Shota Baghaturia
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Shota N. Baghaturia was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 28 of the New York State Senate.
Campaign themes
2014
Baghaturia's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Education
- Excerpt: "Making the State of New York the champion in High Education so that our children are more competitive nationwide and internationally."
- Excerpt: "Reducing the class size so that our students learn more, faster, taking advantage of close teacher-student interaction and peer learning. This will make the transition to higher education easier."
Higher Education
- Excerpt: "Increased financing for CUNY and SUNY systems, along with the State's Tuition Assistance Program."
Health Food Policy
- Excerpt: "Making organic food affordable through increased economies of scale in the state of New York by encouraging larger scale production and consumption of healthy, organic food."
Housing
- Excerpt: "Creating incentives to affordable housing building owners to keep participating in state and federal programs, instead of converting their units at market prices."
Elections
2014
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Liz Krueger defeated Shota Baghaturia in the Democratic primary, while Mike Zumbluskas was unopposed in the Independence Party of New York State primary. Krueger ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Zumbluskas ran on the Republican Party ticket. Krueger defeated Zumbluskas in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Liz Krueger Incumbent |
71.5% | 42,094 | |
| Independent | Mike Zumbluskas | 25.4% | 14,943 | |
| None | Blank | 3% | 1,793 | |
| None | Scattering | 0% | 21 | |
| Total Votes | 58,851 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Liz Krueger Incumbent |
93% | 13,001 |
| Shota Baghaturia | 7% | 973 |
| Total Votes | 13,974 | |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Shota + Baghaturia + New + York + Senate"
See also
- New York State Senate
- New York State Senate District 28
- New York State Senate elections, 2014
- New York State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Shota Baghaturia on Facebook
- Shota Baghaturia on Twitter
- Shota Baghaturia on YouTube
- New York State Senate
Footnotes
- ↑ Shota Baghaturia, "Current Issues," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Senate Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
Current members of the New York State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Minority Leader:Robert Ortt
Senators
District 1
Anthony Palumbo (R)
District 2
Mario Mattera (R)
District 3
Dean Murray (R)
District 4
Monica Martinez (D)
District 5
Steven Rhoads (R)
District 6
Siela Bynoe (D)
District 7
Jack Martins (R)
District 8
Alexis Weik (R)
District 9
District 10
James Sanders (D)
District 11
Toby Stavisky (D)
District 12
Michael Gianaris (D)
District 13
Jessica Ramos (D)
District 14
Leroy Comrie (D)
District 15
Joseph Addabbo (D)
District 16
John Liu (D)
District 17
Steve Chan (R)
District 18
Julia Salazar (D)
District 19
Roxanne Persaud (D)
District 20
Zellnor Myrie (D)
District 21
Kevin Parker (D)
District 22
Sam Sutton (D)
District 23
District 24
Andrew Lanza (R)
District 25
Jabari Brisport (D)
District 26
Andrew Gounardes (D)
District 27
Brian Kavanagh (D)
District 28
Liz Krueger (D)
District 29
Jose Serrano (D)
District 30
Cordell Cleare (D)
District 31
Robert Jackson (D)
District 32
Luis Sepúlveda (D)
District 33
J. Rivera (D)
District 34
District 35
District 36
Jamaal Bailey (D)
District 37
Shelley Mayer (D)
District 38
William Weber (R)
District 39
Robert Rolison (R)
District 40
Peter Harckham (D)
District 41
Michelle Hinchey (D)
District 42
James Skoufis (D)
District 43
Jacob Ashby (R)
District 44
James Tedisco (R)
District 45
Daniel Stec (R)
District 46
Patricia Fahy (D)
District 47
District 48
Rachel May (D)
District 49
Mark Walczyk (R)
District 50
Christopher Ryan (D)
District 51
Peter Oberacker (R)
District 52
Lea Webb (D)
District 53
Joseph Griffo (R)
District 54
Pamela Helming (R)
District 55
Samra Brouk (D)
District 56
Jeremy Cooney (D)
District 57
George Borrello (R)
District 58
Thomas O'Mara (R)
District 59
Kristen Gonzalez (D)
District 60
Patrick Gallivan (R)
District 61
Sean Ryan (D)
District 62
Robert Ortt (R)
District 63
April Baskin (D)
Democratic Party (41)
Republican Party (22)
