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Amit Lal
Amit Lal (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 5th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Biography
Amit Lal was born in South Richmond Hill, New York. He studied at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Lal’s career experience includes working as a logistics coordinator.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New York's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 5
Incumbent Gregory W. Meeks defeated Paul King in the general election for U.S. House New York District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gregory W. Meeks (D) | 75.1 | 104,396 |
 | Paul King (R / Conservative Party)  | 24.8 | 34,407 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 184 | ||
| Total votes: 138,987 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nader Akhlaghy (Peace and Freedom Party)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gregory W. Meeks advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 5.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Paul King advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 5.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Amit Lal (R)
- Marilyn Miller (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Paul King advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 5.
2020
See also: New York's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 5
Incumbent Gregory W. Meeks won election in the general election for U.S. House New York District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory W. Meeks (D) | 99.3 | 229,125 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,554 | ||
| Total votes: 230,679 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jay Sanchez (L)
- Amit Lal (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 5
Incumbent Gregory W. Meeks defeated Shaniyat Chowdhury in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 5 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory W. Meeks | 75.6 | 50,044 |
 | Shaniyat Chowdhury | 24.1 | 15,951 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 176 | ||
| Total votes: 66,171 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Jay Sanchez advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New York District 5.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Amit Lal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Amit Lal completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lal's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Together we can build a better future .
- Building a stronger and sustainable and affordable economy.
- Improving our education so students can be well prepared for the future.
- Upgrading our aging Infrastructure roads,tunnel,bridges,airport,and communication.
The Economy is very important for everyone because without a strong economy our nation is at risk from many levels and cause problems for the people and the nation. By making our nation strong financially we are able to do some much and to be the best.
The Education is another policy I would like to take on because for far too long the education in our nation has become lackluster, Students are graduating high school not prepared for college. we need to fix this.
Our Nation Infrastructure is old. When they built many decades ago the population was much smaller, In current times our roads are topped out. We need to find alternative ways to keep our nations roads tunnel bridges rails and airport and communication such as the Internet safe and reliable and be ready for the next century for individuals and commerce.
The Healthcare in our nation needs to be fixed , it needs to be affordable for everyone from Doctor/Hospital visit and prescription .
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 18, 2020
