Nicolae Albert Bunea
Nicolae Bunea (Democratic Party) ran for election for President of the United States. He lost as a write-in in the Democratic convention on August 5, 2024.
Bunea completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nicolae Albert Bunea was born in Queens, New York.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of New York
Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Lee Zeldin in the general election for Governor of New York on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kathy Hochul (D / Working Families Party) | 53.1 | 3,140,415 |
 | Lee Zeldin (R / Conservative Party) | 46.7 | 2,762,581 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9,290 | ||
| Total votes: 5,912,286 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jumaane Williams (Working Families Party)
- John Nistico (Constitutional Party)
- Larry Sharpe (L)
- Alex Zapesochny (Unite Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New York
Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Hochul | 67.4 | 607,928 |
 | Jumaane Williams | 19.3 | 173,872 | |
 | Tom Suozzi | 13.0 | 116,972 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 3,730 | ||
| Total votes: 902,502 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Agha Muhammad Saleh (D)
- Nicolae Bunea (D)
- Letitia James (D)
- Paul Nichols (D)
- Vladimy Joseph (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of New York
Lee Zeldin defeated Andrew Giuliani, Rob Astorino, and Harry Wilson in the Republican primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lee Zeldin | 43.4 | 196,874 |
 | Andrew Giuliani | 22.8 | 103,267 | |
 | Rob Astorino | 18.6 | 84,464 | |
 | Harry Wilson | 14.7 | 66,736 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 2,261 | ||
| Total votes: 453,602 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Skiboky Stora (R)
- Derrick Gibson (R)
- Kris Lord (R)
- Kim Jarrett (R)
- Michael Carpinelli (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Lee Zeldin advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Governor of New York.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Jumaane Williams advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Governor of New York.
Campaign themes
2022
Nicolae Bunea completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bunea's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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37 born & raised in Sunnyside, Queens. 2007 NYPD Auxiliary Officer of the Year Boys Scouts of America Troop 390 Godfather
Stepdad Uncle Brother
LEO ♌️ August 15, 1984
CEO @MusicisMeRecords- Helping Animal's
- Helping Kids
- Helping Women
every day is a new start no matter how bad yesterday was. You can wake up poor and be a democratic candidate for New York State Governor later that day.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
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