Joe Pinion
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Born | Joseph Pinion III August 11, 1983 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Colgate University (BA) |
Website | Campaign website |
Joseph Pinion III (born August 11, 1983) is an American former television host, businessman, and activist. A member of the
Early life and education
Pinion was born on August 11, 1983, in
Career
Pinion started his career as a youth development director at a
Politics
Prior to running for office, Pinion served as the Chair of the Conservative Color Coalition and was the Outreach Director for the New York Young Republican Federation.[7]
In 2018, Pinion announced his candidacy for New York's 90th assembly district, which was vacated after Shelley Mayer won an open seat to the state senate.[4] He received the Republican and Conservative party nominations, but lost the election to Nader Sayegh.[8]
In 2022, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pinion announced that he was running for the United States Senate in a video highlighting Martin Luther King Jr.[9] At the Republican convention in Nassau County, he received the party designation.[10] He unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, in the general election.
Pinion ultimately received 2.5 million votes statewide, winning 42.8% of the vote to Schumer's 56.8%. Despite a significant funding disparity (Pinion spent only $500,000 on campaign advertising, against Schumer's $38 million), Pinion performed better than any Republican candidate has in a New York US Senate race since Rick Lazio in 2000, and lost to Schumer by a narrower margin than any Republican candidate has since Schumer beat Senator Al D'Amato in 1998. Pinion's performance was part of a "red wave" in the 2022 New York state elections, which saw an overperformance for Republicans in statewide and Congressional races.
References
- ^ Reisman, Nick (2022-02-21). "U.S. Senate candidate Joe Pinion wants to build an 'uncommon coalition'". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Joe Pinion - Football". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ Joseph Pinion III on LinkedIn
- ^ a b Eberhart, Christopher J. (2018-05-07). "Yonkers: Joe Pinion running for Shelley Mayer's vacated state Assembly seat". The Journal News. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ Taddeo, Sarah (2022-03-01). "Republican Joe Pinion secures GOP designation for historic bid against Schumer". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ Ayala, Christine (2018-12-26). "Climate change denial is killing the GOP's future". TheHill. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ a b Inglis, Bob; Pinion, Joseph (2017-09-19). "NY Republicans are taking the lead on confronting climate change (Commentary)". syracuse. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Certified Results from the November 6, 2018 General Election for NYS Assembly" (PDF).
- ^ Brant, Brian (2022-01-17). "VIDEO: Newsmax host launches GOP challenge to unseat Chuck Schumer". 1010 WINS. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ Taddeo, Sarah (2022-03-01). "Republican Joe Pinion secures GOP designation for historic bid against Schumer". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-11-19.