Democratic NYC Councilwoman Susan Zhuang gets Conservative Party ballot line in reelection run

Democratic Brooklyn Councilwoman Susan Zhuang has secured the Conservative Party’s line on November’s general election ballot after the party’s candidate dropped out and gave her the nomination, records reviewed by the Daily News reveal.

Zhuang, a conservative Democrat who has since being elected in 2023 allied herself with the Council’s Republicans and largely voted with them, did not herself collect petition signatures to secure the right-wing third party’s nomination, records show.

Rather, Nick Badolato, a Brooklyn Conservative Party operative, collected signatures to run on the party’s line against Zhuang. Badolato gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot line, but formally declined the Conservative Party’s nomination on April 3, records show.

That resulted in the party’s executive committee convening last Tuesday to give Zhuang its ballot line on the Nov. 4 general election ballot — meaning she’ll effectively run for reelection unopposed as she’s also on track to get the Democratic Party nomination, paperwork obtained by The News shows.



https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/14/democratic-ny-councilwoman-susan-zhuang-gets-conservative-party-ballot-line-in-reelection-run/