Joel Anabilah-Azumah

Joel Anabilah-Azumah is a small-business owner in the transportation field and the Republican and Conservative Party nominee for NY-9 in 2026. He has been a candidate in the district before, appearing on the 2018 and 2020 general election ballots on minor-party lines. In his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey he lists his focus areas as personal freedom, transportation, and infrastructure, and says he opposes outsourcing government functions to artificial intelligence and U.S. involvement in unnecessary military conflicts.[1]

Anabilah-Azumah was born in New York, New York, graduated from Trinity School, and earned a bachelor's degree from Union College in 2005; his career experience is in transportation.[1] He describes himself in his Ballotpedia survey responses as a small-business owner.[1]

He ran for NY-9 in 2018 on the Reform Party line (779 votes, 0.4%) and in 2020 on the Serve America Movement Party line (1,052 votes, 0.4%), both against Clarke.[1] In 2022 PoliticsNY interviewed him as a Republican candidate for NY-9, where he said he would focus on medical freedom, nutrition education, and increased access to public transportation.[2] Ballotpedia lists him among withdrawn or disqualified candidates for the 2022 U.S. Senate race (as an Independent) and for the 2024 NY-9 race.[1] He advanced as the Republican and Conservative Party nominee for NY-9 in 2026 after both primaries were canceled.[1][3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.