The City Board of Elections denied Independence Party candidate to replace the late John Lavelle representing Staten Island’s North Shore in the March 27 Special Election Kelvin Alexander’s bid to place his made up Family First line (Not to be confused with Working Families which supports Democratic opponent Matt Titone ) as an additional line on the ballot. The board ruled that 611 of the petition’s 1616 signatures were invalid, leaving him short of the 1100 he needed for that additional line.

Alexander, a Staten Island Democratic County Committee member, is running on the Independence line and potentially turning a potential easy Democratic win into an opportunity for Republican Rose Margarella because the party chose Titone over him. He is undecided if he’ll fight the ruling with the state Supreme Court.

Alexander has accused any challenge of his fabricated party petition as marginalizing minority voters. I find that a stretch since he’s already on the ballot as a better known party’s candidate.

I also need to clarify that I am supporting Titone in this race. I have donated money to Titone, campaigned with Matt and have a Titone sign on my front lawn. There are some comments on the Link TextStaten Island Advance’s SIlive political forum that take out of context my initial backing of Alexander in the Daily Gotham. Although I would have voted for Alexander in the first round of voting at the County Convention had I been allowed to participate, I would have switched to Titone in subsequent rounds. Also for the SIlivers who read my blog, I was not one of the January Committee additions thought loyal to Olivari. I was told I was added in June 2006 and still haven’t been named to the Committee and thus still can not vote in County matters.

Candidates to fill the late John Lavelle’s State Assembly seat, the openly Gay Matt Titone and Kelvin Alexander, a co-founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care accuse each other’s campaigns of bigotry according to Saturday’s Link TextStaten Island Advance.

Democratic Candidate Titone, who lost to Andrew Lanza in a November State Senate bid, has been challenging Alexander, the Independence Party candidate (But still a member of County Democratic Committee) and Democratic Brooklyn State Senator Eric Adams ‘s chief of staff’s petition signatures. Not signatures for his Independence candidacy, but those for his made up additional line, the Family First Party (Which has nothing to do with the Working Families Party).

Alexander finished a distant fourth at the Staten Island Democratic Committee’s nominating convention, but anticipating that secured the Independence nomination and began petitioning for his made up party line before the convention.

Alexander ridiculously asserted Titone’s challenging of his Family First Party signatures, many of which were allegedly from non-registered voters and people not living in the district marginalizes blacks, while Titone counters that the word “Family” in Kelvin’s party moniker could be a homophobic code word suggesting that Matt being Gay means he’s anti-family.

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Marc Alessi (D)
Candidate Name (R)

AD-02
Fred W. Thiele Jr. (R)
M. Treewolf West (D)

AD-03
Patricia Eddington (D)
Soctt Salimando (R)

AD-04
Steven Englebright (D)
Bruce Bennett (R)

AD-05
Ginny Fields (D)
William Faulk (R)

AD-06
Philip Ramos (D)
Waldo Cabrera (R)

AD-07
Michael Fitzpatrick (R)
Grace Kelly-McGovern (D)

AD-08
Philip Boyle (R)
Dennis Cohen (D)

AD-09
Andre Raia (R)
Gerard J. Mc Creight (D)

AD-10
James Conte (R)
Barbara Lo Moriello (D)

AD-11
Robert Sweeney(D)
Donald Nohs (R)

AD-12
Joseph Saladino (R)
Craig Heller (D)

AD-13
Chuck Lavine (D)
Steve Gonzalez (R)

AD-14
Robert Barra (R)
Daniel Torres (D)

AD-15
Rob Walker (R)
Matthew Pangburn (D)

AD-16
Thomas DiNapoli (D)
Louis Chisari (R)

AD-17
Thomas McKevitt (R)
Dolores Sedacca (D)

AD-18
Earlene Hooper (D)
J. Barrington Jackson (R)

Yup. We have the whole list. All 29 distristcs. Enjoy.

NY-01
Tim Bishop (DEM), Incumbent
Campaign Website: http://www.bishopforcongress.com

Italo Zanzi (REP), Campaign Website: http://www.zanzi2006.com

NY-02
Steve Israel (DEM, IND, WOR)
Incumbent
Campaign Website: http://www.israelforcongress.com

John Bugler (REP, CON)
Campaign Website: http://bugler.org

NY-03
Peter King (REP IND CON)
Incumbent, Campaign Website: ____

David Mejias (DEM, WOR)
Campaign Website: http://www.daveforamerica.com

NY-04
Carolyn McCarthy (DEM)
Incumbent
Campaign Website: http://www.votemccarthy.com

Martin Blessinger(REP, CON)

NY-05
Gary Ackerman (DEM, IND, WOR
Incumbent - Unopposed

NY-06
Gregory Meeks (DEM)
Incumbent

NY-07
Joe Crowley (DEM. WOR)
Incumbent
Campaign Website: http://www.crowleyforcongress.com

Kevin Brawley (REP)

NY-08
Jerrold Nadler (DEM)
Incumbent
Campaign Website: http://www.jerrynadler.com

Eleanor Friedman (REP)

Dennis Adornato (CON)

NY-09

DEM, IND, WOR
Alan Hevesi
Incumbent, Campaign Website: http://www.alanhevesi.com

REP, CON
J. Christopher Callaghan (R, C),
Campaign Website: http://www.callaghanfornewyork.com

GRE
Julia Willebrand

LBT
John J. Cain

SWP
Willie Cotton

Here's the last list : The infamous list of "who the hell are these people" running for Supreme Court Justice. Yah. We're supposed to entrust our rights and freedoms to people we have no idea if they've even passed the bar.

District 1 (NEW YORK)
REP - Joan B. Lobis
DEM - Angela M. Mazzarelli

District 2 (KINGS & RICHMOND)
REP - William F. Mastro
REP - Joseph J. Maltese
REP - Michael V. Ajello
DEM - Jack M. Battaglia
DEM - Karen B. Rothenberg
DEM - David I. Schmidt
DEM - Delores J. Thomas
CON - Michael S. Reinhardt

District 1 (NEW YORK)
REP - Joan B. Lobis
DEM - Angela M. Mazzarelli

District 2 (KINGS & RICHMOND)
REP - William F. Mastro
REP - Joseph J. Maltese
REP - Michael V. Ajello
DEM - Jack M. Battaglia
DEM - Karen B. Rothenberg
DEM - David I. Schmidt
DEM - Delores J. Thomas
CON - Michael S. Reinhardt

District 3 (ALBANY, COLUMBIA, GREENE, RENSSELAER, SCHOHARIE,
SULLIVAN & ULSTER)

REP/DEM - Karen Peters
REP/DEM - Gus Devin
WOR - Elon Harpaz

District 5 (HERKIMER, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA &
OSWEGO)

SD-01
Kenneth P. LaValle (R), Incumbent
Michael Commando (D)

SD-02
John J. Flanagan (R), Incumbent
Brooke Ellison (D)

SD-03
Caesar Trunzo (R), Incumbent
Jimmy Dahroug (D)
David Ochoa (W)

SD-04
Owen Johnson (R), Incumbent
James McDonals (D)

SD-05
Carl L. Marcellino (R), Incumbent
Leslie Bielanski(D)

SD-06
Kemp Hannon (R), Incumbent
Casilda Roper-Simpson (D)

SD-07
Michael A. L. Balboni (R), Incumbent
Joseph Hand (D)

SD-08
Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. (R), Incumbent
Adam Small (D)

SD-09
Dean Skelos (R), Incumbent
Odelia Goldberg (D)

SD-10
Shirley Huntley (D), Incumbent
Jereline Hunter (R, CON)

SD-11
Frank Padavan (R), Incumbent
Nora Marino (D)

SD-12
George Onorato (D), Incumbent

Uncontested

SD-13
John D. Sabini (D), Incumbent

Uncontested

SD-14
Malcolm A. Smith (D), Incumbent

SD-15
Serphin R. Maltese (REP, IND, CON), Incumbent
Albert Baldeo (DEM)

SD-16

DEM, WOR
Andrew Cuomo
Campaign Website: http://www.andrewcuomo.com/home.asp

REP, IND, CON
Jeanine Pirro
Campaign Website: http://www.jeaninepirro.com

LBT
Chris Garvey (Libertarian)
Campaign Website: http://home.att.net/~chrisgarvey/home.htm

GRE
Rachel Treichler (Green)
Campaign Wesite: http://www.serve.com/ecobooks/voterachel

SWP
Martin Koppel (Socialist Workers' Party)

DEM, IND, WOR
David A. Paterson
State Senate Minority Leader
Campaign Website: http://www.paterson2006.com

REP, CON
C. Scott Vanderhoef
Rockland County Executive
Campaign Website: http://www.johnfaso2006.com/aboutcsv.html

GRE
Alison Duncan

LBT
Donald Silberger

SWP
Ben O'Shaughnessy

Did you know there are 6 candidates for governor, not 2?

DEM, IND, WOR
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
Campaign Website: http://www.spitzer2006.com

REP, CON
John Faso
Assemblyman
Campaign Website: http://johnfaso2006.com

GRE (Green Party)
Malachy McCourt
Author
Campaign Website: http://www.malachyforgovernor.com

RTH (Rent's Too High)
Jimmy McMillan

SWP (Socialist Workers' Party)
Maura DeLuca

LBT (Libertarian Party)
John Clifton