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Samantha Zherka
Samantha Zherka (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 13. She was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 7, 2023. She lost in the Republican primary on June 27, 2023. She lost in the Conservative Party primary on June 27, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2023)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 13
Kristy Marmorato defeated incumbent Marjorie Velázquez in the general election for New York City Council District 13 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristy Marmorato (R / Conservative Party) | 51.5 | 6,566 |
 | Marjorie Velázquez (D) | 47.9 | 6,103 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 83 | ||
| Total votes: 12,752 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Havranek (We the People Party)
- Samantha Zherka (Save The Bronx Party)
- Grace Marrero (Grace 4 New York Party)
- Irene Estrada (Parent Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 13
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Marjorie Velázquez in round 1 .
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Total votes: 4,270 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 13
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Kristy Marmorato in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 1,915 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Phyllis Nastasio (R)
- Grace Marrero (R)
Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 13
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Kristy Marmorato in round 1 .
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Total votes: 112 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Phyllis Nastasio (Conservative Party)
- Grace Marrero (Conservative Party)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Zherka in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 34
Nathalia Fernandez defeated Samantha Zherka in the general election for New York State Senate District 34 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nathalia Fernandez (D) | 65.2 | 34,378 |
 | Samantha Zherka (R / Conservative Party) | 34.8 | 18,335 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 52,731 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 34
Nathalia Fernandez defeated Christian Amato and John Perez in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 34 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathalia Fernandez | 63.0 | 4,209 |
 | Christian Amato | 27.0 | 1,805 | |
| John Perez | 8.7 | 580 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 84 | ||
| Total votes: 6,678 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Samantha Zherka advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 34.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dianna Miranda (R)
- Jose Zapata (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Samantha Zherka advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 34.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Samantha Zherka completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zherka's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Samantha owns and manages several successful independent businesses that she started from scratch. While presiding over a thriving insurance and construction business, Samantha will always remember the trials and tribulations she faced becoming a successful entrepreneur in New York City. When Samantha became pregnant with her first child, she had to rely on public assistance in order to take care of her baby. She understands that we must provide and protect people who are most vulnerable but knows very well that receiving welfare should be an emergency remedy not a way of life. We need to get people off of welfare and into prosperity.
- Repeal Cashless Bail / Bail Reform making sure dangerous criminals are kept behind bars, Bringing back safety
- Restore Funding to the police. No More Defund Police. More funding and Resources.
- Education Reform, empowering our students and their families with lifting laws that take the power of their voice away, Open meetings laws will be expanded to ensure that parents never lose their voice again. Most importantly, bringing back trade and vocational studies in High School. NO child should be failed due to failures outside of their control. Trade school options in High School will ensure that every child touch the American Dream.
Too many students graduate without basic reading comprehension and math skills.
Our kids should not be forced to wear masks inside of schools, especially kids in elementary schools. Schools should be places of learning not centers of indoctrination.
Critical race theory has no place in our schools, neither does pornography in the guise of “sex education” to kids as young as five.
On day one I will introduce a parent’s bill of rights. Parents will never lose their voice or be treated like a terrorist by school boards or government again.
I will introduce legislation that will make it a crime of pornography and no schoolteacher will be able to teach sex education before an appropriate age.
There will be NO Critical Race Theory in our NYS schools. Truth in learning is the only way.
We need to get back to the basics and prepare our students for the job market and College. We also need to focus more on vocational training and trade schools giving students more options besides a four-year degree program. We also need to make sure that our “special needs” students receive the resources they need.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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