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Patrick McManus
Patrick McManus (Conservative Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 16th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
McManus completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
McManus was a 2014 Conservative Party candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 16th Congressional District of New York.[1] Although he filed with the New York Board of Elections, the board rejected his petition as invalid, taking him off of the ballot for the primary election.[1]
McManus was a 2012 Conservative Party candidate for District 80 of the New York State Assembly.
McManus was previously a Conservative Party candidate for District 83 of the New York State Assembly. The primary election was on September 14, 2010, and the general election was on November 2.
Biography
McManus was born in the Bronx, New York. His career experience includes working as a firefighter, and in building maintenance and construction.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: New York's 16th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 16th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 16
Jamaal Bowman defeated Patrick McManus in the general election for U.S. House New York District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jamaal Bowman (D)  | 84.0 | 218,514 |
 | Patrick McManus (Conservative Party) | 15.8 | 41,094 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 482 | ||
| Total votes: 260,090 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 16
Jamaal Bowman defeated incumbent Eliot Engel, Chris Fink, Sammy Ravelo, and Andom Ghebreghiorgis (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 16 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamaal Bowman | 55.4 | 49,367 |
 | Eliot Engel | 40.6 | 36,149 | |
 | Chris Fink | 1.8 | 1,625 | |
 | Sammy Ravelo | 1.3 | 1,139 | |
 | Andom Ghebreghiorgis (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.9 | 761 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 97 | ||
| Total votes: 89,138 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kenneth Belvin (D)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Patrick McManus advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 16.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Jamaal Bowman advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 16.
2014
McManus planned to run in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New York's 16th District. McManus sought the Conservative Party nomination in the primary on June 24, 2014, but the New York Board of Elections declared his petition invalid, preventing him from running in the primary.
2012
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012
McManus ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 80. He ran unopposed in the Conservative primary on September 13, 2012. He was defeated by Mark Gjonaj in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Mark Gjonaj Incumbent |
79.1% | 22,386 | |
| Republican | Nicole J. Torres | 9.2% | 2,600 | |
| Working Families Party | Naomi Rivera | 7.7% | 2,186 | |
| Conservative | Patrick A. McManus | 3% | 861 | |
| Green | William Edstrom | 1% | 274 | |
| Total Votes | 28,307 | |||
2010
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2010
McManus was uncontested in the September 14 Conservative Party primary. McManus was defeated by incumbent Carl Heastie (D) in the general election on November 2.[6]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Patrick McManus completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McManus' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I want to make our streets safe for all of our citizens.
- I want to create an economy that will provide quality jobs for all of us.
- I want to vastly improve our educational system.
Education, our system is failing all of our students. In an effort to maintain the percent of passing students, we constantly lower the standards. We need to start focusing on educating students rather than raising the percentage of "passing" students
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York Board of Elections, "Candidate Petition List," accessed April 16, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 22, 2020.
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ New York Times, "NY state legislative election results," accessed February 11, 2014
