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Rob Astorino

Randy Credico (D)

Andrew Cuomo (D, WF)

Zephyr Teachout (D)

Rob Astorino (R)

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Howie Hawkins (G)

Michael McDermott (L)

Donna Mulvihill (Constitution)

Jimmy McMillan (Rent)

 


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Randy Credico (D)

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Currently: Candidate for NYS Governor

Previous Work: Political Satirist; Director, William Moses Kuntsler Fund for Radical Justice; Director, Humorists Against War.

Education: Mt. San Antonio College


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Governor Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo (D, WF)

Campaign Website
Twitter - Campaign's Handle
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Lieutenant Governor Running Mate: Kathy Hochul

Currently: NYS Governor (2011-present)

Previous Work: NYS Attorney General (2007 - 2011); Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1997 - 2001); Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD (1993 - 1997); Chairman, New York City Commission on the Homeless (1991 - 1993); Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan (1984 - 1985); Partner at the law firm of Blutrich, Falcone & Miller; Counsel at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Education: JD, Albany Law School; BA, Fordam University


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Organizations: Working Families Party; Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC; Amsterdam News; Empire State Pride Agenda; 1199 SEIU; Hotel and Motel Trades Council; The Daily News

Individuals: Former President Bill Clinton; Former Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Clinton; NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; Congressman Brian Higgins; Congresswoman Louise Slaughter; Congressman Dan Maffei; Congressman William Owens; Congressman Paul Tonko; Congresswoman Nita Lowey; Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney; Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz; Albany County Executive Dan McCoy; Ulster County Executive Mike Hein; Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown; Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster; Dunkirk Mayor AJ Dolce; Lackawanna Mayor Geoff Szymanski; Tonawanda Mayor Rick Davis; Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi; Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren; Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick; Canandaigua Mayor Ellen Polimeni; Syracuse Mayor Stephanie A. Miner; Auburn Mayor Michael Quill; Oswego Mayor Thomas Gillen; Cortland Mayor Brian Tobin; Utica Mayor Rob Palmieri; Cooperstown Mayor Jeffery Katz; Hornell Mayor Shawn D. Hogan; Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan; Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy; Saratoga Springs Mayor Joann Yepsen; Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane; Troy Mayor Lou Rosamilia; White Plains Mayor Tom Roach; Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo; Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Port Jervis Mayor Kelly B. Decker; Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy; Buffalo City Council President Darius Pridgen; Olean City Council President Ann McLaughlin; Rochester City Council President Loretta Scott; Syracuse Common Council President Van Robinson; Clinton County Board of Legislators Chairman Sam Dyer; St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators Chairman Jonathan Putney; Schenectady County Legislature Chair Tony Jasenski; Ulster County Legislature Chair John Parete; Ulster County Legislature Majority Leader Don Gregorious; Orange County Legislature Minority Leader Jeffrey Berkman; West Seneca Town Supervisor Sheila Meegan; Irondequoit Town Supervisor Adam Bello; Brighton Town Supervisor Bill Moehle; DeWitt Town Supervisor Edward M. Michalenko, Ph. D; Vestal Town Supervisor John Schaffer; Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman and  Jay Town Supervisor Randy Douglas; Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Bernie Bassett; Potsdam Town Supervisor Marie Regan; Clarkstown Town Supervisor Alexander J. Gromack; Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Phillips; Stony Point Town Supervisor Geoff Finn; Rosendale Town Supervisor Jeanne Walsh; Saugerties Town Supervisor Greg Helsmoortel; Village of Fredonia Mayor Steve Keefe; Village of Waterloo Mayor Ted Young; Village of Penn Yan Mayor Leigh Mackerchar; Village of Saranac Lake Mayor Clyde Rabideau; Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Matt Alexander


Lieutenant Governor Running Mate

Kathy Hochul

Currently: VP of Government Relations at M&T Bank Corporation

Previous Work: Congresswoman (NY-26) (2011 - 2013); Erie County Clerk (2007 - 2011)

Education: JD, Catholic University; BA, Syracuse University

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Zephyr Teachout (D)

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Lieutenant Governor Running Mate: Tim Wu

Currently: Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University

Previous Work: Organizer, Howard Dean's 2004 Presidential Campaign

Education: BA, Yale University; MA, Political Science Duke University; JD, Duke University


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Organizations: National Organization for Women, NYS Chapter; Public Employees Federation; Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter; Village Independent Democrats Club; Progressives United; Progressive Change Campaign Committee; the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club; Buffalo Teachers Federation; Coalition for a District Alternative; The Sierra Club; ACT NOW; Badass Teachers Association; Opt Out Long Island; Americans for Democratic Action NYC; League of Humane Voters; Williamsburg and Greenpoint Parents: Our Public Schools!; Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association; Margery Schab List; United New York Early Intervention Providers with Parents as Partners; The Nation; Rochester City Newspaper; Metroland; Boing Boing; Personal Democracy Media; The Red Hook Star-Revue; Dee Voch; Hudson Valley News; Caribbean Weekly; Yonkers Fire Fighters; Organization of Staff Analysts; Blue America PAC; Social Justice PAC; Lawrence Lessig, May Day PAC; Democracy for NYC; Downtown Independent Democrats; Town of Lumberland Democratic Committee; Town of Callicoon Democratic Committee; Town of Mamakating Democratic Committee; East Hampton Democrats; Chatham Democrats; Gramercy-Stuyvesant Independent Democrats; Muslim Democratic Club of NY

Individuals: Elizabeth Warren, Senator; Mark Green, Former NYC Public Advocate; Sal Albanese, Former New York City Council Member; Paul Newell, Democratic District Leader for New York's 65th Assembly District; Janos Marton, former Special Counsel to the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption; Matt Ryan, Former Binghamton Mayor; Nadia Rajsz, Supervisor of the Town of Lumberland; William Herrmann, Supervisor Town of Mamakating; Alyssa Manner Kogon, Vice Chair of the Dutchess County Democratic Committee & the Chair of the Town of Clinton Democrats; Diane Ravitch, Author and Historian, Guggenheim Fellow in Social Sciences; Josh Fox, Environmental Activist and Director of "Gasland"; Tim DeChristopher, Environmental Activist, Co-Founder of Peaceful Uprising; Jonathan Zittrain, Author, Professor; David Slottje, Environmental Activist Helen Slottje, Environmental Activist; Jeffrey Sachs, Economist and Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University; Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research; Robert Johnson, President, Institute for New Economic Thinking; Barry Lynn, Director, Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative; Alexis Ohanian, Reddit Founder; Scott Heiferman, Meetup.com Founder; Simon Johnson, Professor; Saule Omarova, Professor; Robert Hockett, Professor; James Galbraith, Professor; Eileen Applebaum, Professor; Marcellus Andrews, Professor; Mark Ruffalo, Actor and Activist


Lieutenant Governor Running Mate

 

Tim Wu

Campaign Website
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Rob Astorino (R)


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Twitter - Campaign

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Lieutenant Governor Running Mate: Christopher Moss

Currently: Westchester County Executive (2010 - Present)

Previous Work: Station Manager at Sirius-XM Satellite Radio; Candidate for Westchester County Executive (2005); Member of Westchester Board of Legislators (2003 - 2005); Councilman on the Mount Pleasant Town Board, six years as deputy supervisor (1991 - 2003)

Education: BA, Fordham University


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Organizations: Republican Party of New York State; Conservative Party of New York

Individuals: Former Rep. Rick Lazio; Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (D-9); Former Governor George Pataki; Councilman Eric Ulrich (D-32); Carl Paladino


Lieutenant Governor Running Mate

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Christopher Moss

Currently: Chemung County Sheriff (2005 - Present); President, New York State Sheriff's Association

Previous Work: 

Education: Masters, Public Administration at Marist College;
BA, SUNY Empire

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Howie Hawkins (G)


Campaign Website
Facebook
Twitter - Campaign

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Lieutenant Governor Running Mate: Brian Jones

Currently: Political activist; Secretary of the Board, Eat to Live Food Cooperative

Previous Work: Co-founder of the US Green Party; Co-founder of the Clamshell Alliance; Candidate for Governor (2010); Candidate for Congress (NY-25) (2008); Candidate for US Senate (2006); UPS employee

Education: Dartmouth College


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Organizations: Green Party of New York State; New Progressive Alliance; New York Badass Teacher's Association; United Opt Out; International Socialist Organization; Socialist Alternative; Solidarity

Individuals: CUNY Graduate Center Professor Stanely Aronowitz; Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy Joanne Landy; Political Activist Ralph Nader


Lieutenant Governor Running Mate

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Brian Jones

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Currently: Public School Teacher; Doctoral Student in Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center

Previous Work: Founding member, Movement of Rank and File Educators

Education: MA, City College of New York

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Michael Mcdermott

Michael McDermott (L)


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Lieutenant Governor Running Mate: Christopher Edes

Currently:

Previous Work: Candidate for Congress (NY-3) (2012); Real estate broker and developer (2001-2008); President of the Hauppauge School Board (1987-1989)

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Lieutenant Governor Running Mate

 Chris Edes

Christopher Edes

Currently: Web developer and information technology consultant; Board of Directors, Genesee Valley Civil Liberties Union; Chair of the Monroe County Shooters Committee on Political Education

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Donna Mulvihill

Donna Mulvihill (Constitution)

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Currently:

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Education: BA, SUNY Empire; Liberty University School of Law

 


 

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Jimmy McMillan (Rent is 2 Damn High) 

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Education: BA, SUNY Empire; Liberty University School of Law


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