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Michael O'Reilly
Michael O'Reilly (Republican Party, Conservative Party, Common Sense) ran for election to the New York State Senate to represent District 10. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
O'Reilly completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael O'Reilly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1979 to 1981. O'Reilly earned a law degree from New York Law School in 1989. His career experience includes working as an attorney, businessman, and airline pilot.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 10
Incumbent James Sanders Jr. defeated Michael O'Reilly in the general election for New York State Senate District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Sanders Jr. (D / Working Families Party) | 71.0 | 68,074 |
 | Michael O'Reilly (R / Conservative Party / Common Sense)  | 28.9 | 27,673 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 144 | ||
| Total votes: 95,891 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent James Sanders Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 10.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael O'Reilly advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 10.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Michael O'Reilly advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 10.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent James Sanders Jr. advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 10.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for O'Reilly in this election.
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 5
Incumbent Gregory W. Meeks won election in the general election for U.S. House New York District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gregory W. Meeks (D) | 100.0 | 160,500 |
| Total votes: 160,500 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 5
Incumbent Gregory W. Meeks defeated Carl Achille and Mizan Choudhury in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory W. Meeks | 81.6 | 11,060 |
 | Carl Achille | 9.5 | 1,288 | |
| Mizan Choudhury | 8.9 | 1,200 | ||
| Total votes: 13,548 | |||
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Republican primary election
No Republican candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael O'Reilly (R)
2017
New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.[2] Incumbent Letitia James (D) defeated Juan Carlos Polanco (R), Michael O'Reilly (Conservative), James Lane (Green), and Devin Balkind (Libertarian) in the general election for public advocate of New York City.
| New York City Public Advocate, General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Letitia James Incumbent |
73.81% | 812,234 | |
| Republican | Juan Carlos Polanco | 15.68% | 172,601 | |
| Conservative | Michael O'Reilly | 8.00% | 88,060 | |
| Green | James Lane | 1.76% | 19,404 | |
| Libertarian | Devin Balkind | 0.61% | 6,737 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.13% | 1,407 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,100,443 | |||
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 General Certified Election Results," November 28, 2017 | ||||
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Gregory Meeks (D) defeated Michael O'Reilly (R) and Frank Francois (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Meeks defeated Ali Mirza in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2016.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gregory Meeks Incumbent |
85.5% | 199,815 | |
| Republican | Michael O'Reilly | 13% | 30,312 | |
| Green | Frank Francois | 1.5% | 3,587 | |
| Total Votes | 233,714 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gregory Meeks Incumbent |
81.7% | 7,056 | ||
| Ali Mirza | 18.3% | 1,579 | ||
| Total Votes | 8,635 | |||
| Source: New York State Board of Elections |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael O'Reilly completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Reilly's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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O'Reilly graduated from Florida Tech with honors. After receiving an honorable discharged from the United States Marine Corp, he attended New York Law School at night, while working 60 hours a week in the Financial District. In addition to being a licensed attorney, O'Reilly was also an airline pilot for a major airline. He attributes any success he's had in life to two simple things - hard work, and perseverance.
Michael O’Reilly
And O’Reilly is walking the walk- to every corner of the district to meet as many people as possible, over and over again because he feels that you cannot substitute face to face conversations with large war chests or social media platforms alone. The current occupant of our district’s senate seat (and yes, it’s the people’s seat) has run largely unopposed in the last three elections and is comfortably numb. In O’Reilly’s opinion, we need someone in Albany to fight for us now more than ever.- Protect our communities by combating the housing of illegal immigrants in our neighborhoods
- Fight Crime! Support our Police instead of defunding our police.
- Stop cheating our kids out of a useful education. Focus more on STEM Classes to help them prepare for their future.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 26, 2024
- ↑ New York Election Law, "Sec 6-160. Primaries," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed May 15, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "New York House Races Results," June 28, 2016
