Turner win stuns boro in ’11
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, City Offices, Congress, District 23, District 24, District 27, District 9, Governor, Mayor, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on December 29, 2011 | No Comments
Heading into 2011, the Queens political scene was supposed to be uneventful, with District Attorney Richard Brown facing no opposition and the foregone conclusion that Democratic judicial candidates would defeat their Republican rivals as they have for every year in recent memory. And while the November elections went as expected — Brown won a sixth [...]
Dem Goldfeder wins Pheffer Assembly seat
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 23 on September 15, 2011 | No Comments
Democrat Phil Goldfeder defeated Republican Jane Deacy in the race for the 23rd state Assembly seat in southern Queens late Tuesday night. Shortly after midnight, the Associated Press reported Goldfeder garnered 7,928 votes, or 54 percent, compared to Deacy’s 6,655, or 46 percent, with 83 of 90 districts reporting. “It feels fantastic,” Goldfeder said after [...]
Goldfeder spars with Deacy in Assembly debate
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 23, Events on September 9, 2011 | No Comments
A Rockaway debate between Phil Goldfeder and Jane Deacy Thursday seemed to be more about the past of the state Assembly hopefuls than what they promise to do in the future. The two candidates met at Peninsula Preparatory school, at 11-111 Rockaway Beach Blvd., to square off about positions on major Rockaway issues that they [...]
Special Election: Jane Deacy
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 23 on September 9, 2011 | No Comments
Party Republican Campaign Office 112-20 Beach Channel Drive Rockaway Park, NY 11694 (718) 945-2323 Biography Jane Deacy is entering her first political race to vie for the 23rd Assembly seat. She was one of the first female police officers who went on patrol in New York City in the 1970s, according to her campaign biography. [...]
Pheffer seat contenders make final push to get votes
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, Congress, District 23, U.S. Senate on September 8, 2011 | No Comments
Less than a week remained for the two candidates vying for the 23rd state Assembly seat, and Republican Jane Deacy and Democrat Phil Goldfeder were combing the Rockaways trying to curry favor before the Sept. 13 election. In stark contrast to the congressional campaign being waged in the 9th District, the race between Deacy and [...]
Goldfeder brings in three times more cash than Deacy
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 23, District 24, Governor on August 25, 2011 | No Comments
The two candidates vying for the 23rd Assembly District seat have raised vastly different amounts of money in the short period before the September special election. Philip Goldfeder, a Democrat, has amassed more than three times the amount of campaign donations for the state seat compared to Republican Jane Deacy, according to records from the [...]
