Rajiv Gowda
Rajiv Gowda (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York State Senate to represent District 23. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Gowda completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rajiv Gowda earned a bachelor's degree from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering in 1985. Gowda's career experience includes working as a civil engineer and environmental sustainability professional. Gowda has been an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and has been affiliated with the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 23
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton defeated Joseph Tirone in the general election for New York State Senate District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D) | 50.8 | 29,550 |
 | Joseph Tirone (R / Conservative Party) | 49.0 | 28,501 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 82 | ||
| Total votes: 58,133 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sergey Fedorov (Conservative Party)
- Sarah Blas (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 23
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton defeated Sarah Blas, Bianca Rajpersaud, and Rajiv Gowda in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 23 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton | 59.2 | 5,847 |
 | Sarah Blas | 16.4 | 1,622 | |
 | Bianca Rajpersaud | 16.0 | 1,581 | |
 | Rajiv Gowda | 7.7 | 764 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 9,877 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Senate District 23
Joseph Tirone defeated Sergey Fedorov in the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 23 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Tirone | 76.5 | 2,314 |
| Sergey Fedorov | 22.1 | 669 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 41 | ||
| Total votes: 3,024 | |||
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Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Sergey Fedorov advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Sarah Blas advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
2020
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 23
Incumbent Diane Savino defeated Justin DeFillippo and John Jairo Rodriguez in the general election for New York State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Diane Savino (D / Independence Party) | 77.4 | 63,548 |
 | Justin DeFillippo (Conservative Party) | 21.1 | 17,336 | |
| John Jairo Rodriguez (Serve America Movement Party) | 1.3 | 1,031 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 210 | ||
| Total votes: 82,125 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 23
Incumbent Diane Savino defeated Rajiv Gowda in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 23 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Diane Savino | 72.7 | 12,496 |
| Rajiv Gowda | 26.3 | 4,521 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 177 | ||
| Total votes: 17,194 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Justin DeFillippo advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Independence Party primary election
The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Diane Savino advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Serve America Movement Party primary election
The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. John Jairo Rodriguez advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for New York State Senate District 23.
Working Families Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brandon Stradford (Working Families Party)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rajiv Gowda completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gowda'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 am not an establishment or career politician or lobbyist candidate. I belong to the people and our campaign is people's campaign not funded by corrupt corporations.
- For decades legislators failed the hard working people. We still don't have a public hospital in Staten Island. We need Mental Health Counseling Centers.
- Our infrastructure is old and crumbling. Staten Island is transit desert and we must reactivate the North Shore Rail Line. BQE is a disaster and we must address the traffic problem now.
2. Election Policy
3. Environmental policy
4 Housing
5. Mental Health
2. Critical thinker
3. Team player
4. Great listener
5. Easily approachable
6. Able to make tough decisions and take responsibility and consequences
7. Creative problem solver and a visionary
8. Know how government works
9. Compassion
2. Honest, fair and Compassionate
3. Great Listener
4. Hard worker and ready to help
5. Problem solver and a visionary
6. Team player
2. Inform the Public
3. Serve on Committees
2. Criminal Justice reform
3. Mayoral Control of Schools
4. Affordable Housing
Drawbacks: That the members of the chamber can be unduly influenced especially by a ruling government that has majority in parliament but sometimes also by the minority party.
Environment and Public works
Procurement and Contracts
Quality of life is bad and the stench form the stairways is so strong, I had to cover my nose while knocking the doors to talk to the registered voters. it is very impactful and make you wonder why we pay no attention to it. .
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2020
Rajiv Gowda did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 29, 2022
