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Stefano Forte

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Stefano Forte
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Republican Party, Conservative Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Personal
Birthplace
New York, N.Y.
Religion
Greek Orthodox
Contact

Stefano Forte (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for election to the New York State Senate to represent District 11. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Stefano Forte completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 11

Incumbent Toby Ann Stavisky defeated Stefano Forte in the general election for New York State Senate District 11 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Toby Ann Stavisky
Toby Ann Stavisky (D / Working Families Party)
 
56.7
 
38,524
Image of Stefano Forte
Stefano Forte (R / Conservative Party) Candidate Connection
 
43.2
 
29,378
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
41

Total votes: 67,943
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Toby Ann Stavisky advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stefano Forte advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Stefano Forte advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Toby Ann Stavisky advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Stefano Forte completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Stefano Forte'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 was born and raised in Queens, New York to a Greek-Italian family. I have been a community activist and District Leader in my neighborhood for years and I decided to run for this seat because of the rapidly rising crime and quality of life issues that we are experiencing. I and many others are tired of seeing the New York political establishment do nothing to help the middle and lower-class New Yorkers while creating policies that are turning our city and state into an inhospitable place for families and small businesses.
  • We must be tough on crime and prevent violent criminals from walking our streets.
  • We need to protect the integrity of our education system and provide our children with opportunities to succeed.
  • We must create an environment for small businesses to thrive by lowering their regulation and tax burdens.
I am passionate about ending the indiscriminate cashless bail system that has caused crime to skyrocket across the state. Too many innocent lives are being taken from us by career criminals released onto our streets, while the bureaucrats in Albany take no responsibility for this law.

I believe in protecting gifted and talented programs for our student's education. We should be rewarding exceedingly bright students with programs that can expedite their social and academic growth to create the next leaders of our country.

I want to instate a one-year tax moratorium for small businesses closed due to the pandemic. While small businesses closed their doors, big corporations flourished at the expense of the government's mandates because of COVID-19.

I will propose legislation to issue a $10,000 forgivable loan for new families in New York. If you remain in New York for five years, your loan is completely forgiven. New York should become the prime place to make a family again in the United States.
I look up to Teddy Roosevelt. He was a man who understood how to fight back against adversity, who to strive for something more than himself and come out on top, a man who understood that the fight is all that there is in life. He taught me if you lose that fight, know that there's always another one around the corner. Besides, I strongly supported his presidency.
I want my neighbors and my neighborhood to be better off than when I took office.
The first historical event that I lived through was 9/11, I was two at the time.
My very first job was working at the Bellnord Hotel and handling credit card transactions. I had it for about a year and a half.
Overcoming a learning disability like dyslexia to eventually become the president of my honor roll.
The state legislature should act as a watchdog against the governor and understand that they have a symbiotic relationship. One cannot be more powerful than the other.
My state's most significant challenges are overcoming single-party rule, lowering crime, improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers and ensuring that our state is prosperous, safe, and free from tyranny.
Absolutely not. Many of our founding fathers were young, and many of the best legislators had prior professions.
I like an independent redistricting commission.
Yes, I believe they should oversee and allow for emergency powers in incredibly rare situations, however in a state-run by single-party rule like in New York, the state legislature was too eager to hand off emergency powers to a power-hungry maniac like Andrew Cuomo and his successor Kathy Hochul
In some instances, compromise is the only way to govern; in others, you must stand on your principles and understand that you are on the right side of history.

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