{"id":21985,"date":"2020-06-18T08:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=21985"},"modified":"2020-06-18T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:47:10","slug":"primary-voting-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=21985","title":{"rendered":"Primary voting recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are limited opportunities for 2A advocates to impact races in New York. Decades of gerrymandering districts along with the power of incumbency make it very difficult to influence the outcome of elections, especially for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>These are the races where I believe 2A advocates have a chance to play an important role. Voter turnout in the primaries is always low, especially in the City. Knocking out an antigun incumbent is more likely in these districts where a number of factors come into play including having a well-funded opponent, party disapproval and\/or voter displeasure makes them vulnerable. Whether or not the challenger is pro-gun is irrelevant.\u00a0 Incumbents who voted for the SAFE Act, &#8220;Red Flag&#8221;, etc. must know they will pay a price for supporting gun control at election time.<\/p>\n<p>On June 23, Vote Early and Often.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012a\/AD_map_rep_034.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Assembly District 34<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mgdendekker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael DenDekker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012a\/AD_map_rep_050.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Assembly District 50<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/assemblymanjoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joseph Lentol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012a\/AD_map_rep_051.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Assembly District 51<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FelixWOrtiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felix Ortiz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012a\/AD_map_rep_108.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Assembly District 108<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdonaldforassembly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John McDonald<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012a\/AD_map_rep_138.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Assembly District 138<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/bronsonforassembly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry Bronson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012s\/SD_map_rep_12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Senate District 12<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikegianaris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Gianaris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012s\/SD_map_rep_38.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Senate District 38<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Open Seat<br \/>\nVote AGAINST candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elijahforsenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elijah Reichlin-Melnick<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Congressional District 16<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/engelforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Congressman Eliot Engel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Congressional District 17<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go down the list in order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vote AGAINST <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidbuchwaldforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assemblyman David Buchwald<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vote AGAINST <a href=\"https:\/\/davidcarlucci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator David Carlucci<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vote AGAINST candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/adamschleifer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Schleifer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vote AGAINST candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/evelynforny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evelyn Farkas<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vote AGAINST candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allisonfine2020.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allison Fine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Albany County District Attorney<\/strong><br \/>\nVote AGAINST incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidsoares.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Soares<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Westchester County District Attorney<\/strong><br \/>\nVote AGAINST challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mimirocahforda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mimi Rocah<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D21985&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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Decades of gerrymandering districts along with the power of incumbency make it very difficult to influence the outcome of elections, especially for Democrats. These are the races where I believe 2A advocates have a chance to play an important role. 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