NYS Democrat Leaders and Candidates

Vision

Josh is running for Congress to give working families a fair shot to get ahead. He’s not taking any corporate PAC money because he’s going to Congress to fight for neighborhoods like the one he grew up in, not the special interests. Josh is offering a bold and optimistic vision for Upstate New York’s future because he is proud of our past: whenever the world has faced big challenges, Upstate New York has risen to meet them, and Josh knows we can do it again.

Josh has pledged to: strengthen the Middle Class and give more folks an opportunity to enter it; protect Medicare and Social Security so our seniors can retire with dignity; protect the environment and fight climate change; keep our communities safe; and defend our Democracy and Constitutional rights.

Vision

Michele grew up in her family’s flower and greenhouse business in Oneonta - one of the largest geranium growers in the state. A former Oneonta City Council member, Michele now lives in Delhi where she is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at SUNY Delhi. She lives with her spouse and three sons, two of whom are neurodivergent. Michele is also a Real Estate Agent for a locally owned real estate company. It was in this family business surrounded by acres of flowers, where Michele learned from an early age that everyone deserves to grow in their gardens and flourish. Today, as a boomerang New Yorker, that means Michele is ready to fight for rural New Yorkers when it comes to planting their roots, growing their families and tending to their communities.