Candidate Profile 2024: Mitts For State Senate In The 42nd District

ORANGE COUNTY, NY — In 2024's general election, residents of the Hudson Valley will be voting for federal, state and local officials. In anticipation, Patch asked candidates in the contested races to answer questions about their campaigns and will be publishing candidate profiles as election day draws near.

Monroe resident Timothy Mitts is seeking the New York State Senate seat in the 42nd District, in a three-way race against incumbent state Sen. James Skoufis and Republican Dorey Houle.

• Name: Timothy Jon Mitts
• Education: BS in Accounting
• Age: 58
• Occupation: Property investment
• Campaign website, social media: Facebook, https://timothyjonmitts.com/

Why are you seeking this office?

In the race because I have to be I'm in the race cuz I want to be.

What are the major differences between you and the other candidates seeking this post?

My opponents have done nothing but violate our constitutional right and plague us with government restrictions.

Both of my opponents have violated our environmental life. Both of them at some level have dealt with or let's say look the other way on the contamination that our environment is developing with the water.

Both of them have dealt with the issue of sewer issues in Orange County. They have both looked the other way. They all want to say they're doing things, but in 2022 the Democrat incumbent told us that the water was taken care of. Now we come to find out that the water is contaminated throughout Orange County.

What other issues are you addressing during your campaign?

I'm addressing water issues, sewer issues, Financial issues, criminal Bill reform, seniors needs. We have posted a whole campaign promises on the Facebook page.

What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job?

I belong to an organization that has 27 rentals within the town of Monroe. I have fought for the organization to provide quality housing to our residents. I have fought for infrastructure that we needed on the properties and the care of the residents to ensure that they would not have issues. I will take all of this understanding of people's deal day-to-day lives to Albany.

What is the best advice anyone ever gave you?

The best advice I have been given is to take accountability for what you do. It is nothing wrong if you make a mistake. But the politician currently in office, both opponents, do not take responsibility. Responsibility. In the end you need to look the mirror in the morning and decide if you can live with yourself.

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about yourself and your positions?

I think there's a lot of problems in the Orange County area that need to be taken care of. It is becoming extremely toxic environment without ever finishing all the building going on. The water and sewer have serious issues. There is no check and balances to ensure we're taken care of.

You have one opponent who's running around giving out money like it's nothing. Yet he's not talking about the facts and what he has achieved in office.

On the other hand, the Republican opponent wants the ride on the coattail that her husband was a cop and she's a cop's wife. She rides on the coattail that she's a mother of five. This is wonderful but it does not talk to the issues that you have at the kitchen table every night. Yet what she doesn't tell you is that two of her kids do not even want to come back to Monroe. This woman is a town councilwoman and acting town supervisor. Her own kids don't even want to come back to Monroe. What does that tell you when your own kids don't want to come back home?