Steven Kolln

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Steven Kolln

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

The College of New Jersey, 2015

Personal

Religion

Christian

Contact

Campaign website

Campaign Twitter

Campaign Instagram

Personal Facebook

Steven Kolln (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 12th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Kolln completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Steven Kolin earned a bachelor's degree from The College of New Jersey in 2015. Kolin's career experience includes working as a software engineer.

Elections

2020

See also: New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2020

New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 12

Incumbent Carolyn B. Maloney defeated Carlos Santiago-Cano and Steven Kolln in the general election for U.S. House New York District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn B. Maloney (D)	82.1	265,172
		Carlos Santiago-Cano (R / Conservative Party)	16.4	53,061
		Steven Kolln (L)	1.2	4,015
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	773

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,021
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 12

Incumbent Carolyn B. Maloney defeated Suraj Patel, Lauren Ashcraft, and Peter Harrison in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 12 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn B. Maloney	42.7	40,362
		Suraj Patel	39.3	37,106
		Lauren Ashcraft	13.6	12,810
		Peter Harrison	4.2	4,001
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	198

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,477
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Erica Vladimer (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Carlos Santiago-Cano advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 12.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Carlos Santiago-Cano advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 12.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Steven Kolln advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New York District 12.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Steven Kolln completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kolln's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

Expand all | Collapse all

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm Steven Kolln and I am a Libertarian running for NY-12. The country is out of control and I want to bring freedom, peace, and prosperity back to America

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• End the lockdown
• Let people live their lives again
• Let people be free

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Getting rid of the lockdowns

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Anyone who has courage to stand up for what is right. Everyone says they can do it but when the cost comes at your job, reputation, or your life it is much harder.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Anatomy of the State - Murray Rothbard

Liberty Defined - Ron Paul

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto - Murray Rothbard

All the content on mises.org

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Consistency and courage

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I'm well read on U.S history, economics and finance, the U.S constitution, and I follow all loca, national and foreign news every day very closely.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Stand for and protect the Constitution of the U.S

What legacy would you like to leave?

I want to inspire the next generation to take back control of their lives and to live the life they want for them and their family and loved ones.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

9 / 11. I was in 3rd grade and didn't understand the significance. Little did I know that was one of the turning points of my life. The starts of continuing endless wars, the TSA, NSA spying, financial regulations and all the debt and spending and lost lives overseas did so much more did more damage to the U.S than planes crashing in the U.S

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

McDonalds, I worked for 2 to 3 years as a crew member where I learned the importance of the work it takes to earn a dollar. It was a job with serving customers, lifting heavy boxes, waking up very early (before sunrise), having lunch and dinner rushes, you name it McDonalds had it

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Dumb Bunnies - gave me lots of laughs as a kid.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Any Superhero.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Numb - Linkin Park

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Convincing people about the ideas of liberty

What process do you favor for redistricting?

Change government not the districts, make it not matter what district you live in.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It has existed since the founding of the country and the number of representatives as not changed drastically as constitutionally stated. There should be thousands of reps in the U.S, which makes it unique that we still have so few.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No, politicians and bureaucrats have destroyed this country.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

There are at least 2 distinct cultures in this country, the U.S needs a secession movement to split up and have a peaceful split as possible. Both sides are using government to force their preferences on the other. Forcing others to live a life style they do not want is nothing short of them being a prisoner in a society.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Budget, Appropriations

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Yes

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Disagree, if there are limits, members of congress will be incentivized to cause as much damage as possible before leaving.

If you are not currently a member of your party’s leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, would you be interested in joining the leadership? If so, in what role?

Yes, any

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Ron Paul, Thomas Massie.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

The number of people's live ruined from lockdown, especially in NY, is unforgivable. Those who have lost friends, family, children to suicide, drug overdoses, and those who have lost their businesses, jobs, relationships, well being for their kids need to have someone fight for them

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

See also

2020 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

Coronavirus Weekly Updates Documenting America's Path to Recovery The Heart of the Primaries The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel Union Station

External links

• Search Google News for this topic

Footnotes

[show]

New York's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

Chuck Schumer (D)

Representatives

District 1

Nicholas LaLota (R)

District 2

Andrew Garbarino (R)

District 3

Tom Suozzi (D)

District 4

Laura Gillen (D)

District 5

Gregory Meeks (D)

District 6

Grace Meng (D)

District 7

Nydia Velazquez (D)

District 8

Hakeem Jeffries (D)

District 9

Yvette Clarke (D)

District 10

Daniel Goldman (D)

District 11

Nicole Malliotakis (R)

District 12

Jerrold Nadler (D)

District 13

Adriano Espaillat (D)

District 14

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)

District 15

Ritchie Torres (D)

District 16

George Latimer (D)

District 17

Michael Lawler (R)

District 18

Pat Ryan (D)

District 19

Josh Riley (D)

District 20

Paul Tonko (D)

District 21

Elise Stefanik (R)

District 22

John Mannion (D)

District 23

Nick Langworthy (R)

District 24

Claudia Tenney (R)

District 25

Joseph Morelle (D)

District 26

Tim Kennedy (D)

Democratic Party (21)

Republican Party (7)