Jack Martins

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Jack Martins
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Republican Party

New York State Senate District 7
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
New York State Senate District 7
Successor: Elaine Phillips
Predecessor: Craig Johnson

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

American University, 1988

Law

St. John's University School of Law, 1991

Personal
Birthplace
New York, N.Y.
Profession
Attorney
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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) ran for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 7. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

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:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Martins served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Martins served on these committees:

Issues


Television Spot, Budget and Tax Reform[3]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 7

Incumbent Jack Martins defeated Kim Keiserman in the general election for New York State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jack Martins
Jack Martins (R / Conservative Party)
 
55.4
 
85,214
Image of Kim Keiserman
Kim Keiserman (D) Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
68,238
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
227

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 153,679
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
✔
Image of Kim Keiserman
Kim Keiserman Candidate Connection
 
75.1
 
7,143
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Brad Schwartz
 
24.3
 
2,314
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
59

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,516
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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

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Martins in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 7

Jack Martins defeated incumbent Anna Kaplan in the general election for New York State Senate District 7 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jack Martins
Jack Martins (R / Conservative Party)
 
53.2
 
65,275
Image of Anna Kaplan
Anna Kaplan (D / Working Families Party)
 
46.8
 
57,447
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
36

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 122,758
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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
✔
Image of Anna Kaplan
Anna Kaplan
 
85.5
 
11,482
Image of Jeremy Joseph
Jeremy Joseph Candidate Connection
 
14.4
 
1,940
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
12

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4

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

See also: New York's 3rd Congressional District election, 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]

U.S. House, New York District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTom Suozzi 53% 171,775
     Republican Jack Martins 47% 152,304
Total Votes 324,079
Source: New York Board of Elections


U.S. House, New York, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTom 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

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]

New York State Senate District 7, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJack 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]

New York State Senate, District 7, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJack 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)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jack Martins (R) 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.

“
  • Controlling Spending: Over the past six years as a State Senator, Jack has cut state income taxes to the lowest levels in the past 70 years, cut manufacturing and corporate taxes and taxes on small businesses throughout New York State. Jack helped close a $10 billion state budget deficit without raising a single tax or fee by consolidating state agencies, streamlining operations and forcing state government to do more with less, just as families and small businesses must do.
  • Growing the Economy: Our economy has yet to recover from the Great Recession, in large part because of the Obama administration’s failed policies and over regulation. US productivity has now fallen for three straight quarters, the longest period of decline since 1979. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth continues to underperform and is now projected to grow only by approximately 1%. Businesses are having a hard time accessing capital to grow. It seems like the only businesses who can qualify for a loan are those that don’t need one. Simply put, we need to get our economy jumpstarted so that the private sector can grow and create jobs.
  • Protecting Our Security: Radical jihadist terrorists, inspired by ISIS and a warped view of the Islamic religion, are continuing to carry out deadly attacks against Americans and our allies around the world. As a result of the Obama administration’s executive order authorizing the Iran Nuclear Deal, Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, is now receiving billions of dollars in the short term and is on a certain path to developing a nuclear weapon. The funds will undoubtedly be used to finance terror against America, our families here at home, and our allies around the world.
  • Standing with Israel: Jack is an ardent supporter of Israel, one of our strongest and most important allies, and the only democracy in the Middle East. Having been to Israel and seen firsthand homes that were destroyed by indiscriminate rocket attacks and spoken with families who lost everything, it is a very personal issue for him and those experiences have helped shape his views.
  • Protecting the Environment: Clean water, clean air and a healthy environment are everyone’s right, not luxuries. That is why Jack has been an outspoken champion on Long Island for environmental protections. During his time in the State Senate, he successfully fought to deliver state funding for a comprehensive ground water study to help protect Long Island’s drinking water from saltwater intrusion and other threats.

[22]

”
—Jack Martins' campaign website

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."

Campaign finance summary

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Jack Martins campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Senate District 7Won general$26,489 $0
2022New York State Senate District 7Won general$467,183 $0
2014New York State Senate, District 7Won $1,016,898 N/A**
2012New York State Senate, District 7Won $583,022 N/A**
2010New York State Senate, District 7Won $710,490 N/A**
Grand total$2,804,082 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Martins and his wife Paula have four children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ LinkedIn, "Jack Martins," accessed January 23, 2023
    2. ↑ Facebook, "Jack M. Martins," accessed January 23, 2023
    3. ↑ YouTube, "Jack Martins YouTube channel," accessed August 1, 2014
    4. ↑ News Day, "Anna Kaplan, a North Hempstead Democrat, announces candidacy for Congress," January 11, 2016
    5. ↑ Newsday, "Jon Kaiman to run for Rep. Steve Israel’s seat," January 24, 2016
    6. ↑ Queens Chronicle, "Long Islanders vie for Rep. Israel’s seat," January 14, 2016
    7. ↑ Gurfein for America, "Home," accessed November 23, 2015
    8. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Steve Israel, member of Democratic leadership, retiring," January 5, 2016
    9. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed May 15, 2016
    10. ↑ Politico, "New York House Races Results," June 28, 2016
    11. ↑ Politico, "Judge orders special GOP primary in 3rd Congressional District," August 17, 2016
    12. ↑ NRCC, "32 Congressional Candidates Announced “On the Radar” as Part of NRCC’s Young Guns Program," November 19, 2015
    13. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
    14. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
    15. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Senate Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
    16. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
    17. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
    18. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
    19. ↑ Newsday, "Appeals court backs Martins State Senate win," December 20, 2010
    20. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
    21. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns November 2, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
    22. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    23. ↑ Martins for Senate, "Issues," accessed October 6, 2014
    24. ↑ Martins Campaign Site, "Why Jack for Senate," accessed August 1, 2014(Archived)

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