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Athena Clarke
Athena Clarke (Republican Party) is running for election to the New York City Council to represent District 46. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. The Republican primary for this office on June 24, 2025, was canceled.
Clarke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Athena Clarke was born in New York, New York. She earned a bachelor's degree from City University of New York, Brooklyn College in 2013 and a graduate degree from Touro University in 2017. Her career experience includes working as an educator.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 46
Incumbent Mercedes Narcisse, Athena Clarke, and Dimple Willabus are running in the general election for New York City Council District 46 on November 4, 2025.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 46
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Mercedes Narcisse in round 1 .
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 46
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Athena Clarke in round 1 .
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 46
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Dimple Willabus in round 1 .
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Athena Clarke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clarke's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Parental rights are inalienable rights which the New York City government shall not interfere with or interrupt. NYC Parents have the right to safeguarding a child’s innocence, ensuring they grow up with the values, morals, and beliefs instilled by their families—not imposed by outside influences or the Government. Parents have the primary duty to protect their children from premature exposure to mature or inappropriate content, allowing them to develop emotionally and intellectually at a the pace the parents desire and want. Today, schools, media, and institutions increasingly push agendas that may contradict a family’s principles, making it more critical than ever for parents to remain actively involved.
- Due process for all New Yorkers. There is a propensity for those in power to want to take more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, our leaders proved this. During a state of emergency, we can expect mistakes to be made and for our elected officials to error on the side of caution. Despite that fact, we should also expect them to be able to reflect on their decisions, and to take responsibility in correcting what mistakes they made during that process. The city decided not to and the courts sided with their ridiculous claims that they can retroactively set terms of employment at will. This judgment makes whatever contract collectively bargained useless if at any point they can add requirements of employment.
- Defending the rights of citizens
Kings County Republican Women
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 22, 2025
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