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GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
Take a look at all the latest results for the November 5, 2002 general
election.
Candidates:
- Jennifer Daniels (Gre)
- Mary Donohue (Rep/Con/Ind) Incumbent
- Elon Harpaz (Wor)
- Dennis Mehiel (Dem/Wor)
- Stasia T. Vogel (RTL)
BIOGRAPHIES
Mary Donohue (Rep/Con/Ind), former teacher and attorney, is the
incumbent Lieutenant Governor and was elected on November 3,
1998. She has served on the New York State Supreme Court,
and was a district attorney in Rensselaer County. She
graduated from the College of New Rochelle, received a
Master's of Science in Education from Russell Sage College,
and received her law degree from the Albany Law School of
Union University in 1983.
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Charlie King (Dem/Lib/Wor) recently served as President Clinton's
top official for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD") in the New York and New Jersey regions.
In addition, King has served on the board of the Upper
Manhattan Empowerment Zone. He is a graduate of Brown
University and New York University School of Law. King
currently lives in Rockland County with his wife and two
young daughters.
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Dennis Mehiel (Dem/Wor) served in the United States Army and
is a former member of the New York City Campaign Finance
Board. He serves as a board member and treasurer of the New
York League of Conservation Voters.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORDS
Click below to see official records from the state Campaign Finance board
of financial disclosure reports filed by the candidates so far this year,
including information on contributors:

7 BILLS IMPORTANT TO NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS THAT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS LIKELY TO VOTE ON IN THE NEXT TERM:
1. Rent Regulation: The current rent regulation laws expire in June 2003. Supporters of rent regulation hope that the current provisions will be extended for another five years and that the legislature will repeal the provision which deregulates apartments that rent for $2,000 or more a month. The State Assembly passed such a bill this year, but it died in the Senate in the face of opposition from Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. If the Legislature does not take concerted action in June, rent regulation in New York City will end.
2. Commuter Tax: In 1999, when the State Legislature repealed the Commuter Tax, the city's economy was good. Reinstatement of the Commuter Tax is likely to come up again this Spring as the City's economy takes a turn for the worse.
3. School Funding: Even with mayoral control of the school system, more than 40 percent of New York City's school funding comes from Albany. Next year's budget will determine how much money New York City's schools will get from the state.
4. Rockefeller drug laws: New York's drug laws, passed in 1973 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller, are among the harshest in the nation. The Democratic-controlled Assembly, Republican-controlled Senate, and the Governor have not been able to agree on how to reform these laws, look for renewed negotiations and new legislation in the next term.
5. Minumum Wage: Currently set at $5.15 an hour, Democrats will likely propose raising the minimum wage to $6.75 an hour, a proposal that failed last year.
6. Sexual Orientation Non Discrimination Act: This has been floating around the New York State Legislature for 30 years, with the Governor's support, it is likely to come up for a vote again next Spring.
7. Campaign Finance Reform: Some 80 organizations have proposed a "Clean Money, Clean Elections" bill for the New York State Legislature. Like the New York City law, it would establish a system under which candidates who comply with limits on campaign spending and contributions would receive public funds for their political campaigns.
PRIMARY ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 10, 2002
Candidates:
- Jennifer Daniels (Gre)
- Mary Donohue (Rep/Con/Ind - Primary Winner) Incumbent
- Elon Harpaz (Wor - Primary Winner)
- Charlie King (Dem/Lib/Wor)
- Daniel Mahony, Jr. (Ind/Con)
- Dennis Mehiel (Dem - Primary Winner)
- William J. Neild (Ind)
- Stasia T. Vogel (RTL - Primary Winner)
- Mary Ann Funicella Wein (Rep)

October
23, 2002
Daniel F. Mahony, the former candidate for the Conservative Party's nomination for lieutenant governor, was indicted yesterday on charges of voting illegally. Mr. Mahony, 47, is accused of voting twice in two general elections under different spellings of his name while being listed as living at two different addresses. Mr. Mahony pleaded not guilty.
(New York Times)
October
11, 2002
Dennis Mehiel, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, says he'll lend running mate H. Carl McCall more money if the need arises. The two are trailing badly in polls and in fundraising.
(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
September
20, 2002
Yesterday Emily Pataki kicked off a tour of homes for the elderly with her grandmother Margaret Pataki, and granted the first of the interviews reporters have been requesting for months. Libby Pataki, the governor's wife, and Mary O. Donohue, the lieutenant governor, also made public appearances."This is the kinder, gentler Daddy Pataki," said Josh Isay, a consultant who managed Andrew M. Cuomo's failed bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.
(New York Times)
(Daily News)
On barely an hour's notice Thursday morning, 50 nanosciences graduate students at the University at Albany were ordered to an event where they found themselves a captive audience for a political speech by Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue.
(Albany Times Union)
September
17, 2002
In a bid to appear above the political fray, Gov. Pataki has found himself a new attack dog: Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue. Donohue yesterday kicked off a nine-city, upstate "barnstorming tour" in which she vowed to go after Carl McCall and his running mate, Dennis Mehiel, for their "consistent and outrageous record of neglect for upstate New York."
(New York Post)
September
6, 2002
What does it take to get the Democratic
nomination for lieutenant governor? Something less, it
appears, than the qualifications for buying an apartment in
the Dakota, the brown gothic palace on Central Park West and
72nd Street. Just ask Dennis Mehiel, H. Carl McCall's running
mate and the likely Democratic candidate for the low-profile
state office. Mr. Mehiel Ñ a cardboard magnate who has his
own palace in Armonk, in Westchester Ñ already has one
apartment in the Dakota. He wanted to move to another space
in the 1882 building, but this summer, the co-op's board
rejected him.
(New York Sun)
August
26, 2002
Dennis Mehiel, a Democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor, acknowledged yesterday that he had
fathered two children by two women while still legally
married to his first wife. The revelation quickly turned
into an exchange of accusations between the campaigns of the
two Democratic candidates for governor, Andrew M. Cuomo and
H. Carl McCall, over who had leaked the story to the news
media.
(New York Times)
(Daily News)
August
24, 2002
The Sept. 10 Democratic primary for lieutenant governor
between Dennis Mehiel and Charlie King has taken on unusual
importance to the strategic and financial plans of the
party's candidates for governor, Andrew M. Cuomo and H. Carl
McCall, who have given them outsized roles in the race.
(New York Times)
July
31, 2002
A Conservative Party candidate for
lieutenant governor appears to have broken the law by voting
twice in the most recent mayoral and presidential elections,
records obtained by The Post reveal.
(New York Post)
July
23, 2002
Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue, eyeing a Conservative
Party primary, has launched a "crusade" to put "under God"
back in the Pledge of Allegiance.Ê
(New York Post)
June
23, 2002
Encouraged by the recent political successes
of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Senator John Corzine
(D-NJ), a trio of wealthy newcomers to state politics are
the latest in a long line of multimillionaires who have
sought public office. Dennis Mehiel, the Westchester
chairman and principal shareholder of S.F. Holdings which
runs the Sweetheart Cup Company, is running for lieutenant
governor while Bill Mulrow, an investment banker, is vying
for the Democratic nomination for state comptroller, and B.
Thomas Golisano, owner of a Rochester check processing
company, makes his third bid for governor. (Newsday)
(Newsday)
June
22, 2002
State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi
delivered a setback to two candidates for lieutenant
governor and state comptroller Friday when he ruled they
were inappropriately placed on the Independence Party ballot
line by the state Board of Elections. Teresi removed
lieutenant governor candidate Dan Mahony and state
comptroller hopeful Alan Hevesi from the line, saying they
lacked formal permission from Independence leaders to run.
Representatives for Mahony and Hevesi said they will appeal.
(Albany Times Union)
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