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Lisa George
Lisa George (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 31. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020.
George completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
George was born in Puerto Rico. Her professional experience includes serving as the office manager for the Office of New York State Senator James Sanders Jr.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 31
Khaleel Anderson defeated Joseph Cullina in the general election for New York State Assembly District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Khaleel Anderson (D / Working Families Party)  | 89.2 | 34,014 |
| Joseph Cullina (R) | 10.7 | 4,086 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 38,133 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 31
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 31 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Khaleel Anderson | 37.2 | 3,565 |
 | Richard David | 28.9 | 2,770 | |
 | Lisa George | 19.0 | 1,819 | |
 | Shea Uzoigwe | 7.2 | 690 | |
 | Derrick DeFlorimonte | 4.1 | 392 | |
| Tavia Blakley | 3.6 | 342 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 9,595 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Joseph Cullina advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 31.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Khaleel Anderson advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 31.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lisa George completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by George'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 answered a calling to civic duty when I became a PTA President (served for three years) and helped save my son's school from closing by organizing fellow parents to advocate in Albany and led a successful two-year court battle against the DOE that ended in an injunction to keep the school open. Now, this same school is one of the best performing schools in Math and ELA.
Today, I am the Office Manager for State Senator James Sanders, Jr., 8 years and counting. And I am the president of The Heart of Rockaway (THOR) Civic Association.
- Education: Fair and sufficient funding for education and reintroduction of vocational training.
- Housing: We need to keep affordable housing affordable; and we need tax relief for our homeowners.
- Healthcare: We need better access to healthcare and need another hospital in the district.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 4, 2020
