Chivona Newsome

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Chivona Newsome

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 23, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Fordham University, 2010

Personal

Birthplace

New York, N.Y.

Religion

Christian

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Chivona Newsome (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 15th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020.

Newsome completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Newsome grew up in the Bronx, New York. She attended Howard University and earned her bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 2010. Her professional experience includes being the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York and as a former financial advisor at New York Life.

Elections

2020

See also: New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020

New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 15

Ritchie Torres defeated Patrick Delices in the general election for U.S. House New York District 15 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ritchie Torres (D)	88.7	169,533
		Patrick Delices (R / Conservative Party)	11.1	21,221
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	283

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 191,037
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Orlando Molina (R)
• Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ritchie Torres	32.1	19,090
		Michael Blake	18.0	10,725
		Ruben Diaz	14.4	8,559
		Samelys Lopez	13.9	8,272
		Ydanis Rodriguez	10.6	6,291
		Melissa Mark-Viverito	4.3	2,561
		Tomas Ramos	2.4	1,442
		Chivona Newsome	2.3	1,366
		Marlene Tapper	0.7	392
		Julio Pabon	0.4	244
		Frangell Basora	0.3	189
	Submit photo	Mark Escoffery-Bey	0.3	153
	Submit photo	David Philip Franks Jr. (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	189

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,473
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Marlene Cintron (D)
• Jonathan Ortiz (D)
• Eric Stevenson (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Orlando Molina advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 15.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Patrick Delices advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Kenneth Schaeffer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Chivona Newsome completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Newsome's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Chivona Newsome, the Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY, is acivil rights leader at the forefront of the New Civil Rights Movement and former Financial Advisor at New York Life. She has dedicated her adult life to the betterment of her community & our nation as a whole. Now she isbringing this fight to The Bronx, in NY-15, where she was born and raised.

As a financial advisor, Chivona served her community. She worked on the $50 Billon Dollar challenge which created college savings, retirement plans, and generational wealth for over 300 black and brown residents of New York. Since then she has engaged in protests and activities to combat financial injustice.

Chivona has worked tirelessly leading protests and seeking justice for the families of police brutality, she works with members of LGBT community, victims of human trafficking, the mental health community, women's reproductive rights organizations, and housing justice advocates.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Criminal Justice Reform
• Universal Basic Income
• Affordable Housing

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The heart of our message is the concept of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. This is the principle on which our country was founded, and what we have since struggled to achieve. In the greatest country on earth, so much more is possible. We can achieve a just, equitable, and moral nation but only by achieving this principle. Power in our country is held by a ruling class that makes decisions from which they profit, but from the consequences of which they are far removed. Power remains in the hands of a ruling class because we ask them to change the way they govern. The time to ask for change is long past. We must now take power, and make the change that we seek. This campaign is about empowering every-day people to take a lever of power in their community, and use that lever of power to impact the decisions that our government makes nationally. To do this we will celebrate the people of our district as they strive each day toward achieving their shared American Dream. We will lift our heads collectively toward what is possible. We will engage and organize our community to achieve true self-determination, bowing toward no institutional power, and settling for no status quo.

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Footnotes

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New York's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

Chuck Schumer (D)

Representatives

District 1

Nicholas LaLota (R)

District 2

Andrew Garbarino (R)

District 3

Tom Suozzi (D)

District 4

Laura Gillen (D)

District 5

Gregory Meeks (D)

District 6

Grace Meng (D)

District 7

Nydia Velazquez (D)

District 8

Hakeem Jeffries (D)

District 9

Yvette Clarke (D)

District 10

Daniel Goldman (D)

District 11

Nicole Malliotakis (R)

District 12

Jerrold Nadler (D)

District 13

Adriano Espaillat (D)

District 14

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)

District 15

Ritchie Torres (D)

District 16

George Latimer (D)

District 17

Michael Lawler (R)

District 18

Pat Ryan (D)

District 19

Josh Riley (D)

District 20

Paul Tonko (D)

District 21

Elise Stefanik (R)

District 22

John Mannion (D)

District 23

Nick Langworthy (R)

District 24

Claudia Tenney (R)

District 25

Joseph Morelle (D)

District 26

Tim Kennedy (D)

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