Orthodox Woman Runs For NY Senate

Novice Brooklyn politician Mindy Meyer, who's using the above Jersey Shore-tinged campaign slogan, says she is the "first young Orthodox Jewish woman to ever run for the New York Senate." Meyer has been endorsed by the state GOP and the virulently anti-gay Conservative Party, which opposed and has since sued to overturn marriage equality. NOM has backed other Orthodox Jews for the New York Senate, but has not yet mentioned Meyer.

After receiving her BA degree from Touro College in New York, Meyer is currently studying at Touro’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center as she embarks on her political career. Her lack of political experience, however, does not daunt her, citing her own religious values and moral compass as her guide. “I can tell you one thing…I don’t have experience in corruption,” said Meyer. “That is how politics has to change. There is always corruption but I plan to stick to my values and ensure that none of that goes on in my district.”

On Meyer's campaign site, which appears to have been created by a third-grader, she announces her support opposition to the NYPD's racist stop-and-frisk policy and support for school vouchers. Meyer ran unopposed in the GOP primary and faces volatile five-term Democrat Sen. Kevin "Anger Management" Parker, who has been twice arrested for slugging a meter maid and for attacking a photographer. In 2010 Parker had to be physically restrained on the Senate floor during an argument with a fellow Democrat.