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Ruben Cruz II
Ruben Cruz II (Republican Party, Conservative Party, Common Sense Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 24. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ruben Cruz II earned a bachelor's degree from City University of New York, Queens College in 1999. His career experience includes working in social services. Cruz has been associated with the Latin American Intercultural Alliance, Central Queens Republican Club, and Queens Libertarians.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 24
Incumbent David Weprin defeated Ruben Cruz II and Misbaah Mahmood in the general election for New York State Assembly District 24 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Weprin (D) | 61.1 | 23,300 |
 | Ruben Cruz II (R / Conservative Party / Common Sense Party) | 35.1 | 13,383 | |
 | Misbaah Mahmood (People First) | 3.5 | 1,325 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 131 | ||
| Total votes: 38,139 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent David Weprin advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 24.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ruben Cruz II advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 24.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Ruben Cruz II advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 24.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cruz in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 16
Incumbent John Liu defeated Ruben Cruz II in the general election for New York State Senate District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Liu (D / Working Families Party) | 57.7 | 28,715 |
| Ruben Cruz II (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party) | 42.2 | 21,033 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 49,798 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent John Liu advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 16.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ruben Cruz II advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 16.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Ruben Cruz II advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 16.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent John Liu advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 16.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ruben Cruz II did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ruben Cruz II completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cruz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ruben created the Queens Pet Pantry in collaboration with the Mayor's Office of Animal Welfare, ASPCA, Humane Society, Department of Parks and Recreation and local police departments to distribute pet supplies in parks throughout Queens during the pandemic.
Since 2006, Ruben has consulted for multiple non-profits to secure funding, provide programs for older adults in Health & Wellness and Arts & Culture at Senior Center throughout the five boroughs. His Pattycake Theatre program provides bi-lingual musical presentations in Schools and Parks throughout the City.
A father of two, Ruben balances family life with his work and passion for community enrichment. He currently serves on four boards. The Latin American Intercultural Alliance an Immigrant and Women's rights organization that has expanded to Arts & Culture. The Cypress Hills - Fulton St Senior Center. The Artists for Collective Theater and the Central Queens Republican Club.- Elder Justice is Community Justice. Thousands in our communities fall prey to "Deed Stealing" Taking homes away from unknowing older adults. It's time to create strict rules protecting our communities from these predatory practices
- Clean Streets means Less Crime. Experts say that garbage-free public spaces can be a part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce crime and violence.
- Lower Taxes. Our sales tax rate is 8.875%. We should cap our sales tax rate to 8%. This will ease the burden on the shoper and business owner. No-bid contracts are stealing our tax dollars. I want to eliminate No-bid contracts.
The city spends $168,000.00 every minute in our taxpayer money. Yet homelessness runs amok our streets are broken but our 24-hour speed cameras are working just fine. When we received $46.5 BILLION Dollars for the New York Rental Assistance Program, the NO-BID contractor in charge of distributing the funds boasted of making 38% robbing more than a third of the funds from families in need. The firm that hired an ex-Cuomo Aide got that NO-BID contract. We must stop this.
I have visited many a public official's office. Each and every official had there office all the way in the back. Is that what you want from your public leader?
But the core of the story is about a family over the generations that tries to do the right thing. I recommend reading the third book first: GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE. It's a stand alone book that covers several thousand years. I guarantee once you finish this book, you'll have to read the rest of the series. It's like the first STARWARS movie starts at chapter three.
That said, the idea of a unicameral Democratic or Republican only state legislature does not change how the legislature will run. We will have "Progressive" versus "Conservative" Democrats instead of Blue versus Red. So there are no benefits or drawbacks.
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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 September 1, 2022
