DawnMarie D. Kuhn

BACKGROUND

• Kuhn, 39, of Bohemia, is a registered Republican and is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election. This is her second bid for public office.
• She is a member of the Islip Town Council and was chief of staff for Suffolk County Legis. Anthony Piccirillo (R-Holtsville) and Town Councilman James O’Connor of Islip. Kuhn also worked in Islip’s Department of Environmental Control and runs a data analysis and political consulting company. 
• Kuhn is working on a master’s degree in political analytics at Columbia University, where she also received a master’s degree in quantitative methods in social sciences. She has a bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s University and master’s degrees from Brooklyn College and Fordham University. 

ISSUES

• Kuhn said affordability is a key issue and that if elected she would fight for people who are priced out of Long Island and work to ensure taxes are distributed fairly across the state. She said she also would work to cut wasteful spending and eliminate unfunded state mandates.
• She said she supports law enforcement and would work “to repeal cashless bail,” which she said “allows criminals back on the street.”
• Kuhn said she would work to preserve the environment and would seek membership on an environmental committee.