Jeanine C. Driscoll

Republican

BACKGROUND

• Driscoll, 59, of Bellerose Village, is a registered Republican and is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the general election. 
• She is the Hempstead receiver of taxes, elected to the post in 2019 and reelected in 2023. She previously served as associate village justice of Bellerose Village and worked before that as a civil litigation attorney.
• Driscoll received a bachelor’s degree in American politics from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1989, and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1992.

ISSUES

• Driscoll said that if elected she would support policies to secure the border with Mexico and prevent mass border crossings.
• She said she is running to use her experience as the Hempstead tax receiver to fight for policies that “lower the tax burden.”
• She said she is focused on the “safety of our communities” and supporting law enforcement.