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New York State Assembly District 99

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Richard Vargus

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STH · NY · District 99

New York State Assembly District 99

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Background

Richard Vargus is the Republican and Conservative candidate for New York State Assembly District 99 in the November 3, 2026 general election. His listed professional experience includes Instructor at the Maritime Institute of Technology from 2025 to present, Consulting Specialist at TDA Research from 2022 to 2024, and Program Manager at the Department of Defense from 2018 to 2020.

Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.

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Healthcare

No verified healthcare position was found for Richard A. Vargus, the Republican/Conservative candidate for New York State Assembly District 99 in 2026. VOTE411 lists him for this race but says he has not yet responded to its issue questions, and no campaign website or healthcare-specific platform was found in the searched sources.

Healthcare

Economy & Jobs

No verified public position from Richard A. Vargus on Economy & Jobs was found for the 2026 New York State Assembly District 99 race. Available voter-guide and candidate-profile sources identify him as the Republican/Conservative candidate but show no candidate-submitted issue responses or economy/jobs platform.

Economy & Jobs

Immigration

No verified public position by Richard A. Vargus on Immigration was found in searches tied to his 2026 New York State Assembly District 99 campaign. Available pages confirm he is the Republican/Conservative candidate for NY Assembly District 99, but they did not provide immigration-related policy statements, votes, sponsorships, or proposals.

Immigration

Climate & Energy

No confirmed Climate & Energy position was found for Richard A. Vargus, the 2026 Republican/Conservative candidate for New York State Assembly District 99. The VOTE411 candidate guide for this exact race states that Vargus has not responded to the climate-change question, and other checked race profiles did not provide issue positions.

Climate & Energy

Education

No verified Education policy position, bill action, or stated Education proposal was found for Richard A. Vargus, the Republican/Conservative candidate for New York State Assembly District 99 in 2026. VOTE411 lists him for the correct race but says the candidate has not yet responded to issue questions, and other candidate-profile sources located did not provide Education positions.

Education

Public Safety

Richard A. Vargus, the 2026 Republican candidate for New York State Assembly District 99, emphasizes a public-safety and law-and-order platform based on his law-enforcement, national-security, and military background. He supports stronger policing, local law enforcement cooperation, drug and border enforcement, and a return to policing strategies he argues reduced crime.

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Public safety and law-and-order campaign platform

2026-03-01

In his Assembly District 99 candidacy announcement, Vargus said he would be a strong voice for public safety, law and order, border and drug enforcement, and local control.

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Return to common-sense policing

2025-10-22

Vargus argued that the country was harmed by Defund the Police and no-cash-bail policies and praised a return to common-sense policing and law and order.

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Use of Broken Windows, Stop Question and Frisk, and CompStat strategies

2025-12-17

A press release for Vargus's public-safety book says he argues that Broken Windows policing, Stop Question and Frisk, and CompStat helped reduce violent crime and should inform renewed crime-reduction policy.

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