Kate Browning
Kate Browning (Women's Equality Party, Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 1st Congressional District. Browning (Women's Equality Party) lost in the general election on November 6, 2018. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2018.
Browning was also a Democratic candidate, but she was defeated in the primary.[1]
Biography
Browning served in the Suffolk County Legislature from 2005 to 2017, when she was termed out of office.[2] Before serving in the legislature, Browning worked as a school bus driver. She immigrated to the United States from Europe after having left her home country of Ireland in the midst of The Troubles.[3]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 1
Incumbent Lee Zeldin defeated Perry Gershon and Kate Browning in the general election for U.S. House New York District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lee Zeldin (R) | 51.5 | 139,027 |
 | Perry Gershon (D) | 47.4 | 127,991 | |
 | Kate Browning (Women's Equality Party) | 1.1 | 2,988 | |
| Total votes: 270,006 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patricia Latzman (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 1
Perry Gershon defeated Kate Browning, Vivian Viloria-Fisher, David Pechefsky, and Elaine DiMasi in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 1 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Perry Gershon | 35.5 | 7,902 |
| Kate Browning | 30.6 | 6,813 | |
 | Vivian Viloria-Fisher | 16.3 | 3,616 | |
 | David Pechefsky | 11.5 | 2,565 | |
 | Elaine DiMasi | 6.0 | 1,344 | |
| Total votes: 22,240 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brendon Henry (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lee Zeldin advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 1.
Women's Equality Party primary election
The Women's Equality Party primary election was canceled. Kate Browning advanced from the Women's Equality Party primary for U.S. House New York District 1.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Patricia Latzman advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 1.
Campaign contributions
The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Zeldin | Republican Party | $4,485,879 | $4,834,396 | $24,571 | As of December 31, 2018 |
| Elaine DiMasi | Democratic Party | $104,204 | $100,541 | $3,663 | As of June 30, 2018 |
| Perry Gershon | Democratic Party | $5,075,782 | $5,075,628 | $154 | As of December 31, 2018 |
| David Pechefsky | Democratic Party | $303,458 | $303,416 | $42 | As of December 31, 2018 |
| Vivian Viloria-Fisher | Democratic Party | $281,511 | $281,511 | $0 | As of July 31, 2018 |
| Kate Browning | Women's Equality Party, Democratic Party | $580,579 | $580,579 | $0 | As of December 31, 2018 |
| Patricia Latzman | Working Families Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Campaign themes
2018
Browning’s campaign website stated the following:
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Healthcare What I do know, is that we can't repeal the Affordable Care Act without an alternative like Lee Zeldin and his Republican House colleagues did last year. Their proposal would have cost 23 million hard-working American's their coverage and almost 30,000 American's here in the 1st Congressional District. It would have meant higher costs with limited coverage and it would have eliminated guaranteed protections for people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, asthma or cancer. This would crush so many seniors, children and low-income families. As a former school bus driver and steward with our union, I know firsthand how difficult it was to negotiate healthcare for my colleagues. A lot of them relied on CHIP which the Republicans let expire over 100 days ago and they continue to play politics with our children's health. This is just wrong. We need to get insurance companies out of the equation. One way to do that would be to require audits of insurance companies to ensure they are not inflating administrative costs and passing them on to consumers or to allow the federal government to negotiate with drug companies to get a lower price on medications. The Environment We must ensure our environment remains a bedrock of our community’s economy and a source of expanded economic opportunity. My efforts as a Suffolk County Legislator to secure farmland rights went far in ensuring the significant role agriculture plays in our economy and community. In congress, I will lead the fight to protect our coasts that are so important to our communities and the lifestyle’s of our families. Unfortunately, Lee Zeldin has taken a number of votes that endanger the health and economic stability of the 1st Congressional District. He voted to dismantle protections for the environment and public health. He also voted to open protected lands off the Arctic coast to drilling. Imagine the message oil rigs off the south shore would send to our children. And, just like the members of Congress who voted against the restoration of Long Island after Sandy, Lee Zeldin voted against funding to replace the water infrastructure that poisoned the residents of Flint, Michigan and against funding for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. As legislator, I protected and improved our water. In Congress, Lee Zeldin attempted to block clean water infrastructure from the 8,000 children in Flint. In Congress, I will continue to fight to protect every 1st District child to clean air and water, every struggling family to economic opportunity, and every Long Islander to our shared environment. Women and Families We must stand up and fight back against attacks on Planned Parenthood - the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care for women, men and young people, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Defunding Planned Parenthood disproportionately affects people with low incomes, people of color and our LGBT communities. #IStandWithPP I stood with Governor Cuomo as he announced the Nation’s Strongest Paid Family Leave Policy. No family should have to choose between caring for their loved ones and risking their economic security. This was a great step but we need to expand this program nationally. Immigration Reform We need to make sure we are protecting the 800,000 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“Dreamers”). Unlike Lee Zeldin, I will vote for an immediate, clean bill that allows these young men and women to stay in this nation and provides them with a pathway to earn their citizenship. Gun Safety Legislation I support banning military-style assault weapons, expanding the criminal background check system to cover all commercial firearm sales, including those at gun shows and over the internet; I support the “No Fly / No Buy” bill which would prevent anyone on the FBI’s “No Fly” list from purchasing a deadly weapon; I support investing in mental health and making sure that mentally impaired individuals cannot get their hands on guns. Lee Zeldin cosponsored the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which infringes on New York’s laws by allowing residents from other states to carry concealed weapons in our communities; opposes any ban on semi-automatic weapons, like the ones used in Sandy Hook and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School; voted to make it easier for people with mental illness to purchase weapons, including military-style assault rifles. We can do better. Education We should be making significant investments in preschool programs, increasing local control to eliminate unnecessary testing requirements and taking meaningful steps to close the achievement gap that exists in too many communities. LGBT In Congress, I will support the The Equality Act which would amend existing civil rights law to include protections that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, public education, federal funding, credit, and the jury system. [4] |
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| —Kate Browning’s campaign website (2018)[5] | ||
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- New York's 1st Congressional District election, 2018
- New York's 1st Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Long Island Advance, "Browning to challenge Zeldin in 2018," October 12, 2017
- ↑ Newsday, "Kate Browning to challenge Lee Zeldin for Congress in Suffolk," October 12, 2017
- ↑ Kate Browning for Congress, "Meet Kate," accessed June 14, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kate Browning for Congress, "Issues," accessed June 14, 2018
