Local Dollars Matched!
If you’ve followed Nate over the years, you already know this isn’t about being an empty suit. It’s about independence, tenacity, and a willingness to take on anyone—when it’s right—regardless of pressure.
That’s why local dollars matter even more.
If you live in Assembly District 145, contributions between $5 and $250 are matched up to 12× through New York’s Public Campaign Finance Program. Your local support doesn’t just help—it multiplies.
If you don’t live in the district—but you’re one of Nate’s supporters—your donation still matters. Every contribution helps power the campaign, spread the message, and keep Nate independent and accountable to people, not political machines. Every dollar matters. Truly.
If you give $100 or more, state law requires campaigns to collect a bit of additional information, including a signature, employer, and occupation. That’s a legal requirement for all campaigns.
Wherever you live, if you believe in independence, persistence, and getting things done, you’re part of this.
But Why Invest in This Campaign?
This campaign isn’t simply asking for money. Nate has spent his life in business, and before asking anyone to invest, he believes it’s his responsibility to explain—clearly and honestly—why that investment makes sense, and why this race can be won.
An Established Base
Nate enters this race with something most Assembly candidates don’t have: nearly a decade of public visibility and an engaged following of tens of thousands across social media platforms.
This campaign is not starting from scratch. It is activating an audience that already knows Nate’s work, understands his values, and trusts his voice.
In a race where attention, credibility, and turnout matter, that is a real advantage.
Assembly District 145: A Winnable District
In 2024, this Assembly seat was decided 61% to 39%, a 22-point margin, with about 61,000 votes cast. In 2022, the margin was even larger—63% to 37%—but on a lower turnout of roughly 47,500 votes.
On paper, that makes this a challenging district for a Democrat. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story.
In both cycles, voters faced a well-known incumbent with built-in visibility, fundraising power, and name recognition. That candidate is now gone.
This district was once Democratic. When voters are offered a serious, credible Democrat with name recognition, fundraising strength, and real presence—we can beat whatever generic party crony or Republican machine pick they throw at us—the race looks very different.
With discipline, credibility, and respect for voters, this seat is absolutely winnable.
A Record of Competing—and Nearly Winning—in One of New York’s Toughest Districts
This is a tough district—but it is not immovable. And Nate’s record proves it.
Old New York’s 27th Congressional District was one of the most Republican districts in the state and the Northeast. For decades, Republicans won by double digits. Serious competition was rare.
In 2018, Nate came within four-tenths of one percent of winning—49.8% to 50.2%—in a district Republicans had held for generations.
In the 2019 special election, held under compressed timelines and difficult conditions, Nate again came within a few points—against one of the wealthiest members of Congress, whom the campaign outraised. Special elections usually favor the dominant party. This one was decided at the margins.
These results were not flukes. They reflected strong crossover support and consistent outperformance of baseline Democratic numbers in one of the toughest political environments in New York.
Nate didn’t just narrow the gap—he made long-standing political fortresses shake.
Locally, he is the only Democrat to have won on Grand Island in years. That didn’t happen by accident. Voters didn’t change their ideology—they responded to leadership, competence, and results.
That’s the proof. This region isn’t ideologically frozen. It moves when credible leadership shows up, speaks plainly, and fights for people’s material interests.
Why Sending a Republican to Albany from This District Doesn’t Work
This part matters—especially for voters who don’t think of themselves as Democrats.
New York State has a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature. That’s not rhetoric—it’s the governing reality.
In that environment, sending a Republican from Assembly District 145 to Albany does not “balance power” or “send a message.” It removes the district from the room where decisions are actually made.
A Republican Assemblymember in a Democratic supermajority:
Does not chair committees
Does not help write the budget
Does not negotiate final deals
Does not control what gets funded—or unfunded
They can vote “no.”
They can give speeches.
They can post on social media.
But they cannot deliver resources back to the district.
That hurts Republicans, independents, and Democrats alike.
Representation isn’t about ideology—it’s about leverage. If a representative isn’t part of the governing coalition, roads, schools, infrastructure, public safety funding, and economic development priorities are decided by people from somewhere else.
That’s especially true here.
Assembly District 145 includes Niagara Falls—a city that generates billions of dollars through hydropower, tourism, and cross-border commerce, yet sees too little of that value reinvested locally.
Sending a Republican to Albany to represent one of the state’s most important economic engines—while Democrats control the Legislature—means forfeiting influence when it matters most.
That isn’t conservative.
It isn’t strategic.
It isn’t even partisan.
It’s bad math.
This Is His Home
Just as important, this is Nate’s home.
He knows these communities because he has lived and worked in them—not because he discovered them on a map. The campaign is clear-eyed about the challenge. But Nate brings a documented record of success in places where Democrats are usually written off.
And probably more than any race Nate has ever run—even though he loved the others and the people he fought for—this one is a natural fit. He loves this place. This is his home.
His hometown of North Tonawanda has been trending blue. Niagara Falls continues to have chronically low turnout, which means the ceiling there is higher than past results suggest—and turnout is something leadership can change.
Nate has already run in Lewiston and Youngstown, and in both communities he outperformed baseline Democratic numbers and expectations. That record matters. It shows he doesn’t just look competitive on paper—he performs stronger than the label, in real places, with real voters. And as explained above, while Grand Island is traditionally tough for a Democrat, Nate has both a proven record there and a genuine, long-standing love for the community.
That’s why this campaign believes it can outperform past results—and why this race is far more movable than it looks at first glance.
