Jack Martins
2023 - Present
2025
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Jack Martins (Republican Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 7. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Martins (Republican Party, Conservative Party) is running for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 7. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Conservative Party primaries for this office on June 25, 2024, were canceled.
Biography
Jack Martins was born in and lives in Minneola, Long Island, New York. Martins graduated from Chaminade High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from American University in 1988 and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1991. His career experience includes working as a business owner. Martins served eight years as the mayor of the Village of Mineola.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Martins served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Banks |
| • Civil Service and Pensions |
| • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions |
| • Finance |
| • Health |
| • Insurance |
| • Labor, Chair |
| • Social Services |
| • Transportation |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Martins served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Local Government, Chair |
| • Banks |
| • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions |
| • Social Services |
| • Civil Service and Pensions |
| • Insurance |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Martins served on these committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Civil Service and Pensions |
| • Corporations, Authorities and Commissions |
| • Insurance |
| • Labor |
| • Local Government, Chair |
| • Social Services |
Issues
Television Spot, Budget and Tax Reform[3] |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2024
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General election for New York State Senate District 7
Incumbent Jack Martins, Kim Keiserman, and Brad Schwartz are running in the general election for New York State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Jack Martins (R / Conservative Party) | ||
| Kim Keiserman (D) | ||
 | Brad Schwartz (Working Families Party) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7
Kim Keiserman defeated Brad Schwartz in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kim Keiserman | 75.1 | 6,905 | |
| Brad Schwartz | 24.3 | 2,230 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 54 | ||
| Total votes: 9,189 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jack Martins advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 7.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jack Martins advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Brad Schwartz advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.
Campaign finance
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2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
Jack Martins defeated incumbent Anna Kaplan in the general election for New York State Senate District 7 on November 8, 2022. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.General election for New York State Senate District 7
✔ Jack Martins (R / Conservative Party)
65,275 Anna Kaplan (D / Working Families Party)
57,447 Other/Write-in votes 36 Total votes: 122,758 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7
Incumbent Anna Kaplan defeated Jeremy Joseph in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anna Kaplan | 85.5 | 11,482 | |
| Jeremy Joseph | 14.4 | 1,940 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 13,434 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Jack Martins advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 7.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Jack Martins advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anna Kaplan advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 7.
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent Steve Israel (D) chose not to seek re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open. Tom Suozzi (D) defeated Jack Martins (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Suozzi defeated Anna Kaplan, Jon Kaiman, Steven Stern, and Jonathan Clarke in the Democratic primary. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Tom Suozzi |
53% | 171,775 | |
| Republican | Jack Martins | 47% | 152,304 | |
| Total Votes | 324,079 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Tom Suozzi |
35.1% | 7,142 | ||
| Steve Stern | 22% | 4,475 | ||
| Jon Kaiman | 21.6% | 4,394 | ||
| Anna Kaplan | 16.3% | 3,311 | ||
| Jonathan Clarke | 5% | 1,021 | ||
| Total Votes | 20,343 | |||
| Source: New York State Board of Elections |
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Martins was a member of the NRCC's Young Guns Program in 2016. The Young Guns program "supports and mentors challenger and open-seat candidates in races across the country."[12]
2014
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Adam Haber was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Jack Martins was unopposed in the Republican primary. Haber also ran on the Working Families Party, Women's Equality Party and Green Party tickets. Martins also ran on the Conservative Party, Independence Party of New York State and Tax Revolt Party tickets. Martins defeated Haber in the general election.[13][14][15]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Jack Martins Incumbent |
54.8% | 40,465 | |
| Democratic | Adam Haber | 41.8% | 30,873 | |
| None | Blank | 3.3% | 2,437 | |
| None | Void | 0.1% | 101 | |
| None | Scattering | 0% | 30 | |
| Total Votes | 73,906 | |||
2012
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2012
Martins ran in the 2012 election for New York State Senate District 7. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Martins defeated Daniel S. Ross (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[16][17][18]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Jack Martins Incumbent |
51.8% | 58,039 | |
| Democratic | Daniel S. Ross | 48.2% | 53,987 | |
| Total Votes | 112,026 | |||
2010
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2010
Martins was uncontested in the September 14 Republican primary. Martins defeated incumbent Craig Johnson (D) in the general election on November 2. The election was challenged and went under a recount, but eventually, Martins was declared winner as the Appeals court backed his victory.[19][20][21]
| New York State Senate, General Election Results, District 7 (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jack Martins (R)
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42,942 | |||
| Craig Johnson (D) | 42,491 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2016
The following issues were listed on Martins' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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2014
Martins' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[23]
Tax Relief
- Excerpt: "As a lifelong Nassau resident, Jack understands that delivering tax relief is priority number one for Long Island families. That's why he voted to cut taxes nearly fifty times in the Senate, including cutting income taxes for middle class families to their lowest levels in 60 years. He also supported New York State's property tax cap and passed four on-time, fiscally responsible budgets which closed multi-billion dollar deficits without raising a single tax or fee."
Creating jobs
- Excerpt: "Jack believes the best way to create jobs is to lower the cost of doing business in New York State and make smart investments in infrastructure. That is why he led the fight to repeal the job killing MTA payroll tax for Long Island small businesses and lowered the corporate and manufacturing tax rates for local businesses. He also fought for additional highway aid and supported the NY Works program to help create jobs and rebuild our infrastructure."
Education
- Excerpt: "Jack has successfully fought for additional state aid to help schools provide our children with a top quality education. He has helped deliver an over 19% increase state education aid to schools in his Senate district since taking office, with these schools receiving over $167 million in combined state education aid this year alone."
Common Core
- Excerpt: "As a parent, Jack has been leading the fight against the State Education Department's (SED) failed rollout and implementation of Common Core. He held a public forum for hundreds of local parents and educators so they could voice their concerns directly to the State Education Commissioner. He voted to reform SED's failed Common Core rollout by prohibiting standardized testing for young children (grades pre K-2), placing less emphasis on testing and more on teaching, and protecting our children's private information by halting the state's relationship with inBloom. Additionally, he voted "no" to reappointing the incumbent members of the State Board of Regents who were responsible for the disastrous implementation of Common Core."
Women's Equality
- Excerpt: "As a husband and father of four daughters, Senator Martins continues to fight for pay equity for women, stronger protections for domestic violence victims, tougher penalties for human trafficking, and new safeguards to protect pregnant women and mothers from employment discrimination. He has cosponsored these measures in the Senate and continues to urge the Assembly to pass them and stop playing politics with women's rights. Jack has also secured state funding for programs and services to help domestic violence victims."
2010
Martin's campaign website highlighted five legislative priorities:[24]
- "As state senator, Jack Martins promises to vote:
- Against wasteful spending and to bring the massive state deficit under control.
- Against higher taxes.
- To enact tough new ethics standards.
- To eliminate job-killing regulations and red tape.
- To make high-quality education affordable and accessible."
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2023
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In 2023, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 21.
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2022
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In 2022, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 5 to June 4.
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2017
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In 2017, the 202nd New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 4 through December 31. A recess began June 21, and there was a special session June 28-29.
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2016
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In 2016, the 201st New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 6 through June 18.
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2015
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In 2015, the 201st New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 7 through June 25.
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2014
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In 2014, the 200th New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 8 to June 19, 2014.
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2013
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In 2013, the 200th New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 9 to December 31.
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2012
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In 2012, the 199th New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 4 to June 22, 2012.
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2011
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In 2011, the 199th New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 5 to June 20, 2011.
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Personal
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Martins and his wife Paula have four children.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Jack Martins," accessed January 23, 2023
- ↑ Facebook, "Jack M. Martins," accessed January 23, 2023
- ↑ YouTube, "Jack Martins YouTube channel," accessed August 1, 2014
- ↑ News Day, "Anna Kaplan, a North Hempstead Democrat, announces candidacy for Congress," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Newsday, "Jon Kaiman to run for Rep. Steve Israel’s seat," January 24, 2016
- ↑ Queens Chronicle, "Long Islanders vie for Rep. Israel’s seat," January 14, 2016
- ↑ Gurfein for America, "Home," accessed November 23, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Rep. Steve Israel, member of Democratic leadership, retiring," January 5, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed May 15, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "New York House Races Results," June 28, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Judge orders special GOP primary in 3rd Congressional District," August 17, 2016
- ↑ NRCC, "32 Congressional Candidates Announced “On the Radar” as Part of NRCC’s Young Guns Program," November 19, 2015
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Senate Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Newsday, "Appeals court backs Martins State Senate win," December 20, 2010
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns November 2, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Martins for Senate, "Issues," accessed October 6, 2014
- ↑ Martins Campaign Site, "Why Jack for Senate," accessed August 1, 2014(Archived)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Anna Kaplan (D) |
New York State Senate District 7 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Craig Johnson (D) |
New York State Senate District 7 2011-2017 |
Succeeded by Elaine Phillips (R) |
