John K. Wilson (New York)
John K. Wilson was a 2014 Libertarian candidate for District 37 of the New York State Assembly.
Campaign themes
2014
Wilson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
THE MISSION IS...
- Excerpt: "...to provide the best possible education for the children of our District as well as those in the rest of our City and State..."
- Excerpt: "...to represent the people of the 37th District independent of the entrenched special interests of the United Federation of Teachers, Sheldon Silver, or any other entity that would attempt to purchase, threaten, or coerce the vote of an Assemblyman..."
- Excerpt: "...to add a voice of fiscal common-sense and sanity to what Ed Koch, NY Uprising, The Albany Project, and The Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law have said is the most dysfunctional and irresponsible State legislature in America..."
- Excerpt: "...to honor a pledge to the people of New York to end gerrymandering. adopt honest budgets according to accepted accounting practices--on time, and to establish an independent Ethics Board to oversee violations..."
- Excerpt: "...to encourage unions to return to their rightful place as the conscience of business--seeking justice for union workers--instead of serving to appease the greed of union officials..."
- Excerpt: "...because Catherine Nolan can't and won't do these things..."
- Excerpt: "...to win. When Catherine Nolan is voted out of the New York Assembly, it won't just be me who wins; all of us will win."
Elections
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 Catherine Nolan was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Walter Iwachiw was removed from the ballot before the Republican primary. Nolan also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. John Kevin Wilson ran as a Libertarian candidate. Nolan defeated Wilson in the general election.[2][3][4][5]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | ![]() |
92.9% | 10,336 | |
Libertarian | John Kevin Wilson | 7.1% | 792 | |
Total Votes | 11,128 |
2012
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012
Wilson ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 37. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on September 13, 2012. He was defeated by incumbent Catherine T. Nolan in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7][8]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | ![]() |
87.8% | 24,343 | |
Republican | John Kevin Wilson | 12.2% | 3,384 | |
Total Votes | 27,727 |
Recent news
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See also
- New York State Assembly
- New York State Assembly District 37
- New York State Assembly elections, 2014
- New York State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- John K. Wilson on Twitter
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- New York State Assembly
Footnotes
- ↑ John Wilson for NY, "Mission," accessed October 8, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014