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Justin DeFillippo
Justin DeFillippo (Conservative Party) ran for election to the New York State Senate to represent District 23. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
DeFillippo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Justin DeFillippo was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at St. John’s University. His career experience includes working as an electrician. After the 2020 election, he moved to Flower Mound, Texas, and began serving on the board of adjustments.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 23
Incumbent Diane Savino defeated Justin DeFillippo and John Jairo Rodriguez in the general election for New York State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Diane Savino (D / Independence Party) | 77.4 | 63,548 |
 | Justin DeFillippo (Conservative Party)  | 21.1 | 17,336 | |
| John Jairo Rodriguez (Serve America Movement Party) | 1.3 | 1,031 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 210 | ||
| Total votes: 82,125 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 23
Incumbent Diane Savino defeated Rajiv Gowda in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 23 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Diane Savino | 72.7 | 12,496 |
 | Rajiv Gowda | 26.3 | 4,521 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 177 | ||
| Total votes: 17,194 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Justin DeFillippo advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Independence Party primary election
The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Diane Savino advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Serve America Movement Party primary election
The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. John Jairo Rodriguez advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Working Families Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brandon Stradford (Working Families Party)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Justin DeFillippo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by DeFillippo'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'm just a guy from Brooklyn who's had a hard life and is sick and tired of the career politicians who forgot why the we elected.
- As a conservative I believe in less government, lower taxes and I promise to make sure of constitution is followed.
- Want a change. So do I. Let's flip this seat red!
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
