M. THOMPSON

Incumbent

61

YES

JOSEPH JOHN MESI

Challenger

61

 NO

MICHAEL H. RANZENHOFER

Challenger

62

 NO

GEORGE D. MAZIARZ

Incumbent

62

 NO

BRIAN D. GREAR

Challenger

 

 

Candidates for New York State Assembly, as of 10/10/08

District

Took the Pledge?   

Candidate Name

Incumbent or Challenger?

1

NO 

MARC S. ALESSI

Incumbent

1

NO

JAMES M. STAUDENRAUS

Challenger

2

YES

FRED W. THIELE, JR.

Incumbent

2

 NO

WILLIAM M. PITCHER

Challenger

3

 NO

PATRICIA A. EDDINGTON

Incumbent

3

 NO

SCOTT J. SALIMANDO

Challenger

4

YES

BRUCE C. BENNETT

Challenger

4

 NO

STEVEN ENGLEBRIGHT

Incumbent

5

 NO

GINNY A. FIELDS

Incumbent

5

 NO

JOHN W. BUGLER

Challenger

6

 NO

PHILIP R. RAMOS

Incumbent

7

 NO

MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK

Incumbent

7

 NO

ALLEN E. HUGGINS

Challenger

8

YES

PHILIP M. BOYLE

Incumbent

8

YES

ELIZABETH BLOOM

Challenger

9

YES

ANDREW P. RAIA

Incumbent

9

YES

KAREN KERR-OZIMEK

Challenger

10

 NO

JAMES D. CONTE

Incumbent

10

 NO

JEFFREY STARK

Challenger

11

 NO

ROBERT K. SWEENEY

Incumbent

11

 NO

JAMES A. MCDONOUGH

Challenger

12

YES

KEITH A. SCALIA

Challenger

12

 NO

JOSEPH S. SALADINO

Incumbent

13

YES

BRIAN MCMENAMIN

Challenger

13

 NO

CHARLES D. LAVINE

Incumbent

14

YES

JOSEPH J. FERRARA

Challenger

14

NO 

ROBERT D. BARRA

Incumbent

15

YES

STEPHANIE G. OVADIA

Challenger

15

 YES

ROB WALKER

Incumbent

16

 NO

MICHELLE SCHIMEL

Incumbent

17

 NO

THOMAS MCKEVITT

Incumbent

17

 NO

JOHN PINTO

Challenger

18

 NO

EARLENE HOOPER

Incumbent

18

 NO

DARREN R. BRYANT

Challenger

19

YES

DAVID G. MCDONOUGH

Incumbent

19

 NO

HOWARD A. KUDLER

Challenger

20

 NO

HARVEY WEISENBERG

Incumbent

20

 NO

MICHAEL G. MCGINTY

Challenger

21

YES

ALAN SMILOWITZ

Challenger

21

NO

THOMAS W. ALFANO

Incumbent

22

 NO

GRACE MENG

Challenger

23

YES

AUDREY I. PHEFFER

Incumbent

23

 NO

GERALD SULLIVAN

Challenger

24

 NO

MARK S. WEPRIN

Incumbent

25

 NO

RORY I. LANCMAN

Incumbent

26

 NO

ANN MARGARET E. CARROZZA

Incumbent

26

 NO

ROBERT SPERANZA

Challenger

27

 NO

NETTIE MAYERSOHN

Incumbent

28

 NO

ANDREW D. HEVESI

Incumbent

28

 NO

WALTER E. SCHMIDT

Challenger

29

 NO

WILLIAM SCARBOROUGH

Incumbent

30

 NO

MARGARET M. MARKEY

Incumbent

30

 NO

ANTHONY P. NUNZIATO

Challenger

31

 NO

MICHELE R. TITUS

Incumbent

32

 NO

VIVIAN E. COOK

Incumbent

33

 NO

BARBARA M. CLARK

Incumbent

34

 NO

MICHAEL G. DENDEKKER 

Challenger

35

 NO

JEFFRION L. AUBRY

Incumbent

36

YES

MICHAEL N. GIANARIS

Incumbent

37

 NO

CATHERINE T. NOLAN

Incumbent

38

 NO

ANTHONY S. SEMINERIO

Incumbent

39

 NO

JOSE R. PERALTA

Incumbent

40

 NO

INEZ D. BARRON

Challenger

41

 NO

HELENE E. WEINSTEIN

Incumbent

41

 NO

ALAN BELLONE

Challenger

42

YES

ALAN KESLER

Challenger

42

 NO

RHODA S. JACOBS

Incumbent

43

 NO

KARIM CAMARA

Incumbent

43

 NO

STUART BALBERG

Challenger

44

 NO

JAMES BRENNAN

Incumbent

44

 NO

YVETTE VELAZQUEZ BENNETT

Challenger

45

 NO

STEVEN CYMBROWITZ

Incumbent

46

 NO

ALEC BROOK-KRASNY

Incumbent

46

 NO

ROBERT P. CAPANO

Challenger

47

YES

RUSSELL C. GALLO

Challenger

47

 NO

WILLIAM COLTON

Incumbent

48

 NO

DOV HIKIND

Incumbent

49

YES

LUCRETIA REGINA-POTTER

Challenger

49

NO

PETER J. ABBATE, JR.

Incumbent

50

 NO

JOSEPH R. LENTOL

Incumbent

50

 NO

TERESA PUCCIO

Challenger

51

 NO

FELIX W. ORTIZ

Incumbent

51

 NO

LUIS A. GARCIA

Challenger

52

YES

PEDRO V. MONGE

Challenger

52

 NO

JOAN L. MILLMAN

Incumbent

53

 NO

VITO J. LOPEZ

Incumbent

53

 NO

FRANCES F. CUTRONE

Challenger

54

 NO

DARRYL C. TOWNS

Incumbent

54

 NO

KHORSHED A. CHOWDHURY

Challenger

55

 NO

WILLIAM F. BOYLAND, JR.

Incumbent

55

 NO

JONATHAN ANDERSON

Challenger

56

 NO

ANNETTE M. ROBINSON

Incumbent

56

 NO

HENRY C. SNEAD, SR

Challenger

57

 NO

HAKEEM JEFFRIES

Incumbent

57

 NO

CHARLES BRICKOUS

Challenger

58

 NO

N NICK PERRY

Incumbent

59

 NO

ALAN N. MAISEL

Incumbent

59

 NO

EDWARD P. BRACKEN

Challenger

60

YES

JOSEPH CAMMARATA

Challenger

60

 NO

DONNA JANELE HYER-SPENCER

Incumbent

61

YES

THOMAS W. MCGINLEY

Challenger

61

 NO

MATTHEW J. TITONE

Incumbent

61

 NO

ROSE E. MARGARELLA

Challenger

62

YES

ALBERT J. ALBANESE

Challenger

62

 DECLINED

LOUIS R. TOBACCO

Incumbent

63

YES

DAVID ANTHONY PASCARELLA

Challenger

63

NO 

MICHAEL J. CUSICK

Incumbent

64

 NO

SHELDON SILVER

Incumbent

65

 YES

Micah Z. KELLNER

Incumbent

65

 NO

GEORGIANA VIEST

Challenger

66

 NO

DEBORAH J. GLICK

Incumbent

67

 NO

LINDA B. ROSENTHAL

Incumbent

67

 NO

ELEANOR FRIEDMAN

Challenger

68

 YES

ADAM C. POWELL

Incumbent

68

 NO

NORMA SORIANO

Challenger

69

 NO

DANIEL J. O'DONNELL

Incumbent

70

YES

RUEBEN D. RILEY, SR

Challenger

70

 NO

KEITH LT WRIGHT

Incumbent

71

 NO

HERMAN D. FARRELL, JR.

Incumbent

72

 NO

ADRIANO ESPAILLAT

Incumbent

73

 NO

JONATHAN L. BING

Incumbent

73

 YES

DAVID B. CASAVIS

Challenger

74

YES

BRYAN A. COOPER

Challenger

74

 YES

BRIAN P. KAVANAGH

Incumbent

75

 NO

RICHARD N. GOTTFRIED

Incumbent

75

 NO

SAUL JUDAH FARBER

Challenger

76

 NO

PETER M. RIVERA

Incumbent

76

 NO

CHARLES SERRANO

Challenger

77

 NO

AURELIA GREENE

Incumbent

77

 NO

ANTHONY CURRY

Challenger

78

 NO

JOSE RIVERA

Incumbent

78

 NO

JOSE A. TORRES

Challenger

79

 NO

MICHAEL A. BENJAMIN

Incumbent

80

 NO

NAOMI RIVERA

Incumbent

80

 NO

LOUISE A. DELUCIA

Challenger

81

 NO

JEFFREY DINOWITZ

Incumbent

81

 NO

JEFFREY KLAPPER

Challenger

82

 NO

MICHAEL R. BENEDETTO

Incumbent

82

 NO

RAYMOND CAPONE

Challenger

83

 NO

CARL E. HEASTIE

Incumbent

83

YES

MICHEL BLOT

Challenger

84

 NO

CARMEN E. ARROYO

Incumbent

85

 NO

RUBEN DIAZ, JR.

Incumbent

85

 NO

NELSON MORAN

Challenger

86

 NO

NELSON L. CASTRO

Challenger

86

 NO

LISA MARIE CAMPBELL

Challenger

87

 NO

J. GARY PRETLOW

Incumbent

87

 NO

RALPH PEARSON

Challenger

88

 NO

AMY R. PAULIN

Incumbent

89

 NO

ADAM T. BRADLEY

Incumbent

90

YES

SANDRA R. GALEF

Incumbent

90

 NO

WILLIAM J GOULDMAN

Challenger

91

YES

ROBERT BIAGI

Challenger

91

 NO

GEORGE S. LATIMER

Incumbent

92

 NO

RICHARD L. BRODSKY

Incumbent

93

 NO

MIKE SPANO

Incumbent

93

 NO

JAMES FAULKNER

Challenger

94

 NO

KENNETH P. ZEBROWSKI

Incumbent

95

 NO

ELLEN C. JAFFEE

Incumbent

96

 NO

NANCY CALHOUN

Incumbent

96

 NO

RICHARD RANDAZZO

Challenger

97

YES

JEROME S. SOMMER

Challenger

97

 NO

ANN G. RABBITT

Incumbent

98

NO

AILEEN M. GUNTHER

Incumbent

99

 NO

GREGORY ROBERT BALL

Incumbent

99

 NO

JOHN DEGNAN

Challenger

100

 NO

THOMAS J. KIRWAN

Incumbent

100

 NO

FRANK SKARTADOS

Challenger

101

YES

ROBIN YESS

Challenger

101

 NO

KEVIN A. CAHILL

Incumbent

102

 NO

JOEL M. MILLER

Incumbent

102

 NO

GARY M. LEVINE

Challenger

103

DECLINED 

MARCUS MOLINARO

Incumbent

103

 NO

ANNE RUBIN

Challenger

104

YES

TERRENCE B. O'NEILL

Challenger

104

 NO

JOHN J. MCENENY

Incumbent

105

 NO

GEORGE A. AMEDORE, JR.

Incumbent

105

 NO

MARK W. BLANCHFIELD

Challenger

106

 NO

RONALD J. CANESTRARI

Incumbent

107

 NO

CLIFFORD W. CROUCH

Incumbent

108

Yes

STEVEN FRANCIS MCLAUGHLIN

Challenger

108

 NO

TIMOTHY P. GORDON

Incumbent

109

YES

JOHN WASIELEWSKI

Challenger

109

 NO

ROBERT P. REILLY

Incumbent

110

YES

JAMES N. TEDISCO

Incumbent

111

 NO

BILL MAGEE

Incumbent

112

 NO

IAN A. MCGAUGHEY

Challenger

112

 NO

TONY JORDAN

Challenger

113

 NO

TERESA R. SAYWARD

Incumbent

114

 NO

JANET L. DUPREY

Incumbent

115

 NO

DAVID R. TOWNSEND, JR.

Incumbent

116

 NO

RO ANN M. DESTITO

Incumbent

116

 NO

KEVIN W. MCDONALD

Challenger

117

YES

DANIEL R. CARTER 

Challenger

117

 NO

MARC W. BUTLER

Incumbent

118

 NO

ADDIE JENNE RUSSELL

Challenger

118

 NO

ROBERT W. CANTWELL

Challenger

119

YES

JOAN K. CHRISTENSEN

Incumbent

119

 NO

CHRISTINA M. FITCH

Challenger

120

 NO

WILLIAM B. MAGNARELLI

Incumbent

120

 NO

KRISTEN G. ROUNDS

Challenger

121

 NO

ALBERT A. STRIPE JR.

Incumbent

121

 NO

DAVID HISCOCK KNAPP

Challenger

122

YES

DIERDRE K. SCOZZAFAVA

Incumbent

123

YES

BARBARA ABBOTT KING

Challenger

123

 NO

GARY D. FINCH

Incumbent

124

 NO

WILLIAM A. BARCLAY 

Incumbent

124

 NO

JEROME L. BURNS

Challenger

125

 NO

BARBARA LIFTON

Incumbent

126

YES

DONNA A. LUPARDO

Incumbent

127

 NO

PETER D. LOPEZ

Incumbent

128

 NO

ROBERT C. OAKS

Incumbent

129

YES

BRIAN M. KOLB

Incumbent

129

YES

NOAH PAUL SARGENT

Challenger

130

NO 

JOE ERRIGO

Incumbent

131

DECLINES 

SUSAN V. JOHN

Incumbent

131

YES

JEFFREY R. MORROW

Challenger

132

YES 

JOSEPH D. MORELLE

Incumbent

133

 NO

DAVID F. GANTT

Incumbent

134

YES

DAVE GARRETSON

Challenger

134

 NO

BILL REILICH

Incumbent

135

 NO

DAVID R. KOON 

Incumbent

135

 YES

DAVID BONACCHI

Challenger

135

 NO

DAVID R. KOON

Challenger

136

DECLINED 

JAMES G. BACALLES

Incumbent

137

 NO

THOMAS F. O'MARA

Incumbent

138

 NO

FRANCINE DELMONTE

Incumbent

138

 NO

PAULA M. BANKS DAHLKE

Challenger

139

 NO

STEPHEN M. HAWLEY

Incumbent

140

 NO

ROBIN SCHIMMINGER

Incumbent

141

 NO

CRYSTAL D. PEOPLES

Incumbent

142

 NO

JANE L. CORWIN

Challenger

143

 NO

DENNIS H. GABRYSZAK

Incumbent

143

 NO

JOHN J. KACZOROWSKI

Challenger

144

 NO

SAM HOYT

Incumbent

144

 NO

SHEILA A. FERRENTINO

Challenger

145

YES

MARK J. SCHROEDER

Incumbent

145

 NO

DENNIS M. MAREK

Challenger

146

 NO

JACK QUINN

Incumbent

146

 NO

LEONARD F. KOWALSKI

Challenger

147

YES

PHILIP A. JONES

Challenger

147

 NO

DANIEL J. BURLING

Incumbent

148

YES

JEROME D. SCHAD

Challenger

148

 NO

JAMES P. HAYES

Incumbent

149

 NO

JOSEPH M. GIGLIO

Incumbent

149

 YES

PATRICK H. EATON, SR.

Challenger

150

 NO

WILLIAM PARMENT

Incumbent

 

 

 

 

 

 

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