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Mikhail Itkis

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Mikhail Itkis
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Itkis Campaign

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University, 1991

Graduate

Western Governors University, 2017

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army Reserve

Personal
Religion
Atheist
Profession
Military officer
Contact

Mikhail Itkis (Itkis Campaign) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 12th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

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

Biography

Mikhail Itkis was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He began serving in the U.S. Army Reserve in 2009. Itkis earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1991, a graduate degree from Baruch College in 2008, and another graduate degree from Western Governors University in 2017. His career experience includes working as a military officer.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 12

Incumbent Jerrold Nadler defeated Mike Zumbluskas and Mikhail Itkis in the general election for U.S. House New York District 12 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler (D / Working Families Party) Candidate Connection
 
81.6
 
200,890
Image of Mike Zumbluskas
Mike Zumbluskas (R / Conservative Party / Parent Party)
 
17.9
 
44,173
Image of Mikhail Itkis
Mikhail Itkis (Itkis Campaign) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
631
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
411

Total votes: 246,105
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 12

Incumbent Jerrold Nadler defeated incumbent Carolyn B. Maloney, Suraj Patel, and Ashmi Sheth in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 12 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler Candidate Connection
 
55.4
 
49,744
Image of Carolyn B. Maloney
Carolyn B. Maloney
 
24.4
 
21,916
Image of Suraj Patel
Suraj Patel Candidate Connection
 
19.0
 
17,011
Image of Ashmi Sheth
Ashmi Sheth Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
937
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
128

Total votes: 89,736
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Mike Zumbluskas advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 12.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Mike Zumbluskas advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 12.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jerrold Nadler advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 12.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Mikhail Itkis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Itkis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am an independent liberal candidate. I support abortion rights and gun control. I oppose the Republican legislative agenda.

Not married. No kids. Not celibate. Atheist.

I was born in Ukraine when it was still a part of the Soviet Union. My family moved to NYC when I was 11. I have always been very sensitive to any threats to our freedoms, especially freedom of speech, freedom from religion and sexual rights. I was in NY on 9/11. That experience motivated me to join the Army to protect these freedoms.

  • We need a federal agency to protect cyber security and privacy of U.S. Individuals.
  • We need to pass sex positive legislation, get the government out of the marriage business and end discrimination against unmarried people.
  • United States needs to clearly define its political objectives in the War in Ukraine. Our aid should prioritize democracy and civil rights in Ukraine over territorial integrity.
My campaign priorities:

Cyber security. The government has not done enough to protect individual citizens’ cyber security. I would like to see a dedicated agency to protect everyone’s security and privacy.

Sex Positivity. The government has done too much to protect the institution of marriage. It should get out of the marriage business, stop discriminating against unmarried people, decriminalize sex between consenting adults, and offer everyone an opportunity to not become a parent in case of an unplanned pregnancy.

War in Ukraine. I strongly support U.S. military aid to Ukraine, but we need to carefully define our own goals and the desired end state.
Armed Services; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Homeland Security; Science, Space, and Technology.
Coolidge effect

In the 1920s, Congress decided that the U.S. should improve its agricultural productivity by experimenting with the latest scientific and technical advances. To that end, a bill was passed appropriating funds for a government farm where the new ideas would be tried out. A year later, President Coolidge decided to visit the farm to make sure the money was being spent well. Grace Coolidge, the First Lady, decided to accompany her husband on this trip.

When they arrived at the farm, the President went off to see the latest tractors. The First Lady asked the manager to show her the animals. On her tour, Mrs. Coolidge passed by a prize rooster that was recently purchased to improve the next generation of chickens. The First Lady, mindful of the working conditions of all government employees, asked how much work was required from the rooster. The manager replied that the rooster often works more than 12 times per day. Impressed, the First Lady asked her aide to tell the President about the rooster and moved on with her tour.

Once the President heard about the rooster, he walked over to the cage, looked at rooster for a while, scratched his head, then asked the farm workers if the rooster always worked with the same hen. He was told that the rooster would only work with a different hen each time. The President then turned to the aide and asked him to make sure that the First Lady was properly informed.

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Campaign website

Itkis' campaign website stated the following:

Domestic Policy - Cyber Security

  • Government must take responsibility for creating a secure computing environment for individuals and maintaining balance between security and privacy
  • Create a Federal Cyber Security Agency that will operate a secure civilian network
  • Agency mission
    • Operate a network that assures low levels of risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data for the benefit of US civilian population
    • Provide cyber training to the population at large
    • Enforce standards of behavior
    • Protect the privacy of civilian users of the secure network
    • Provide users with a government verified digital identity
    • The network will NOT be operated by law enforcement, intelligence, or military organizations


Domestic Policy – Sex Positive Approach

Sexual rights

  • Actively oppose the conservative idea that sex should only happen between a man and a woman who are married to each other
  • Right to NOT become a parent in case of pregnancy – redefine abortion debate as a right to unplanned sex

Abortion rights for women

  • Men should not be required to support biological children without prior agreement

End government involvement in marriage – no discrimination based on marital status

  • Decriminalize sex between consenting adults
  • Protect privacy rights
  • Define consent
  • End adultery laws
  • Decriminalize and legalize sex work

Make sexual rights explicit – do NOT rely on privacy or free speech rights


Foreign Policy - Ending the war in Ukraine

United States must be clear and honest about its political objectives and the desired end-state in Ukraine. Even if the objectives differ from those of the Ukrainian government.

Campaign Positions

  • Territory is less important than people
  • Civil rights are just as important as free and fair elections.
  • Transition to a peace time economy must focus on economic equality over market principles[2]
—Mikhail Itkis' campaign website (2022)[3]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 25, 2022
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. Vote for Mike Itkis for Congress, “Issues,” accessed October 10, 2022


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