Catherine Parker
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Catherine Parker (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 16th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Parker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Catherine Parker was born in New York. She earned a bachelor's degree from Providence College in 1987.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New York's 16th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 16
Incumbent Jamaal Bowman defeated Miriam Flisser in the general election for U.S. House New York District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jamaal Bowman (D / Working Families Party) | 64.2 | 133,567 |
 | Miriam Flisser (R) | 35.7 | 74,156 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 205 | ||
| Total votes: 207,928 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Ciampoli (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 16
Incumbent Jamaal Bowman defeated Vedat Gashi, Catherine Parker, and Mark Jaffe in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 16 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamaal Bowman | 54.4 | 21,643 |
 | Vedat Gashi | 25.1 | 10,009 | |
 | Catherine Parker | 18.9 | 7,503 | |
 | Mark Jaffe | 1.5 | 608 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 39,799 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Manuel Casanova (D)
- Michael Gerald (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Ciampoli advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 16.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aldo Vitagliano (R)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jamaal Bowman advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 16.
Endorsements
To view Parker's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
2020
See also: New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 17
Mondaire Jones defeated Maureen McArdle Schulman, Yehudis Gottesfeld, Joshua Eisen, and Michael Parietti in the general election for U.S. House New York District 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mondaire Jones (D / Working Families Party) | 59.3 | 197,354 |
 | Maureen McArdle Schulman (R) | 35.2 | 117,309 | |
 | Yehudis Gottesfeld (Conservative Party) | 2.7 | 8,887 | |
 | Joshua Eisen (ECL Party) | 1.9 | 6,363 | |
 | Michael Parietti (Serve America Movement Party) | 0.8 | 2,745 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 214 | ||
| Total votes: 332,872 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 17
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 17 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mondaire Jones | 41.6 | 32,796 |
 | Adam Schleifer | 16.2 | 12,732 | |
 | Evelyn Farkas | 15.5 | 12,210 | |
 | David Carlucci | 11.0 | 8,649 | |
 | David Buchwald | 8.5 | 6,673 | |
 | Asha Castleberry-Hernandez | 2.6 | 2,062 | |
 | Allison Fine | 2.0 | 1,588 | |
| Catherine Parker (Unofficially withdrew) | 2.0 | 1,539 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 532 | ||
| Total votes: 78,781 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Duane Jackson (D)
- Delter Guin (D)
- George John-Bosco (D)
- David Katz (D)
- John Jabbour (D)
- Lola Osoria (D)
- Jo-Anna Rodriguez-Wheeler (D)
- Catherine Borgia (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 17
Maureen McArdle Schulman defeated Yehudis Gottesfeld in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 17 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maureen McArdle Schulman | 76.2 | 8,492 |
| Yehudis Gottesfeld | 21.0 | 2,338 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 310 | ||
| Total votes: 11,140 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jarred Buchanan (R)
- Joshua Eisen (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Yehudis Gottesfeld advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 17.
Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Serve America Movement Party primary election
The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. Michael Parietti advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for U.S. House New York District 17.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Mondaire Jones advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 17.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Catherine Parker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Parker's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Catherine is a woman who’s been tested under pressure again and again and again. Catherine Parker is a wife, mother, accomplished business owner, and successful organizer and took her first oath of office 15 years ago. Parker’s victories in combating climate change include establishing an Office of Energy and Sustainability, funding flood control projects, encouraging the investment in renewable energies, and reducing local governments carbon footprint. She’s made the acute connection between social justice and environmental policy and has successfully passed legislation that has saved taxpayers money and kept our air and water clean.
Catherine was born and raised in Westchester. Her great grandfather's milk delivery route tracked through Scarsdale and White Plains. Her father abandoned the family when she was an infant. As a result, Catherine grew up in the care of strong women: her mother, a public school science teacher; and her grandmother, a nurse. She started working at the age of 13 and became interested in political activism at 15. She graduated from Fox Lane High School and has a degree in American Studies from Providence College in Rhode Island.
Now, as she runs for Congress, Catherine continues to serve Westchester’s 7th Legislative District, representing a district wholly within the new 16th congressional district, David, a massage therapist, and her two children Julia and Aidan.
- Real results and honest representation. Catherine first ran for public office, serving as a city councilmember, to improve her local community and help make sure her kids had a safe environment to grow up in. What began as a part-time effort to make a change in her town, set her on a path of public service. That path, which has allowed her to do so much good for so many Westchester residents, led her to serve as the Democratic Majority Leader of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, where she passed groundbreaking laws from gun safety to environmental protection and women’s rights.
- Women’s Rights and Reproductive Freedom. Women and girls still face discrimination and violence in this country at record levels. Gender inequality underpins many of the problems our communities face daily and disproportionately impact women and girls such as domestic violence, access to healthcare, lower pay, and even lack of access to education. As women’s reproductive freedoms are under attack by the right, our very own Supreme Court readies a decision that could set women’s reproductive freedom back 50 years. Congress must take a stand to protect these freedoms for all women and girls.
- Gun Safety. Access to firearms has become more of a threat to everyday life than ever before and Catherine believes there are simple, pragmatic solutions that can uphold our 2nd Amendment Rights by also holding gun owners accountable and gun manufacturers responsible. Catherine supports a national universal background check law, prohibition of magazines over 10 rounds, and supports the prohibition of assault weapons sales to citizens. She also supports a national red flag law and safe gun storage legislation such as requiring trigger locks and gun safes in homes.
Women's Rights and Reproductive Freedom
Gun Safety
Combating Climate Change
Supporting Israel and Our International Allies
Social Justice
Economy & Jobs
Infrastructure
Fighting for the Middle Class
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2020
Catherine Parker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
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- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 14, 2022
