Johnny G. Destino

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Johnny Destino
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Democratic Party

Education

High school

Niagara - Wheatfield Senior High School, 1994

Bachelor's

State University of New York, Buffalo, 1999

Law

State University of New York, Buffalo, 2010

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Personal website

Johnny Destino was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 62 of the New York State Senate.

Issues

Campaign themes

2014

Destino's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]

A Platform for Progress

  • Excerpt: "Campaign Finance and Ethics Reforms including stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their pensions and benefits and ending the use of campaign cash for their own legal defense funds"
  • Excerpt: "Creation of a Student Loan Re-financing program to help NY families save money by lowering their interest rates"
  • Excerpt: "Reduce energy prices by reallocating low-cost hydropower for residential and business customers in WNY"
  • Excerpt: "Expanding our 21st century infrastructure by extending our fiber-optic networks and utilities to our rural communities"
  • Excerpt: "Immediate end to the Gap Elimination Adjustment to restore funding for public education"
  • Excerpt: "Supports funding for school tax-cuts to Veterans"

2012

On his campaign website, Destino lists his "5-Point Plan To Restore New York:"[2]

  • Lower Taxes: "In my plan, I will sponsor specific legislation to roll back both Personal and Corporate State Taxes."
  • Lower Electric Costs: "In my plan, I will sponsor specific legislation that will give power allocations which will reduce the cost of electric bills for everyone – not just the special interests that fund my campaign."
  • Lower Gas Prices: "In my plan, I will sponsor specific legislation so that when gas prices spike, Albany does not receive a windfall."
  • New Job Growth: "By solving the first three issue in my plan – and in addition, regulation reform – we will stop the mass exports of our Children and Grandchildren to other states."
  • Equitable Education Funding: "In my plan, Albany will live up to its Constitutional Obligations to equitably fund local education for ALL of our children."

Elections

2014

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Johnny G. Destino was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Robert Ortt defeated Gia Arnold in the Republican primary. Ortt also ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Paul Brown ran as a Working Families Party candidate. Ortt defeated Destino and Brown in the general election.[3][4][5]

New York State Senate District 62, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Ortt 64% 47,606
     Democratic Johnny G. Destino 29.2% 21,678
     None Blank 4.2% 3,136
     Working Families Paul Brown 2.5% 1,840
     None Scattering 0.1% 41
     None Void 0% 30
Total Votes 74,331
New York State Senate, District 62 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Ortt 78% 5,645
Gia Arnold 22% 1,589
Total Votes 7,234

2012

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2012

Destino ran in the 2012 election for New York State Senate District 62. He was defeated by incumbent George D. Maziarz in the Republican primary on September 13, 2012.[6][7][8][9]

New York State Senate, District 62 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge Maziarz Incumbent 69.1% 6,905
Johnny Destino 31% 3,095
Total Votes 10,000

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Destino for Senate, "Issues," accessed October 8, 2014
  2. ↑ Destino for Senate, "The Plan," accessed August 30, 2012
  3. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
  4. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
  5. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Senate Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
  6. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
  7. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
  8. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
  9. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014


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