NEWS
September 19, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ruszkiewicz wins Conservative write-in primary
Claims his third line on November ballot
(Pine Island, NY) – Paul Ruszkiewicz (R,C,I-Pine Island), candidate for County Legislature in District 3, has come away the winner in the District’s write-in primary for the Conservative Party nomination for County Legislator.
Ruszkiewicz ran a low-key campaign against barber shop owner John Figliacconi and Minisink Supervisor Lewis Lain. All three ran as write-in candidates. Official results from the Board of Elections show Ruszkiewicz with more than 75% of the total Conservative vote.
“I’m honored to have been chosen by our District’s Conservatives so decisively,” Ruszkiewicz said. “As I said last week, when the Republican and Independence Parties also nominated me to appear on their ballot lines, Orange County is looking for a fresh start. We need a new kind of Legislature; one that will combine the best qualities of the one we have now with a renewed effort to maintain a sense of openness and accountability to the people we represent. Our District’s Conservatives have joined two other parties in naming me as the one to lead you in that renewed effort, and I won’t let you down.”
Ruszkiewicz campaigned in the primary with the endorsement of the Orange County Conservative Party. He faces Democrat Harold Ciappa in November.
Contact: Paul Ruszkiewicz, 845.988-6326