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Jonathan Howe
Jonathan Howe (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 14th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.
Howe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jonathan Howe was born in Newark, Delaware. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hofstra University in 2011 and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2018. His career experience includes working as a public defender in Bronx County Family Court, New York.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 14
Incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Tina Forte and Desi Cuellar in the general election for U.S. House New York District 14 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D / Working Families Party) | 70.6 | 82,453 |
 | Tina Forte (R)  | 27.3 | 31,935 | |
 | Desi Cuellar (Conservative Party) | 1.9 | 2,208 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 194 | ||
| Total votes: 116,790 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hasime Zherka (Independent)
- Jonathan Howe (L)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 14.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Edgardo Marrero (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 14
Tina Forte defeated Desi Cuellar in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 14 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tina Forte | 67.3 | 1,608 |
| Desi Cuellar | 31.9 | 761 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 2,389 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Desi Cuellar advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 14.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 14.
Endorsements
To view Howe's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jonathan Howe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Howe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a public defender in Bronx County Family Court where I represent parents targeted by the family-separation system and work to reunite them with their families and protect their parental rights.
I applied to law school with the sole aim of becoming a public defender; I wanted to help level the playing field for those most impacted by oppressive government systems in any way I could. My internships during school spanned from working in public defenders’ offices in rural southern Texas all the way to Brooklyn and The Bronx. Since graduating in 2018 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law I have spent my entire career in Bronx County Family Court.
My campaign is focused on working towards peace, justice, and a clean planet through individual liberty.
I live in Astoria with my two rescue cats, and the colony of outdoor/feral cats I manage.- Get big government out of your business, and big business out of your government.
- Politics should not be a career.
- End the damn wars! At home and abroad.
The War on Drugs has been a failure. It has done unspeakable damage to entire generations, especially in minority and disenfranchised communities.
The government does not have the right to tell you what you must or must not put in your body. History has shown that drug use cannot be eliminated without harming society more than drugs ever could. To reduce police brutality and militarization we must defund the cartels by ending this modern day Prohibition.
War
The United States spends more on its military than the next dozen countries combined.
No military conflict involving the US in my lifetime has made our country safer, while tens of thousands of brave men and women who volunteered to serve have been killed, maimed, and abandoned. Our endless wars have destroyed lives and wasted money, devastated communities and the environment, and turned foreign public opinion against the US, all while endangering US citizens throughout the world.
Environmental Protection
Pollution of our planet harms us all. From plastics and medications in our drinking water to toxic chemicals in our air, we have allowed industrial polluters free reign.
2. An understanding that every dollar spent by the government is a dollar taken from the people.
In my role as a public defender in Bronx Family Court I represent parents without the resources to hire a lawyer against a government with almost unlimited power and resources. I know what it’s like to fight, and win, within an unfair and often unjust system. On a daily basis I put the needs of those I represent before my own and, if elected, I intend to do the same.
Most elected representatives have never engaged with the ordinary people of their community, and have never seen how the laws and regulations they create disadvantage the poor and working class. I see it every day.
2. I do not want a career in politics.
Politics should not be a career. Too often our elected leaders run for office with no plans of ever leaving the world of politics. The majority of those in Congress are millionaires, despite a salary of $174,000 (compared to the average American salary of about $52,000). Between favors and kickbacks from lobbyists, to trading on inside information, what was once public service has become a lucrative grift.
The main benefit comes in time and connections, both of which help in campaigning more than legislating. Many political jobs are designed to allow you to work on campaigns when the time comes around. Most “real” jobs are not. It is much easier to run for office if you’re the chief of staff for a politician already, have the time off, and know all the players, than if you’re working outside of politics, need to use vacation time to campaign, and only know a few of the players. Unfortunately, I’m in the latter group, but I’m willing to fight the uphill battle because someone eventually has to if we want to end career politics.
Just the last two years we have seen our rights to freely associate and control our own bodies usurped by the government. Before that, we lost our right privacy and due process through The Patriot Act, and here in New York City we have all but lost our right to self defense.
I often first meet a new client on the worst day of their life- the morning after their children have been suddenly taken away from them by the government. Sometimes I see babies taken from their mothers’ arms in open court and whisked into the same system their parents often went through as children. These are the stories that remind me, everyday, that an unaccountable government will do unspeakable things in the name of the common good, especially in historically marginalized and overpoliced communities like parts of The Bronx.
I intend to work with both sides of the aisle to advance freedom, and use any/all leverage I may have as a third party to work against both sides of the aisle to resist further expansion of government into our lives.
The debt is currently nearly $30 trillion; that’s nearly $240,000 for every single taxpayer in the US. Congress needs to cut down on spending significantly before we lose control. History has shown that significant debt harms the economy and can even destroy a society, and the poor are always hurt the most.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 10, 2022
