Positions
Empire Center for Public Policy
free-market think tank based in Albany
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Chairman
Tom Libous
New York State Senator (R) 52nd Distriction (Binghamton area); conviction for lying to the FBI with judgment tossed posthumously on a technicality
Joanie Mahoney
Chief Operating Officer, SUNY ESF
Eliot Spitzer
Former Governor of New York
John Faso
Manatt Phelps & Phillips partner; former NYS gubernatorial candidate
Carl Paladino
Buffalo developer and failed gubernatorial candidate
Jack Quinn III
NYS Assemblymember, 146th District
Patricia Ritchie
State Senate, 48th District
James L. Seward
NY State Senator
Andrew Cuomo
former governor of New York State
Chris McDaniel
Mississippi state senator; candidate for US Seante
James T Walsh
US Representative from New York
John Katko
US Representative from New York (2015-present)
Richard L Hanna
US Representative from New York
Wendy Long
Republican attorney who in 2012 lost to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
Rob Maness
Tea Party Candidate for Senate in Louisiana
Ben Sasse
University of Florida president, former Senator from Nebraska
Republican National Committee
U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP
Tom Reed
Former NY-23 US Representative (2010-2022)