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Lucretia Regina-Potter

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Lucretia Regina-Potter
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Education

High school

Bishop Kearney High School

Bachelor's

Fordham University

Contact

Lucretia Regina-Potter was a Republican candidate for District 43 representative on the New York City Council in New York. She was defeated in the primary election on September 12, 2017.

Regina-Potter was previously a candidate for the District 49 seat in the New York State Assembly in 2006 and 2008.[1][2] She was also a candidate for the District 46 seat in the Assembly in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Biography

Regina-Potter earned a B.A. in political science from Fordham University.[3]

Regina-Potter's experience includes work as a design consultant for Bari Tile and Stone and service as a district leader for the 46th Assembly District, a member of the executive committee of the Kings County Republican Party, and an executive committee member and communications director for the Fiorello LaGuardia Republican Organization.[3]

Elections

2017

See also: Mayoral election in New York, New York (2017) and Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

John Quaglione defeated Liam McCabe, Robert Capano, and Lucretia Regina-Potter in the Republican primary for the District 43 seat on the New York City Council.[4]

New York City Council, District 43 Republican Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John Quaglione 47.01% 1,865
Liam McCabe 33.22% 1,318
Robert Capano 14.60% 579
Lucretia Regina-Potter 4.59% 182
Write-in votes 0.58% 23
Total Votes 3,967
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Certified Results," accessed September 28, 2017


Campaign themes

2017

In the New York Campaign Finance Board's voter guide, Regina-Potter listed her top three issues as:

  1. STOP ILLEGAL CONVERSION OF HOMES
  2. EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESSES
  3. EXPAND SCHOOL CHOICE FOR PARENTS[19]
—Lucretia Regina-Potter[20]

2016

Regina-Potter's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Lucretia is fighting for legislation that will provide for:

  • NO NEW TAXES or fees of any kind.
  • HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES by providing tax incentives and lowering regulation burdens.
  • NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT Better and immediate Quality-of-Life services to the community.
  • RESPONSIBLE LAW ENFORCEMENT Civil confinement for dangerous sex offenders after their prison term ends.
  • AFFORDABLE EDUCATION A fair and equitable education tax credit for parents of school age children in public, private and parochial schools.
  • No raises for State Legislators until the state budget is passed on time
  • Less “pork barrel” spending, and none whatsoever outside of our district
  • RIGHT TO LIFE No use of public funds for abortion.
  • NULLIFY Obamacare. Present other options for affordable healthcare.
  • Bring the 'bacon' back to our community.[19]
—Lucretia Regina-Potter's campaign website, (2016)[21]

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See also

New York, New York New York Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes

  1. New York State Board of Elections, "Assembly - Vote - Nov. 7, 2006," accessed September 3, 2017
  2. New York State Board of Elections, "Assembly Election Returns Nov. 4, 2008," accessed September 3, 2017
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lucretia Regina-Potter, "About Lucretia," accessed September 3, 2017
  4. Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the New York City Board of Elections," July 14, 2017
  5. New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
  6. New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
  9. brooklyneagle.com, "Brook-Krasny to resign from State Assembly on July 7," accessed June 15, 2015
  10. New York State Board of Elections, "Candidate Petition List," accessed September 28, 2015
  11. observer.com, "Brooklyn Democrats Nominate Black Candidate for Majority White Assembly Seat," accessed September 16, 2015
  12. New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Member of Assembly Election Returns Nov. 3, 2015," accessed November 3, 2015
  13. New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
  14. New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
  15. New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
  16. State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
  17. State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
  18. State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
  19. 19.0 19.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  20. New York City Campaign Finance Board, "Lucretia Regina-Potter," accessed September 3, 2017
  21. Lucretia Regina-Potter, "Issues," accessed October 14, 2016