Danniel Maio

Maio earned a bachelor's degree from American University in 1984 and is retired, according to information he submitted to Ballotpedia's candidate survey.[1] In 2016 he was the Republican candidate for U.S. House in New York's 6th District and lost the general election to incumbent Grace Meng.[1] He ran for State Assembly District 28 as the Republican nominee in 2018 and on the COVID19 Stories Party line in 2020, losing both general elections to incumbent Andrew Hevesi; he received 13.4% in 2020.[1] Ballotpedia also lists him among withdrawn or disqualified candidates for the 2019 special election for New York City Public Advocate (nonpartisan) and the 2021 Queens Borough President race (Republican).[1]

In 2022 Maio lost the State Senate District 15 general election to incumbent Joseph Addabbo, receiving 42.6% (22,643 votes) on the Republican, Conservative, Medical Freedom and Independence lines.[1] He then lost the 2023 New York City Council District 29 general election to incumbent Lynn Schulman as the Republican and Conservative candidate, and the 2024 State Senate District 15 general election to Addabbo on the Conservative line.[1] He did not appear on the 2026 Republican primary ballot, and he was on the November 2026 ballot on the Conservative Party line and, according to Ballotpedia, the No Kings Party, Queens United Party and 4 Our Immigrants Party lines.[1] He received 18.5% of the vote to Joseph Addabbo's 81.2%, according to unofficial results reported by Ballotpedia and Wikipedia.[2][3]