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Donal Butterfield
Donal Butterfield was a 2016 Green Party candidate for District 73 of the New York State Assembly.
Campaign themes
2016
Butterfield's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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As a candidate, Don is particularly interested in environmental issues, opposed to nuclear power plants, gas pipelines, liquefied gas exports and railway, truck or barges shipping fracked shale oil or Alberta tar sands, through New York State. He is opposed to hydro-fracking. He will introduce and support legislation for tax incentives on installing photo-electric panels on roofs, whether or not the owner opts to tie into the electric grid. Under the current situation, the power company pays 3¢/watt to a solar system and then sells it for seven times that to an average customer. But the installer is not entitled to any incentives if the owner won’t tie into the grid. On economic issues, as a member of the American Monetary Association, he believes that the federal government must issue all our country’s money, as spelled out in Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 5 of the Constitution. This is instead of borrowing any from private bankers, who should only lend to the public the amount of money a bank has in reserves. About 30% of the average cost of everything we buy now is paid to cover loans, and the amount for the federal government is somewhere between 40% and 50%. Don supports a New York State Bank using not private, but public money as just described. He will create and support legislation to return New York to the progressive tax structure of the 1970’s. By having the top 5% pay the tax they then paid, 95% of New Yorkers will have a tax cut while revenue increases by $30+/- billion. This will increase the New York $140 billion budget over 20%. This can fully fund public schools, colleges and pay state mandates on local municipalities by revenue sharing. And local property and sales taxes will be cut. When Don first joined the Greens in 2004, he added a plank in the party platform to remove federal income tax on subsistence income, at that time about $20,000 in New York City. Increasing minimum wages by a few dollars, quickly falling behind with inflation, does not remove the injustice of income tax on inadequate wages.[1] |
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| —Donal Butterfield[2] | ||
Elections
2016
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.
Incumbent Dan Quart defeated Rebecca Harary and Donal Butterfield in the New York State Assembly District 73 general election.[3][4]
| New York State Assembly, District 73 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dan Quart Incumbent |
62.72% | 35,535 | |
| Republican | Rebecca Harary | 36.25% | 20,538 | |
| Green Party | Donal Butterfield | 1.03% | 584 | |
| Total Votes | 56,657 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent Dan Quart ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 73 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 73 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Dan Quart Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Quart also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Rebecca Harary ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 73 Republican primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 73 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Rebecca Harary (unopposed) | |
Harary also ran on the Independence, Women's Equality, Reform Party, SDP-Stop de Blasio, and Libertarian tickets. Donal Butterfield ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 73 Green primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 73 Green Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Green Party | Donal Butterfield (unopposed) | |
2014
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Dan Quart was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while David B. Casavis was unopposed in the Republican primary. Quart ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Casavis ran on the Independence Party of New York State ticket. Donal Butterfield ran as a Green Party candidate. Quart defeated Casavis and Butterfield in the general election.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Quart Incumbent |
67.6% | 16,618 | |
| Republican | David B. Casavis | 30.5% | 7,507 | |
| Green | Donal Butterfield | 1.8% | 454 | |
| Total Votes | 24,579 | |||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Donal + Butterfield + New + York + Assembly"
See also
- New York State Assembly
- New York State Assembly District 73
- New York State Assembly elections, 2014
- New York State Assembly elections, 2016
- New York State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Donal Butterfield on Twitter
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- New York State Assembly
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Donal Butterfield, "Issues," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
