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Scott Budow
Scott Budow (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 52. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Budow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Scott Budow was born in New York City, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell in 2010 and a law degree from Fordham Law School in 2016. His career experience includes working as a lawyer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon defeated Brett Wynkoop in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jo Anne Simon (Working Families Party / D) | 93.9 | 60,758 |
 | Brett Wynkoop (Conservative Party) | 5.8 | 3,785 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 176 | ||
| Total votes: 64,719 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon defeated Scott Budow in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jo Anne Simon | 79.2 | 9,536 |
 | Scott Budow | 20.4 | 2,453 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 59 | ||
| Total votes: 12,048 | |||
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Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Budow in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Scott Budow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Budow's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- My top priority is addressing the housing affordability crisis. Simply put, it's way too expensive to live here, and the basic reason for that is that we have not built enough housing in the city or across the state for decades. That's why I strongly support Governor Hochul's New York Housing Compact, which would help build 800,000 new homes across the state, including in the city.
- We have a deeply flawed education funding scheme that perpetuates inequality. Students from the wealthiest localities receive approximately $10,000 more per capita than students from the poorest localities. We need to move to a new system that does not rely so heavily on local property tax sources to fund education. Ultimately, the goal should be that every child receives an equally funded education.
- New York is a wealthy state that tolerates a great degree of poverty. More than 2.2 million New Yorkers experience hunger every single year, including more than 600,000 children. We should make New York the first state in the nation to eradicate hunger entirely, and we can do so for less than 1% of our state budget. I have a more ambitious anti-poverty proposal that would cost about 2% of our state budget. My plan relies on what we know works: monthly cash assistance. It largely emulates President Biden's Child Tax Credit, which was enormously successful in reducing child poverty and hunger.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 23, 2024
