Nick Langworthy’s roadmap for red success in a blue state
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Less than two weeks after taking office as New York State’s Republican Party chairman, Nick Langworthy flew to Israel on a fact-finding visit, as part of a contingent that included former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. Langworthy, a native of the Buffalo area, with admittedly little previous exposure to Jewish culture, told Mishpacha his first-ever trip to Israel broadened his perspective on the dangers and struggles facing Israel and Jews worldwide. Langworthy faces his own set of daunting challenges back in New York, one of America’s bluest states.
“It is reversible. We need to fight hard to go get back those seats that we lost. The party was asleep in many ways. We did not take some of the challenges seriously, we did not evaluate the turnout models. We lost seats that we didn’t think would be competitive. A lot of Republicans were critical of the [former Republican] senate majority because we didn’t think that they drove the policy agenda enough. But we didn’t know how good we had it, because now, we see that they were such an important stop sign to terrible policies that have been enacted this year in the state legislature. Radical extreme socialists have taken over many of those seats, and this entire legislative session was a true disaster for taxpayers.”
“Recruit the right candidates and fight back. We need to learn from the mistakes of 2018 and recruit candidates that have funding and can take the fight directly to the Democratic incumbents. But particularly, by bringing common sense back to the forefront and to have a party that focuses on taxpayers. That’s not just a Republican-Democrat thing. That’s a voter’s perspective. Our state taxes too much, regulates too much, and gives us very little economic freedom.”
“Statewide, my mission every day when I go to work as chairman of the party will be to prepare our party to change New York. The only way to change New York is to change governors in 2022. Governor Cuomo has already stated that he seeks reelection. We are already on our mission to recruit the next Republican governor of this state. First and foremost, the person has to be qualified for a huge job with awesome responsibility and power. Second, we have to have a candidate that can win. Not all areas of New York are the same in terms of ideology. I believe that after this extreme move to the left, we have the opportunity to present a common sense alternative ticket of candidates in 2020 and 2022.”
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