Elizabeth Holtzman
Elizabeth Holtzman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 10th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Holtzman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Elizabeth Holtzman was born in New York. Holtzman graduated from Radcliffe College and received a law degree from Harvard Law School. Since 1993, she had worked as a private practice attorney. In 2013 she was appointed by U.S. Department of Defense Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel, and in 2014 was appointed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Committee.[1][2]
Holtzman has been affiliated with the Brooklyn Academy of Music Endowment Trust, trustee, the American Friends of Yahad In Unum, board of directors, and the Fair Elections Legal Network.[3]
Elections
2022
See also: New York's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 10
Daniel Goldman defeated Benine Hamdan and Steve Speer in the general election for U.S. House New York District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Goldman (D) | 83.5 | 160,582 |
 | Benine Hamdan (R / Conservative Party)  | 15.1 | 29,058 | |
 | Steve Speer (Medical Freedom Party) | 0.8 | 1,447 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,260 | ||
| Total votes: 192,347 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mondaire Jones (Working Families Party)
- Matthew Goldstein (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 10
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 10 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Goldman | 25.9 | 18,505 |
 | Yuh-Line Niou | 23.6 | 16,826 | |
 | Mondaire Jones | 18.1 | 12,933 | |
 | Carlina Rivera | 16.5 | 11,810 | |
 | Jo Anne Simon | 6.1 | 4,389 | |
 | Elizabeth Holtzman | 4.4 | 3,140 | |
 | Jimmy Jiang Li | 1.6 | 1,170 | |
 | Yan Xiong | 1.0 | 742 | |
 | Maud Maron | 0.9 | 625 | |
 | Bill de Blasio (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.7 | 519 | |
 | Brian Robinson | 0.5 | 341 | |
| Peter Gleason | 0.2 | 162 | |
 | Quanda Francis | 0.2 | 129 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 100 | ||
| Total votes: 71,391 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Herron (D)
- Patrick Dooley (D)
- Ian Medina (D)
- David Yassky (D)
- Elizabeth Kim (D)
- Brad Hoylman (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Helen Qiu (R)
- Michael Ragusa (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mondaire Jones advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Herron (Working Families Party)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elizabeth Holtzman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holtzman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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A lifelong advocate for women’s rights, I have broken through many barriers, clearing the way for other women to follow. My robust record as a Congresswoman, DA and Comptroller shows I know how to fight successfully for the environment, reproductive rights, and racial and economic justice, and against gun violence, discrimination, and attacks on our democracy. Using deep expertise and new ideas, I will stand up to MAGA Republicans and get the results we need.
In Congress, I took on Nixon, voting for his impeachment during Watergate. Joining four US Air Force pilots, I sued to stop the US bombing of Cambodia. I created a Nazi-hunting unit that brought Nazi war criminals in the US to justice. As DA, I asked the Supreme Court to ban racial discrimination in jury selection; the Court agreed, acknowledging my office’s work. As Comptroller, I used the power of municipal pension funds to create tens of thousands of affordable housing units; persuaded municipal hospitals, then Medicare, to cover screening mammograms; shut down polluting incinerators; and toughened Exxon’s settlement for its oil spill in the Arthur Kill.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, I am the daughter of immigrants and a long-time resident of the borough.
- I have always been a fighter, creative thinker and doer — I reformed rape laws to protect victims when no one else did, I led the fight to ban discrimination in jury selection, I fought sexual harassment in the workplace before #MeToo, and I wrote one of the first books calling for the impeachment of Trump. Gloria Steinem: “Liz has always been among the first and the bravest in our history, the smartest and the most trusted. . . This country, not just New York City, must benefit from Liz's leadership.”
- My core agenda: Standing up to the radical right to combat gun violence and fight crime while taking on police misconduct. Fighting for women’s reproductive rights and against discrimination, prejudice and bigotry of all kinds. Innovatively addressing the crisis of climate change. Taking on the oil industry and the price gouging that is fueling inflation.
- These are dangerous times, We need a leader in Congress with a proven record and deep legislative and litigation expertise. We need a fighter who will take on the forces now unleashed on America’s women and on public safety, our environment, and our democracy. I know how to stand up to the right wing, the NRA, and big oil and gas, and get results. I was a fearless fighter in Congress before. I will be a courageous fighter in Congress for you again. Gloria Steinem: “Liz is the very epitome of what we hope for when we send representatives to Washington.”
Harnessing my congressional experience and litigation expertise in these dangerous times to fight MAGA Republican attacks on our public safety, environment and reproductive rights.
Using the government’s purchasing power to eliminate assault weapons sales to civilians and reduce handgun proliferation. -- The contracting process must require codes of conduct, holding firearms industry vendors accountable. I introduced one of the country’s first bills to hold gunmakers liable, signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg, and know how to stand up to the NRA.
Combating attacks on clean air and water and our climate. -- I blocked a mayoral plan for nine new incinerators and shut down all existing ones, and created the first environmental crimes unit in NY. I’ll find new ways of increasing renewable energy’s competitiveness and expanding green affordable housing and jobs.
Fighting right-wing attacks on women’s rights and attempts to control our bodies. -- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DqqlxX17M4_HIk_F1hAWPVWsr-vtN8og/view?usp=sharing
I cofounded the Congressional Women’s Caucus, authored laws protecting rape victims, extended the ERA deadline, strengthened the Equal Pay Act, gained Medicare coverage for screening mammograms, and hired women-owned firms to manage NYC pension funds and handle bond sales. I’ll work within and around Congress against state interference with women’s reproductive healthcare, and state laws violating women's constitutional and statutory rights.
Integrity, truth-telling, hard work, determination, listening to constituents, and standing up for what is right.
Integrity, truth-telling, hard work, determination, listening to constituents, and standing up for what is right.
My first job was a law school summer internship working for a Black civil rights attorney in Albany, Georgia. Seeing the horrors of Jim Crow up close, when I returned to law school I helped set up a national civil rights organization that brought law students to the South. My experience impelled me to fight against racial injustice for the rest of my life.
Leo Tolstoy’s great novel Anna Karenina.
In Congress, a constituent reported a complaint about a clogged sewer. She appeared not to be functioning well, and when we asked how she was doing, she explained that she had a rare disease. She needed to rely on a drug that her physician made by hand because no drug for the disease was available on the market, and he hadn’t been able to give her the drug for some days.
I called this constituent's physician to discuss her problem, with her consent. The reason that pharmaceutical companies did not offer a drug for her disease was that the patent life would be far too short to recoup their expenses, given the limited demand. I asked the physician to come meet with the FDA and myself in Washington, D.C. to discuss the problem faced by my constituent and others suffering from rare diseases.
Soon thereafter, I introduced the Orphan Drug Act, providing incentives for the development of drugs for rare diseases. This bill received bipartisan support and became law, leading to the development of hundreds, if not thousands, of drugs for victims of rare diseases. This is what listening carefully to constituents can do.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Herrick, "Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman," accessed July 8, 2022
- ↑ United States House of Representatives History, Art & Archives, "HOLTZMAN, Elizabeth," accessed July 8, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 29, 2022
