Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City is gearing up to vote on the club's 2010 Primary and General Election endorsements. If you know of progressive, effective elected officials or candidates whom you believe are supportive of the issues affecting the LGBT community, and you believe that they would be interested in and deserving of our endorsement, please let us know, and please tell them to contact us.
A committee composed of several of our Executive Board Members has been vigorously at work trying to reach out and inform incumbent elected officials as well as other candidates. The club will evaluate candidates running for statewide executive seats, and in congressional, senatorial and assembly districts throughout the five boroughs. It is our policy is that in order for the club to consider endorsing in a race, the candidates have to ask for our endorsement.
Tomorrow night, we will meet at The Center, 208 West 13th Street (between Seventh Avenue and Greenwich Avenue) at 8:00 PM. Below is a list of some of the candidates that we may be hearing from. We may also be joined by a few district leaders and judicial candidates.
Kevin Powell, candidate for the 10th Congressional District of New York
Congressman Edolphus "Ed" Towns, incumbent representative of the 10th District of New York
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, incumbent representative of the 14th District of New York
Reshma Saujani, candidate for the 14th Congressional District of New York
New York State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, candidate for the 15th Congressional District of New York
Congressman Charles B. Rangel, incumbent representative of the 15th District of New York
Lynn Nunes, candidate for the 10th Senatorial District
New York State Senator Bill Perkins, incumbent representative of the 30th District
Basil A. Smikle Jr., candidate for the 30th Senatorial District
New York State Assemblyman Adraino Espaillat, candidate for the 31st Senatorial District
Anna Lewis, candidate for the 31st Senatorial District
Gustavo Rivera, candidate for the 33rd Senatorial District
Fernando Tirado, candidate for the 33rd Senatorial District
Edward Braunstein, candidate for the 26th Assembly District
John Duane, candidate for the 26th Assembly District
Elio Forcina, candidate for the 26th Assembly District
Carol Gresser, candidate for the 26th Assembly District
Okenfe Lebarty, candidate for the 31st Assembly District
New York State Assemblywoman Michelle R. Titus, incumbent representative of the 31st District
New York State Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubrey, incumbent representative of the 35th District
Anthony Miranda, candidate for the 35th Assembly District
Jeremiah Frei-Pearson, candidate for the 36th Assembly District
Aravella Simotas, candidate for the 36th Assembly District