Talk:Kathy Marchione

Proposed edits
I propose to add the following two sentences to the article and am seeking input on them:


 * In her leadership role with the NYSACC, Marchione spoke out against Gov. Eliot Spitzer's 2007 plan to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver licenses; Spitzer withdrew the proposal under heavy pressure.

SunCrow (talk) 20:48, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Seeing no objection, I have added a slightly modified version of the sentence. SunCrow (talk) 05:39, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

More proposed edits
I propose to replace the existing paragraph on Marchione's 2012 Senate election with the following (some of which has been pulled from the Roy McDonald Wikipedia page):


 * On April 4, 2012, Marchione announced that she would challenge Sen. McDonald in a Republican primary in Senate District 43. Sen. McDonald had voted for the Marriage Equality Act in 2011 after having voted "no" on same-sex marriage legislation in 2009, and Marchione derided McDonald for lacking a consistent conservative voting record.


 * The Marchione-McDonald primary was variously described as "one of three localized referend[a] on New York's 2011 same-sex marriage law" and as "divisive", "bitter," and "nasty," and the results of the race were initially too close to call. Marchione declared victory on September 25, 2012, while Sen. McDonald's campaign announced that the senator was considering his options. Later that week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, weighed in on the race by announcing his support for Sen. McDonald to continue his re-election bid on a third party line.


 * Ultimately, Machione defeated McDonald in the primary by 99 votes out of a total of 14,579 votes. Sen. McDonald opted to cease his campaign and throw his support to Marchione. Marchione won the November general election with 47% of the vote, defeating Democrat Robin Andrews (37%) and McDonald (who received 16% of the vote on the Independence Party line despite having suspended his campaign).

Thoughts? SunCrow (talk) 07:21, 27 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Seeing no objection, I am adding these edits. SunCrow (talk) 09:06, 5 May 2018 (UTC)