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Mark Szuszkiewicz
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 28, 2022

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New York, N.Y.
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Financial services
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Mark Szuszkiewicz (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent New York. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.

Szuszkiewicz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Szuszkiewicz was born in Brooklyn, New York. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor, real estate agent, truck driver, and local cable television host. He has been affiliated with Family On Three and the New York Young Republicans Club. He has held a life and health insurance license and series 7 and series 66 real estate salesperson licenses.[1][2]

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in New York, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New York

Incumbent Chuck Schumer defeated Joe Pinion and Diane Sare in the general election for U.S. Senate New York on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Chuck Schumer
Chuck Schumer (D / Working Families Party)
 
56.7
 
3,320,561
Image of Joe Pinion
Joe Pinion (R / Conservative Party)
 
42.7
 
2,501,151
Image of Diane Sare
Diane Sare (LaRouche Party) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
26,844
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
4,151

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,852,707
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Chuck Schumer advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Joe Pinion advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Joe Pinion advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. Senate New York.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Chuck Schumer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. Senate New York.

2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 47

Ari Kagan defeated Mark Szuszkiewicz in the general election for New York City Council District 47 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ari Kagan
Ari Kagan (D) Candidate Connection
 
53.1
 
7,933
Image of Mark Szuszkiewicz
Mark Szuszkiewicz (R / Conservative Party / Save the Planet Party)
 
46.7
 
6,975
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
25

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,933
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 47

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ari Kagan in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,029
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Mark Szuszkiewicz advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 47.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Mark Szuszkiewicz advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York City Council District 47.

2020

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 46

Incumbent Mathylde Frontus defeated Mark Szuszkiewicz in the general election for New York State Assembly District 46 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mathylde Frontus
Mathylde Frontus (D)
 
50.9
 
21,993
Image of Mark Szuszkiewicz
Mark Szuszkiewicz (R / Conservative Party) Candidate Connection
 
49.0
 
21,155
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
51

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 43,199
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mathylde Frontus advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 46.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Mark Szuszkiewicz advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 46.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Mark Szuszkiewicz advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 46.

Working Families Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Mark Szuszkiewicz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Szuszkiewicz'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 was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and I've lived in NY my entire life. I'm not going to leave or just sit back and and watch as politicians destroy the city and state that I love. I am not a career politician. I was a Stockbroker at age 19, then a Financial Adviser, Real Estate Agent, Local Cable TV host, Truck Driver, and other professions. I first ran for local office in South Brooklyn because I don't trust politicians to do the right thing. I trust myself to do the right thing. My local elections in 2020 and 2021 were in heavy Democrat districts and I almost pulled off miraculous victories in those districts as a conservative Republican. I'm looking to help candidates across NY State to help with statewide issues like the rise in crime by getting rid of the bail reform bill, while getting rid of career politician Chuck Schumer.
  • I'm an Anti Corruption candidate. Example someone who works for the FDA should not be able to get a high paying job with big pharma after they leave the FDA. I will also fight for term limits to end career politicians.
  • I want to improve education with school choice, life skills classes in school, and prevent indoctrination. Politics do not belong in Math class.
  • I will fight to prevent any future mask or vaccine mandates in the U.S.
Fight big tech free speech censorship.

Make it clear that Mandates for medical procedures (vaccines) are not allowed anywhere in the US. Coercion is not consent.
Support Educational overhaul, including encouraging vocational training, giving parents more flexibility to choose their school (including homeschooling and distance learning), and preventing schools on all levels of education from indoctrinating children with their political ideology.
Introduce legislation to prevent government employees from later taking jobs with companies that they regulate, such as an FDA employee that approves a drug and then works for a pharmaceutical company
Regulate bank overdraft fees and other unfair business practices
Make several improvements to our healthcare system.
Make it illegal for businesses and other organizations to discriminate based on political ideology.
Tax credits for organ donors to reduce waiting lists for organs
Minimum staffing requirements in hospitals and nursing homes to prevent negligent deaths, injuries, and suffering.
Tax credits for organic farmers to make healthier food more affordable.

Fight for term limits in office. If I'm elected, I pledge to serve no more than two terms, and invite other candidates to make a similar pledge.
Doing what's best for the people and not special interests groups. I believe many politicians justify doing favors for fundraising and justify it as some type of greater good because they can't win without fundraising. I would rather lose than sacrifice my morals by doing something that I don't think is best for the people just to raise money.
I have a broad spectrum of knowledge in multiple fields as opposed to many politicians that just practiced law their entire life and see political office as some type of promotion of stature. I have creative ideas that I feel both sides agree on. An example would be that I believe that my insurance background helped me devise a plan to create a middle ground that will improve our healthcare system that most people on both sides can agree on.
Create legislation that will improve our country.
Vote based on what is best for the people and not what the people in their party or lobbyists want them to do.
I would like to end career politicians by making sure term limits are finally in place and that future politicians think twice about corrupt practices as I hope to expose many of the current ones in office.
Retail sales as a teenager. 3 years from ae 15 to 18.
Constantly being underestimated and having people make inaccurate assumptions.
The economy. The historical wasteful spending and government overreach by the Democratic Party that has led to inflation and the destruction of many small businesses, will make it difficult (but not impossible) to recover from.
I'm a large advocate for term limits. I vow to only serve in 2 terms and I will fight to pass term limits during my tenure in office.
In some ways yes but I believe that someone is less likely to be corrupt if they haven't been a career politician. I also believe that experience doesn't mean anything if you weren't doing a good job. An example would be Mayor De Blasio in NYC had 8 years experience as a mayor and what he did was destroy the city that I love. That doesn't make him more qualified than someone with no experience.
I think it's important tool for the minority party throughout history.
The person's track record, beliefs, intelligence, knowledge, and morals.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Small Business and Entrepreneurship
No. I will be unique. I will say that my favorite current senator is Rand Paul.
My priority is whether or not they put the constitution and laws over personal partisan political beliefs.
I am not looking to make friends at capitol hill. I am looking to expose corruption and get rid of politicians that don't put the people of America first. That being said, I believe that I have many ideas that are non partisan and I'm willing to work across party lines to get things done. There are good and bad politicians on both sides. I don't have to agree with everyone on every issue in order to work with them. I just won't tolerate politicians that put special interests ahead of the American people and I intend to expose anyone who does.
Unfortunately it is now. I believe that bills should not be packaged together and be thousands of pages long. A bill called an infrastructure bill should just be about infrastructure and not packaged together with unrelated issues. Maybe there should be a page limit on bills so that people in office actually read the bills that they're voting on.

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2021

Mark Szuszkiewicz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

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Candidate Connection

Mark Szuszkiewicz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Szuszkiewicz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Mark Szuszkiewicz is a pantologist. He has worked in both blue collar and white collar professions. He has been a stockbroker, financial advisor, real estate agent, security guard, retail sales, life and health insurance professional, professional driver with a NYC hack license and class A CDL driving an 18-wheeler across the country. He has hosted an award-winning TV show where he interviewed numerous, celebrities, politicians, professional champion athletes, and more. He has also acted in multiple projects available on amazon prime. He has organized numerous charity events for several charities. Mark didn't grow up with a wealthy family and he's not wealthy now. Mark has a vast array of knowledge with his multiple professions. But most importantly, a knowledge of all different types of people. Mark enjoys helping people and the best way to do so is to be in office and do the right thing for the community. Mark decided to run for office because he does not trust politicians to do the right thing, but he trusts himself to do the right thing. Visit Mark4NY.com for more information on Mark's ideas for a better New York and a full Bio.
  • Raising taxes doesn't solve problems, it causes more. I will reduce taxes and spending.
  • Education is a top priority and I have creative ideas on how to improve our education system.
  • Reducing homelessness, drug addiction, and mental health can all be done if the state follows my plan.
I believe that we can raise revenue without having to constantly increase taxes and fines. We can fund affordable housing and other projects by issuing municipal bonds that are backed by the property and revenue generated from the property that was purchased with the funds of the bonds.

I believe we can make our education system better in numerous ways. One of these ways is to add a life skills course to our students curriculum. This will involve teaching the basics of various trades and other skills like website design. I also would like to implement an after school video game program that I know kids will enjoy. Some kids aren't interested or good enough to play on a sports team. They will have an after school program that will keep them off the streets. Just like with sports, proper grades are required in order to continue playing. They can also play against other schools online competitively and have teams for each school.

I believe that drug testing should be required to receive welfare benefits. Records will be kept confidential and it would not deny the applicant benefits. But they would have to go to rehab if they consistently test positive and cannot get clean on their own or find a job. Enabling an addiction by providing free money to purchase drugs and alcohol will not solve the problem. Solving the problem would be getting them the help that they need which is rehabilitation and not just free money to enable their addiction.

More info on Mark4NY.com
The answer to both questions would be Muhammad Ali. He stood up for what he believed in, and he didn't care about the personal consequences of his actions. He always believed in himself and he did what he felt was the right thing to do no matter what.
My Website Mark4NY.com
Putting the people of the community must always come first. Standing up for what you believe is the right thing to do and not backing down because of pressure from the media or any other reason.
I'm not afraid to fight corruption and take on whatever challenge is necessary to make New York a better place to live.
Actually reading the bills before voting on them and not just voting the way your political party tells you to vote. Understanding every aspect of the bill and making sure that you truly believe that you are voting in the best interest of the people.
My legacy is not important to me. If people steal my ideas and take credit for them, it's not as important to me as them being implemented. Even if I lose, what's important is that I have a platform to speak about what changes need to be done. I hope someone at least listens and makes those changes happen. If the changes are made, then me getting credit or having a legacy isn't something that I care about. I'll know that I helped make a difference and that's what's important.
The Challenger explosion in 1986. I was 4 years old.
Retail Sales when I was 15 then a stockbroker at age 19.
Constantly being underestimated and misunderstood. People judging me and making assumptions without even knowing me. It has led to missed opportunities but then I just end up creating my own new opportunities.
Even though there are less senators than assembly members, the senate is the chamber that has the power to confirm the Governor's appointment on non elected state officials and court judges.
Sometimes. Experience in any field is usually a plus. But in some cases career politicians are corrupt. I believe that having life experience in many different fields like I do, makes for a better understanding of the constituents that I would be representing.
Overcoming the economic aftermath of Covid-19.
A relationship where bills are rarely vetoed.
Yes. Having a better understanding of each other is a better way to make progress and work together on plans that better the citizens of New York.
Yes. In order of preference.

Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce, and Industry,
Education
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Mental Health
Banks
Insurance
Agriculture

Election Law
No. I do not plan on being like anyone else. I am going to be different than any other politician in history.
Yes. After making an impact at the state level, I would like to make an impact on the federal level. Either as a Congressman or U.S. Senator.
A parent complaining about all of the ridiculous unfair changes that have ben happening to our education system.

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