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Fordham University—Bachelor's in Health Science
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Gonzalo Duran was born and raised in the Bronx and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2003 to 2011, including as a Marine sergeant and Iraq veteran. His professional experience includes CEO of Devil Dog USA Incorporated, administrator at the Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans benefit counselor at Single Stop USA, and service as vice chairman of the Bronx County Conservative Party and district leader for the 79th Assembly District.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Gonzalo Duran frames healthcare primarily as prevention and food-access policy rather than insurance expansion, emphasizing healthier food availability in the Bronx, nutrition education, and restrictions on fast-food saturation in disadvantaged areas. Public sources found no sitting-member healthcare bills for him and no clear stated position on Medicare for All or a government-run universal healthcare system.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Duran supports bringing in more green and farmers markets and setting aside more funding for Health Bucks vouchers for SNAP/EBT recipients to improve access to healthier foods.
SourceDuran's campaign materials identify health as a top priority and state that he wants more green and farmers markets plus vouchers for healthier foods.
SourceDuran supports limiting the number of fast-food restaurants that over-populate disadvantaged areas as part of improving Bronx residents' health.
SourceDuran supports healthy-living education in schools, including cooking and nutrition-based classes, and supports existing programs such as Green City Force that teach NYCHA residents to farm in their complexes.
SourceA voter-guide profile drawing on Duran's Ballotpedia Candidate Connection record reports that he did not answer the healthcare question asking which healthcare-financing model he supports, including universal government-funded healthcare or public-option alternatives.
SourceGonzalo Duran’s Economy & Jobs stance emphasizes career-oriented job growth, support for local small businesses over corporate tax breaks, fiscal restraint, and opposition to socialism. He frames economic insecurity and the erosion of the middle class in the Bronx as central problems and argues for restoring economic opportunity and personal choice.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Duran says Bronx residents need jobs that provide growth and can be treated as careers, rather than low-wage jobs supplemented by public assistance.
SourceDuran argues that tax breaks should go to local businesses instead of large corporations, with local businesses participating in Business Improvement Districts and neighborhood business associations.
SourceDuran launched his NY-15 campaign by pledging to challenge socialism and focus on accountability, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity in the Bronx.
SourceDuran describes himself as fiscally conservative on spending and resource allocation while saying his goal is a better life for the average person.
SourceGonzalo Duran takes a law-and-order immigration stance: he supports restoring order, curtailing illegal immigration, legal migration, and immediate deportation of violent criminals and gang members. He also says immigration enforcement should respect constitutional rights and due process, and he opposes aggressive enforcement actions in courthouses, hospitals, schools, workplaces, and houses of worship.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Duran said he fully supports the immediate deportation of violent criminals, gang members, and others who pose a direct threat to community safety.
SourceDuran told Norwood News that although he disagreed with Trump insulting specific groups, he believes in curtailing immigration and removing people engaged in illegal activities.
SourceDuran urged people who want to migrate to the United States to do so legally, saying irregular migration is harming local communities while adding that he is not telling people not to come.
SourceGonzalo Duran’s public Climate & Energy platform centers on local environmental quality rather than national energy policy: he supports expanding Bronx green space and waterfront access, environmental education, community gardens, and alternative transportation options.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Duran supports putting into law increased access to waterfront land and green space for Bronx residents, improving parks, and encouraging more community gardens.
SourceDuran supports using local resources such as the Botanical Gardens and Bronx River for environmental classes and adding environmental awareness to school curricula focused on reducing, reusing, and recycling.
SourceDuran supports expanding Citywide Ferry Service to more parts of the Bronx and introducing more bike and alternative transportation programs.
SourceDuran supports extending environmental and nutritional education to adults and families through community gardens and transforming empty lots into gardens.
SourceDuran supports programs such as Green City Force that teach NYCHA residents to farm in their complexes, along with green and farmers markets in underserved areas.
SourceGonzalo Duran’s education positions emphasize practical school supports, including supplemental nonprofit programs, reasonable class sizes, after-school programming, and reduced reliance on standardized testing. He also supports specific school-based programming such as environmental education, healthy-living and nutrition classes, and merit-based education standards.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Duran supports integrating overlooked nonprofit programs into the education system to supplement learning and expand after-school programming while keeping class sizes reasonable.
SourceDuran says standardized testing has overtaken the curriculum, interrupts learning, and leaves students and teachers anxious and frustrated, indicating support for decreasing its role in schools.
SourceDuran has also publicly described support for preserving merit-based education, including standardized testing, in remarks to Democrats Against Socialism.
SourceDuran supports using parks, botanical gardens, and the Bronx River for educational classes and encouraging schools to add environmental awareness to their curriculum.
SourceDuran supports bringing healthy-living education into schools through cooking and nutrition-based classes, alongside broader efforts to improve access to healthy food.
SourceGonzalo Duran emphasizes a law-and-order public safety agenda, including stronger NYPD presence, targeted surveillance in high-crime areas, police walking beats, and tougher responses to repeat offenders. He also frames public safety as community-based, backing youth programs, self-defense classes, Guardian Angels patrols, and neighborhood resources to reduce crime.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Duran supports increasing NYPD deployment and surveillance in high-crime areas, bringing back beat cops, and creating youth programs to build relationships between police and community members.
SourceDuran said he is committed to fighting for public safety and change in response to a surge of gun violence in his neighborhood and across New York City.
SourceDuran said he supports the NYPD, has helped organize funding for local self-defense classes for women, youth, and older adults, and assists the Guardian Angels with recruitment, resources, and patrols.
SourceDuran listed youth employment, recreation, resources, and community resource accessibility among his top issues and said he wants to reduce gentrification by decreasing crime and increasing resources for employment, education, housing, and youth.
SourceNYC Votes
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FEC API
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OpenSecrets search results
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FEC candidate overview
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4NY15154/?cycle=2026&election_full=trueFetched: campaignFinance
Gonzalo Duran campaign website
https://www.gonzaloduran.nyc/gonzalo-duran-runs-for-congress-ny-15-with-the-bronx-conservative-party-to-fight-socialism/Fetched: endorsements
New York Young Republican Club
https://nyyrc.com/endorsements/endorsement-gonzalo-duran-for-new-york-city-public-advocate/Fetched: endorsements
The Bronx Daily / Bronx.com
https://bronx.com/the-bronx-conservative-and-republican-parties-endorse-gonzalo-duran-for-nyc-public-advocate/Fetched: endorsements
The Bronx Daily / Bronx.com
https://bronx.com/bronx-conservatives-close-ranks-party-endorses-its-2026-slate/Fetched: endorsements
Smarter.Vote
https://smarter.vote/races/ny-house-15-2026/compare/?candidates=ritchie-torres%2Cstylo-sapaskis%2Cgonzalo-duran%2Candre-easton%2Cjohn-maynard-harris%2Cjose-vegaFetched: issuePositions
iVoterGuide
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/85529/race/2163/election/1230?culture=en-usFetched: issuePositions
Gonzalo Duran campaign website - Employment
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Gonzalo Duran campaign website - Anti-socialism statement
https://www.gonzaloduran.nyc/gonzalo-duran-to-nyc-the-time-to-unite-against-socialism-is-now/Fetched: issuePositions
Bronx Times
https://www.bxtimes.com/conservative-partys-gonzalo-duran-enters-ny-15-race-vows-to-challenge-socialism/Fetched: issuePositions
The Bronx Journal
https://thebronxjournal.com/2025/08/24/gonzalo-duran-on-redefining-conservatism-in-the-bronx/Fetched: issuePositions
Gonzalo Duran campaign site
https://www.gonzaloduran.nyc/protecting-the-people-honoring-the-law-gonzalo-duran-outlines-a-path-forward-on-immigration-in-nyc/Fetched: issuePositions
Norwood News
https://www.norwoodnews.org/update-elections-2024-gonzalo-duran-on-transparency-accountability-leadership/Fetched: issuePositions
Panorama
https://panorama.com.do/candidato-al-congreso-de-ee-uu-llama-a-la-migracion-legal-venga-pero-vengan-legal/Fetched: issuePositions
Gonzalo Duran campaign website - Environment
https://www.gonzaloduran.nyc/environment/Fetched: issuePositions
Gonzalo Duran campaign website - Transportation
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Gonzalo Duran campaign website
https://www.gonzaloduran.nyc/gonzalo-duran-candidate-for-nyc-public-advocate-speaks-to-democrats-against-socialism/Fetched: issuePositions
Gonzalo Duran campaign website
https://www.gonzaloduran.nyc/safety-press-conference-with-conservative-party-candidates/Fetched: issuePositions