Thomas Sullivan
RCWe The People Party
Thomas Sullivan is the Republican, Conservative and We The People Party nominee for the open NY State Assembly District 23 seat. He is a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel and financial-services professional who previously ran for this Assembly seat in 2024 and for NY State Senate District 15 in 2018.[1][4]
Positions on the issues
- SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportations
Lists securing the border and enforcing immigration laws among the issues he will use his background to address, and names illegal immigration among the state's greatest challenges over the next decade.[4]
- OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations
Says high taxes and burdensome regulations harm small-business owners and lists lowering taxes among his top campaign priorities.[4]
In their words — priorities
Background
- Served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1993 to 2023, retiring as a colonel; commanded soldiers at the detachment, company, battalion and brigade levels during three combat deployments.[4]
- Earned a bachelor's degree (1993) and a graduate degree (1996) from Mount Saint Mary's University, and a graduate degree from the U.S. Army War College (2018).[4]
- Worked as a financial consultant/financial-services professional for over three decades.[4]
- Grew up working in, and later ran, his family's restaurant business, Brennan & Carr, including a location he opened in Rockville Centre, NY.[4]