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Thats going to be much tougher for Republicans, notwithstanding that the congressman, Lee Zeldin, is a very fine person, said former Senator Alfonse M. DAmato, a Republican. Click the link in that email to complete registration so you can comment. He has stayed loyal through controversies that American Jews have used to critique Trump, including the presidents equivocation following the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia, rally in 2017. A man aggressively attacks Lee Zeldin, with a weapon, a narrator says as threatening music plays in the background. Delivering the Electron Ion Collider discovery machine to Brookhaven National Lab that will enable advancements in national security, medical and cancer research, astrophysics, and more and create an extensive number of jobs.. GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin delivered the key line in his campaign to replace Democratic New York Gov. Reduced middle-incometaxrates in New York to the lowest level in 60 years. c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester. b) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school. Lee Zeldin and his wife Diana have two identical twin daughters, Mikayla and Arianna Credit: INSTAGRAM. j) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind). i) Support limiting the President's use of signing statements in order to prevent an alternative interpretation of the bill. Lee spent four years on Active Duty with the U.S. Army after completing ROTC and served in different capacities, including as a Military Intelligence Officer, Prosecutor, and Military Magistrate. The Republican State Convention is giving party leaders a chance to test messages about crime, inflation and Democratic leadership. It said in a release that she had shown formidable campaigning and fundraising skills. g) Support designating Election Day as a national holiday. Greenberg said the governor has yet to pass the key 50% threshold in her voter approval ratings. Trump is in the Hamptons to attend a pair of fundraisers before heading to his golf club in New Jersey for vacation. f) Support domestic oil exploration in areas that are currently restricted. He himself is also an Iraq war veteran currently serving as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army reserves, he said. h) Support merit-based visas over family-based visas. We just have to make sure that the Republicans have the most qualified and electable candidate in November.. We need bipartisan action, but instead our President is attacking Americans based on the combination of their religious views and political affiliation. f) Dilation and extraction or "partial-birth" abortion procedures should be legal. c) Do you support the United States involvement in free trade agreements? Elected to the New York State Senate two years later, in 2010, Lees been working hard every day since to keep the promises he made to the hard-working families he represents. d) Aid granted by the United States should be scaled back and eventually eliminated. You could have people getting buried that dont think they have a race today, Nicholas A. Langworthy, the chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, said in an interview. Sign in to stop seeing this, Now worlds no. A member of the Republican The Cook Political Report has moved the district from likely Republican to leaning Republican. c) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. e) Do you support pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to United States national security? Zeldin opposes abortion rights and gun control, but he has not made those positions a focus in his campaign. Were in this weird world where everything revolves around Trump, he said in an interview. Everything with Zeldin is praise for the man, and the man is responsible for the pandemic and there is an unconscionable number of sick people in the United States and most people blame Trump.. d) Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare. In Congress, Lee quickly became a leading voice in America on top local, domestic and foreign policy issues:. Combating and defeating MS-13 on Long Island, leading the charge in New York and nationally against cashless bail, opposing all efforts to defund, dismantle or abolish police, and providing law enforcement the resources they need to fight gang violence and other crimes in our communities, including bulletproof vests. c) Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees. c) Should the United States impose greater international sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? WebRealClearPolitics - Election 2022 - New York Governor - Zeldin vs. Hochul But shes already proven adept at using the power of office to boost her profile and raise money. Official Lee Zeldin did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you. Click the link in that email to complete your registration. a) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry? Lee Zeldin's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test) Track This Politician. Lee Zeldin did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you. We need a change in Washington, Mr. Pataki said on Monday, assailing the Biden administrations stewardship of the crisis. Several speakers sought to paint national Democratic leadership as weak on the international stage, though Mr. Trump has put Republicans in a bind by lavishing praise on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Lee and his wife, Diana, reside in Shirley with their twin fifteen-year old daughters, Mikayla and Arianna. His words to me were, You're done, youre done, you're done,' as he was approaching my throat, Zeldin said. Team Zeldin promptly released its own internal poll by McLaughlin & Associates that claimed the Long Island congressman has whittled Hochul's lead to 5.8 Championing the expansion of the Dwyer Program nationally, to help all of our nations veterans access the resources they need.. n) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in Darfur, Sudan? Zeldin, who was not injured, said its an example of flaws in the laws. d) Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties. Zeldin has a negative 31-33% favorability rating, down a little from 31-28%, however 36% of likely voters have no opinion about him. (So, in a rare break, did Zeldin.) f) Should the federal government continue affirmative action programs? Maybe youll feel it too, Meeting, Hardly Meeting: The beauty of inaccessible love, When Hanan Yovel came to serenade my army unit, he held my attention through the exhaustion with words by Rachel the Poet. How do we define success in American culture? Some of Mr. Patakis allies had hoped he would consider another run for governor. J. Messerschmidt/NY Post. e) Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage. The businessman Harry Wilson, who made a name turning around companies, entered the race last week and has said he will spend roughly $10 million of his own money in the campaign. Hochul is ahead of Zeldin in the polls. h) Require that crimes based on sexual orientation be prosecuted as federal hate crimes. (Engel was ousted in a primary by a progressive challenger.) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues. Goroff has raised $2.6 million to Zeldins $4.8 million, but hundreds of thousands of dollars have come in since she won the primary. g) Providing healthcare is not a responsibility of the federal government. Goroff is one of them. But in a volatile political climate, nothing is for certain. Hochul also has some solid accomplishments. Zeldin and Perry Gershon, his 2018 opponent in New Yorks 1st Congressional District, which covers the eastern stretch of Long Island, sparred constantly, including on Jewish issues, in a bitter election fight. "This is crunch time for campaigns," j) Support a federal shield law to protect reporter-source privilege. Greenberg says the governor has yet to pass the key 50% threshold in her voter approval ratings. f) Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee named Goroff one of its top-tier red-to-blue priorities for ousting GOP incumbents. FUNDING. GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Four months after Republicans scored upset victories around the country and in local races across New York, the states party leaders gathered at a plush hotel in a Long Island village this week, painting a bleak picture of life under Democratic rule. f) Do you support the creation of a federal identification card system? Hochul said changes made to the laws in April give judges more power to set bail, but she said the judges and prosecutors are not using the new tools properly. An Orthodox publisher speaks to gay teens, LGBTQ youth need much more support than Korens new Leviticus commentary offers, but its careful effort is a major improvement, Come meet the Israel I know, where I live and love what I see and hear and taste and smell and feel. g) Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws. e) Support the right of workers to unionize. A Republican has not won a statewide race in New York since George E. Pataki secured a third term as governor in 2002, a now-distant era of consensus politics. b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act. They are desperate for balance and common sense to finally be restored to Albany. For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members. Zeldin this week released his first TV ad, and theres no mention of Trump or Goroff; its all about his support for law enforcement. They are: Not here, not now, not ever, the governor said on June 13, when she signed into law several protections, including safeguarding the right to an abortion for patients both from New York and from states where the procedure is now banned. It takes just a few seconds. Outside of the bubble of the virtual RNC, Zeldins campaign is a little less confident these days after the most recent poll of his race, which was released August 20: His political newcomer opponent, Nancy Goroff, leads 48%-46% a tie within the margin of error. l) Should the United States decrease financial support for Pakistan? Credit: AP N.Y. Gov. b) Do you support the United States imposing trade sanctions on Venezuela? In late July, Zeldin was attacked during a campaign speech in the Rochester area by a man with a pointed self-defense-style keychain. d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. k) Support international mandatory emission targets to limit global warming. But his campaign continues to use the incident in ads. f) Support expanding child healthcare programs. Zeldin has endorsed Trumps 2024 presidential election bid. b) Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants. d) Do you support the United States involvement in intergovernmental organizations dedicated to trade? Rep. Lee Zeldin was the only Republican candidate to win an automatic ballot spot for governor at the partys state convention. Credit GARDEN CITY, N.Y. All Rights Reserved. c) Encourage employers to offer child care services, flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies. i) Should the United States increase financial support for Afghanistan? e) Support amnesty for illegal immigrants already working in the United States. New York GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin is inching closer toward running for chair of the Republican National Committee, challenging current leader Ronna McDaniel. Zeldin, whose strong performance in the New York governors race last week may have helped the GOP take back the House, emailed committee members Thursday about his potential bid. a) Support the United States granting aid to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives. k) Should the United States trade nuclear fuel to India for civilian purposes? b) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? b) Establish English as the official national language. The report is not due to be finished until after the election. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. r) Should the United States support the creation of an independent nation of Kosovo? 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