Jack Martins

Republican Party

New York State Senate District 7

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor:Anna Kaplan (D)

Prior offices:

New York State Senate District 7

Years in office: 2011 - 2017

Predecessor:Craig Johnson (D)

Successor:Elaine Phillips (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

American University, 1988

Bachelor's

American University

Law

St. John's University of Law

Law

St. John's University School of Law, 1991

Personal

Birthplace

New York, NY

Profession

Attorney

Contact

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Jack Martins (Republican Party) is a member of theNew York State Senate, representingDistrict 7. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Martins (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election to theNew York State Senate to representDistrict 7. He won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Jack Martins was born in and lives inMinneola, Long Island, New York. Martins graduated from Chaminade High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from American University in 1988 and aJ.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1991. His career experience includes working as a business owner. Martins served eight years as the mayor of the Village of Mineola.^[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Martins was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
• Senate Health Committee
• Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee,Ranking Member
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Procurement and Contracts Committee,Ranking Member

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Martins served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Martins served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Martins served on these committees:

Issues

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 7

IncumbentJack Martins defeatedKim Keiserman in the general election for New York State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jack Martins (R / Conservative Party)	55.1	88,254
		Kim Keiserman (D)	44.8	71,700
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	251

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 160,205
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brad Schwartz (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7

Kim Keiserman defeatedBrad Schwartz in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Keiserman	75.1	7,143
	Submit photo	Brad Schwartz	24.3	2,314
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	59

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,516
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentJack Martins advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 7.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. IncumbentJack Martins advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled.Brad Schwartz advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 7

Jack Martins defeated incumbentAnna Kaplan in the general election for New York State Senate District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jack Martins (R / Conservative Party)	53.2	65,275
		Anna Kaplan (D / Working Families Party)	46.8	57,447
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	36

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,758
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7

IncumbentAnna Kaplan defeatedJeremy Joseph in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Kaplan	85.5	11,482
		Jeremy Joseph	14.4	1,940
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	12

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4	Total votes: 13,434
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Jack Martins advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 7.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled.Jack Martins advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. IncumbentAnna Kaplan advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.

2016

See also:New York's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpediarated this race as arace to watch. IncumbentSteve Israel (D) chose not to seek re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open.Tom Suozzi (D) defeatedJack Martins (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Suozzi defeatedAnna Kaplan,Jon Kaiman,Steven Stern, andJonathan Clarke in the Democratic primary. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

U.S. House, New York District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tom Suozzi	53%	171,775
	Republican	Jack Martins	47%	152,304
Total Votes				324,079
Source:New York Board of Elections

U.S. House, New York, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tom Suozzi	35.1%	7,142
Steve Stern	22%	4,475
Jon Kaiman	21.6%	4,394
Anna Kaplan	16.3%	3,311
Jonathan Clarke	5%	1,021
Total Votes		20,343
Source:New York State Board of Elections

Martins was a member of theNRCC's Young Guns Program in 2016. The Young Guns program "supports and mentors challenger and open-seat candidates in races across the country."^[12]

2014

See also:New York State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theNew York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took placeNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014.Adam Haber was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentJack Martins was unopposed in the Republican primary. Haber also ran on theWorking Families Party, Women's Equality Party andGreen Party tickets. Martins also ran on theConservative Party,Independence Party of New York State and Tax Revolt Party tickets. Martins defeated Haber in the general election.^[13][14][15]

New York State Senate District 7, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jack MartinsIncumbent	54.8%	40,465
	Democratic	Adam Haber	41.8%	30,873
	None	Blank	3.3%	2,437
	None	Void	0.1%	101
	None	Scattering	0%	30
Total Votes				73,906

2012

See also:New York State Senate elections, 2012

Martins ran in the2012 election forNew York State Senate District 7. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on theConservative Party andIndependence Party of New York State tickets. Martins defeatedDaniel S. Ross (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[16][17][18]

New York State Senate, District 7, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jack MartinsIncumbent	51.8%	58,039
	Democratic	Daniel S. Ross	48.2%	53,987
Total Votes				112,026

2010

See also:New York State Senate elections, 2010

Martins was uncontested in the September 14 Republican primary. Martins defeated incumbentCraig Johnson (D) in the general election on November 2. The election was challenged and went under a recount, but eventually, Martins was declared winner as the Appeals court backed his victory.^[19][20][21]

New York State Senate, General Election Results, District 7 (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Jack Martins (R)		42,942
Craig Johnson (D)		42,491

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Jack Martins did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

The following issues were listed on Martins' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes,click here.

2014

Martins' campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[23]

Tax Relief

• Excerpt: "As a lifelong Nassau resident, Jack understands that delivering tax relief is priority number one for Long Island families. That's why he voted to cut taxes nearly fifty times in the Senate, including cutting income taxes for middle class families to their lowest levels in 60 years. He also supported New York State's property tax cap and passed four on-time, fiscally responsible budgets which closed multi-billion dollar deficits without raising a single tax or fee."

Creating jobs

• Excerpt: "Jack believes the best way to create jobs is to lower the cost of doing business in New York State and make smart investments in infrastructure. That is why he led the fight to repeal the job killing MTA payroll tax for Long Island small businesses and lowered the corporate and manufacturing tax rates for local businesses. He also fought for additional highway aid and supported the NY Works program to help create jobs and rebuild our infrastructure."

Education

• Excerpt: "Jack has successfully fought for additional state aid to help schools provide our children with a top quality education. He has helped deliver an over 19% increase state education aid to schools in his Senate district since taking office, with these schools receiving over $167 million in combined state education aid this year alone."

Common Core

• Excerpt: "As a parent, Jack has been leading the fight against the State Education Department's (SED) failed rollout and implementation of Common Core. He held a public forum for hundreds of local parents and educators so they could voice their concerns directly to the State Education Commissioner. He voted to reform SED's failed Common Core rollout by prohibiting standardized testing for young children (grades pre K-2), placing less emphasis on testing and more on teaching, and protecting our children's private information by halting the state's relationship with inBloom. Additionally, he voted "no" to reappointing the incumbent members of the State Board of Regents who were responsible for the disastrous implementation of Common Core."

Women's Equality

• Excerpt: "As a husband and father of four daughters, Senator Martins continues to fight for pay equity for women, stronger protections for domestic violence victims, tougher penalties for human trafficking, and new safeguards to protect pregnant women and mothers from employment discrimination. He has cosponsored these measures in the Senate and continues to urge the Assembly to pass them and stop playing politics with women's rights. Jack has also secured state funding for programs and services to help domestic violence victims."

2010

Martin's campaign website highlighted five legislative priorities:^[24]

• "As state senator, Jack Martins promises to vote:

• Against wasteful spending and to bring the massive state deficit under control.

• Against higher taxes.

• To enact tough new ethics standards.

• To eliminate job-killing regulations and red tape.

• To make high-quality education affordable and accessible."

Campaign finance summary

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Personal

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Martins and his wife Paula have four children.

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