Rob Astorino
Rob Astorino (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of New York. He lost in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.
Astorino was a Republican candidate for Governor of New York in the 2014 elections.[1] Rob Astorino lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Astorino was elected as Westchester County Executive in November 2009. Prior to his election, he worked in the radio industry, including spending time as station manager and program director of The Catholic Channel on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio and hosting a weekly radio show from St. Patrick's Cathedral with the archbishop of New York.
Astornio has previously served on the Mount Pleasant Board of Education, the Mount Pleasant Town Board and the Westchester County Board of Legislators.[2]
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Fordham University
- Spanish Immersion Diploma from the Enforex School of International Studies
Elections
2022
See also: New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of New York
Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Lee Zeldin in the general election for Governor of New York on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Hochul (D / Working Families Party) | 53.1 | 3,140,415 | |
| Lee Zeldin (R / Conservative Party) | 46.7 | 2,762,581 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9,290 | ||
| Total votes: 5,912,286 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jumaane Williams (Working Families Party)
- John Nistico (Constitutional Party)
- Larry Sharpe (L)
- Alex Zapesochny (Unite Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New York
Incumbent Kathy Hochul defeated Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Hochul | 67.4 | 607,928 | |
| Jumaane Williams | 19.3 | 173,872 | ||
| Tom Suozzi | 13.0 | 116,972 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 3,730 | ||
| Total votes: 902,502 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Agha Muhammad Saleh (D)
- Nicolae Bunea (D)
- Letitia James (D)
- Paul Nichols (D)
- Vladimy Joseph (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of New York
Lee Zeldin defeated Andrew Giuliani, Rob Astorino, and Harry Wilson in the Republican primary for Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lee Zeldin | 43.4 | 196,874 | |
| Andrew Giuliani | 22.8 | 103,267 | ||
| Rob Astorino | 18.6 | 84,464 | ||
| Harry Wilson | 14.7 | 66,736 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 2,261 | ||
| Total votes: 453,602 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Skiboky Stora (R)
- Derrick Gibson (R)
- Kris Lord (R)
- Kim Jarrett (R)
- Michael Carpinelli (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Lee Zeldin advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Governor of New York.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Jumaane Williams advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Governor of New York.
2020
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 40
Incumbent Peter Harckham defeated Rob Astorino in the general election for New York State Senate District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Harckham (D / Working Families Party / Independence Party) | 51.9 | 83,817 | |
| Rob Astorino (R / Conservative Party / Rebuild Our State Party) | 48.1 | 77,688 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 161,554 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Peter Harckham advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 40.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Rob Astorino advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 40.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Rob Astorino advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 40.
Independence Party primary election
The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Peter Harckham advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 40.
Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rob Astorino (L)
Serve America Movement Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rob Astorino (Serve America Movement Party)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Peter Harckham advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 40.
2014
- See also: New York gubernatorial election, 2014
Astorino ran for election to the office of Governor of New York.[1][3] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
General election
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Andrew Cuomo/Kathy Hochul Incumbent |
54.3% | 2,069,480 | |
| Republican | Rob Astorino/Chris Moss | 40.3% | 1,536,879 | |
| Green | Howie Hawkins/Brian Jones | 4.8% | 184,419 | |
| Libertarian | Michael McDermott/Chris Edes | 0.4% | 16,967 | |
| Sapient | Steven Cohn/Bobby K. Kalotee | 0.1% | 4,963 | |
| Total Votes | 3,812,708 | |||
| Election results via New York State Board of Elections | ||||
Campaign media
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Race background
Efforts to create additional ballot lines
Cuomo and Rob Astorino (R) spent time this summer seeking petitions for additional ballot lines in the November 4 general election. Astorino joined with three other Republican candidates for statewide office to create a Stop Common Core ballot line for the general election. Supporters of Stop Common Core, who opposed implementation of Common Core education standards in New York, filed 62,000 signatures with the New York Board of Elections, far surpassing the threshold of 15,000 signatures after only two months of work. State law requires a minimum of 15,000 valid signatures, with at least 100 signatures from a majority of the state's 27 congressional districts. The addition of the Stop Common Core line allowed Astorino and fellow statewide candidates to run as Republican Party, Conservative Party, and Stop Common Core candidates.[4]
Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Kathy Hochul (D) and supporters of Gov. Cuomo gathered signatures for a Women's Equality Party line, thereby increasing the Democratic ticket's haul of ballot lines to four. The party's state executive candidates were already running on the Democratic Party, Working Families Party, and Independence Party lines. The deadline for delivering at least 15,000 signatures from New York voters was August 19, and both efforts were successful.[4]
Residency challenge by Governor Cuomo
The New York Supreme Court began hearings on August 7, 2014, to determine if primary challenger Zephyr Teachout met the five-year residency requirement for ballot placement. A challenge was brought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), sought re-election in November. Martin E. Connor, representing Cuomo's campaign, claimed that Teachout had not spent the previous years living continuously in New York. Teachout owned a cabin in Vermont, where she spent time in previous summers. Connor also noted that Teachout did not have a state driver's license or change her address to a New York residence until recently.[5]
Teachout supplied evidence to the court in support of her residency, including an account of her move from Vermont to North Carolina to New York in June 2009. She also provided her 2009 tax return with New York address, a Fordham Law School directory, and bank statements documenting purchases at New York businesses.[5] On August 11, Judge Edgar G. Walker ruled against Cuomo's residency challenge, keeping Teachout on the primary ballot. Cuomo appealed Walker's decision to a state Supreme Court panel, which upheld the decision to keep Teachout on the ballot on August 20, 2014.[6][7]
Polls
General election
| Major party candidates and "other" category | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Andrew Cuomo | Rob Astorino | Other | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS News/YouGov October 16-23, 2014 | 56% | 31% | 1% | 11% | +/-2 | 4,506 | |||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports September 22-23, 2014 | 49% | 32% | 7% | 12% | +/-4 | 825 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 52.5% | 31.5% | 4% | 11.5% | +/-3 | 2,665.5 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| New York Governor's Race 2014 - Cuomo vs. Astorino | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Andrew Cuomo | Rob Astorino | Other | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Wall Street Journal/NBC 4 New York/Marist July 28-31, 2014 | 54% | 23% | 24% | +/-3.4 | 1,039 | ||||||||||||||
| Siena College Poll July 13-16, 2014 | 60% | 23% | 17% | +/-3.5 | 774 | ||||||||||||||
| Siena College Poll June 8-12, 2014 | 57% | 21% | 21% | +/-3.4 | 835 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll May 14-19, 2014 | 57% | 28% | 16% | +/-2.9 | 1,129 | ||||||||||||||
| Siena College Poll April 12-17, 2014 | 58% | 28% | 14% | +/-3.5 | 772 | ||||||||||||||
| Siena College Poll March 16-20, 2014 | 61% | 26% | 13% | +/-3.4 | 813 | ||||||||||||||
| Marist Poll February 28 - March 3, 2014 | 65% | 25% | 10% | +/-3.4 | 827 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll February 6-10, 2014 | 58% | 24% | 18% | +/-2.5 | 1,488 | ||||||||||||||
| Siena College Poll Trends January 12-16, 2014 | 67% | 19% | 14% | +/-3.4 | 808 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll November 20-24, 2013 | 56% | 25% | 19% | +/-2.7 | 1,337 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 59.3% | 24.2% | 16.6% | +/-3.21 | 982.2 | ||||||||||||||
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Other match-ups
| New York Governor's Race 2014 - Cuomo vs. Paladino | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Andrew Cuomo | Carl Paladino | Other | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Marist Poll February 28 - March 3, 2014 | 68% | 25% | 8% | +/-3.4 | 827 | ||||||||||||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rob Astorino did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Rob Astorino did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Astorino was born in Westchester. He and his wife Sheila have three children.[2]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York Times, Astorino Announces Bid for New York Governor, March 5, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rob Astornio, "About," accessed December 5, 2013
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Rob Astorino's Potential Governor Run Gets Encouragement, No Promises, From Chris Christie (UPDATED)," November 25, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Poughkeepsie Journal, "Astorino, GOP submit Stop Common Core ballot petitions," August 12, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The New York Times, "Cuomo Contests New York Residency of Teachout Before Primary," August 6, 2014
- ↑ Governing, "New York Governor Loses Bid to Keep Opponent Off Ballot," August 12, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Zephyr Teachout cleared by state Supreme Court to run against Andrew Cuomo in Democratic primary," August 20, 2014
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