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State Senator, District 8

What does this office do?

  • Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
  • Voting on how much money your local public schools get
  • Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired

Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,

Candidates:

Republican

Jarett C. Gandolfo serves in the New York State Assembly and is Assistant Minority Leader Pro Tempore. His Assembly biography identifies prior chief-of-staff service and graduate public-administration education.

Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for, 1 against, Labor Rights 2 for, Public Education Quality 1 for, 1 against,

Democratic

Joshua James Taveras is a retail store manager and Stony Brook University graduate. His campaign website identifies him as a Long Island resident.

Sources: elections.ny.gov2