Buchwald Announces Run for Third Term in State Assembly
By Andrew Vitelli – Assemblyman David Buchwald, a White Plains resident and former Common Council member, announced his run for a third term in the Assembly Monday.
“It is, in the end, the job of an assemblyman to produce results, and there are still far too many occasions when folks would rather talk a good game than deliver,” Buchwald, speaking at Turnure Park in White Plains, told supporters. “There’s a lot more to accomplish. But I’m very pleased to be able to announce my candidacy for re-election, take on that challenge, and with all of you, we will be successful going forward to November.”
Buchwald, whose 93rd Assembly District runs from Harrison in the south to North Salem in the north, was joined by family members and local elected officials, including White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, North Castle Supervisor Michael Schiliro, former Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick and Westchester Legislator Ken Jenkins, as well as his wife, Lara, and one-year-old daughter, Anna.
“He has all the qualities that you need in an elected representative in Albany. He does the research. He talks to the constituents. He talks to the local electeds. He works with his colleagues,” Mayor Roach said. “In Albany you must be persistent. You must accept the fact that not everything happens overnight, and David pushes and pushes and pushes. He’s been pushing for ethics reform since he got there, and making progress.”
Buchwald noted that division exists between Democrats and Republicans but said it is a different divide that hurts the country.
“It’s a divide between those who want to truly accomplish things and those who put positioning and rhetoric and too often personal power above serving the public,” Buchwald said. “My goal has always been to actually produce results for the people I represent.”
Buchwald was first elected to the Assembly in 2012, defeating incumbent Republican Robert Castelli. He was unopposed for re-election in 2014. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Buchwald served as a councilman in White Plains from 2010 to 2012.
So far, no Republican has formally entered the race. Westchester GOP Chair Doug Colety has said that his party will run a candidate this year.
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