Jon Girodes

Republican Party

Jon Girodes was a2016Republican candidate forDistrict 30 of theNew York State Senate.

Campaign themes

2014

Girodes' campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[1]

Education

• Excerpt: "A quality education is the cornerstone to success for each of our city’s children. As future contributors to our society, each of our children need to have access to the best educational tools available. With this in mind, I am a strong supporter of charter schools for their innovation and smaller classroom size."

Environment

• Excerpt: "New York City, in my opinion, is the greatest city in the world that demands respect and care from all of its citizens. With future generations in mind, we must consider preservation and sustainability programs top priority. I will work to improve air quality, as well as ensuring the water in our city is at or above standard for all to enjoy. Building a strong partnership with the EPA will be one of my main areas of focus in order to meet this goal. After all, we should be a model for the entire globe and strive for perfection."

Potholes

• Excerpt: "As a driver in NYC, I find the condition of our streets unacceptable. As basic as it seems, investing in the infrastructure of our roads has clearly been an area of neglect in the not so distant past. The expediency with which our Department of Transportation repairs our roads is deplorable. The impact is felt by each of us who drive in the city through costly repairs to our cars as well as exacerbating the already difficult commutes. For these repairs, I plan to lobby for reimbursements until our roads are back up to standard."

Housing

• Excerpt: "Through partnerships with city developers, I will ensure preservation of affordable housing is considered during the planning phases of all market-rate housing plans. Keeping the interest of each hard working tax-payer in mind, I pledge to provide fair and even distribution of affordable housing to those in need, and believe in providing incentive plans to aid in boosting confidence in those that are ready to take the next steps to an assistance-free future."

• Excerpt: "Affordable housing is for those with genuine need, not for those who make it a culture to stay on assistance programs while increasing their family size and not contributing to society. I believe everyone has a duty to do their part as members of society. I stand firmly against anyone taking advantage of our welfare programs and have zero tolerance for those taking a free ride on the taxpayer’s dime."

Parking Tickets

• Excerpt: "When someone parks in a section which they shouldn’t I agree that a fine should be paid. With that being said I don’t think it’s fair for that fine to be an outrageous amount. I think we need to revise the penalty amounts for our city because paying a parking ticket shouldn’t be the same amount as paying one’s rent."

2010

Girodes' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Joblessness and poverty

• Excerpt: "As a Republican candidate I support institutions like the Economic Development Association who are working diligently to research, study and practically apply programs to further stimulate economic growth for our country. By supporting institutions like the EDA, we as American’s support economic growth in the following markets: infrastructure maintenance and repair, small business development and economically sound business practices, such as environmentally sustainable policies and procedures, to name a few."

Elections

2016

See also:New York State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theNew York State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.

IncumbentBill Perkins defeatedJon Girodes in the New York State Senate District 30 general election.^[2][3]

New York State Senate, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bill PerkinsIncumbent	95.27%	113,144
	Republican	Jon Girodes	4.73%	5,619
Total Votes				118,763
Source:New York Board of Elections

IncumbentBill Perkins ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 30 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

New York State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Bill PerkinsIncumbent (unopposed)

Perkins also ran on the Working Families Party ticket.
Jon Girodes ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 30 Republican primary.^[4][5]

New York State Senate, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jon Girodes (unopposed)

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. IncumbentBill Perkins was unopposed in the Democratic primary, whileJon Girodes was unopposed in the Republican primary.Ruben D. Vargas was removed from the ballot before the Democratic primary. Perkins also ran on theWorking Families Party ticket. Perkins defeated Girodes in the general election.^[6][7][8]

New York State Senate District 30, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bill PerkinsIncumbent	87.1%	44,971
	None	Blank	8.1%	4,188
	Republican	Jon Girodes	4.6%	2,388
	None	Scattering	0.1%	60
Total Votes				51,607

2010

See also:New York State Senate elections, 2010

Girodes defeatedKeesha Wiener in the September 14 Republican primary. Mendola was defeated by incumbentJose M. Serrano (D) in the general election on November 2.^[9][10] He ran as a member of the Democratic and Working Families parties.

New York State Senate, General Election Results, District 28 (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Jose M. Serrano (D)		33,115
Jon Girodes (R)		2,631
Keesha Wiener (Conservative)		568

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See also

• New York State Senate
• New York State Senate District 30
• New York State Senate elections, 2014
• New York State Senate elections, 2016
• New York State Legislature

External links

Suggest a link

• New York State Senate
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart

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