Lisa has a legacy of staying silent.
Lisa stayed silent when her vote mattered most. How can you be sure she'll speak up for you?
Lisa Kaul is asking for a seat in Albany. Before you decide, look at the record: the elections she skipped, the taxes and fees she voted to raise, and the agenda she wants to bring to the Hudson Valley.
The question is not what she says. It is what she did.
including presidential primaries
She didn’t vote. At least nine times.
Lisa Kaul registered as a Democrat in Dutchess County in 2008. Then she sat out election after election — at least nine of them, including the 2016 and 2020 presidential primaries.
Presidential primaries are not trivia. They are how a party picks a president. She skipped them.
- 2008RegisteredLisa Kaul registers as a Democrat in Dutchess County.
- 2016SkippedSits out the presidential primary — how a party picks a president.
- 2020SkippedSits out the presidential primary again.
- ≥ 9The patternAt least nine elections missed in all.
She wants to represent you in Albany. She would not always cast a ballot herself.
But she showed up to raise your costs.
When the vote was about what you pay, she made it. Not speeches. Votes.
- Sales taxAye
- Hotel occupancy taxAye
- Passport photo feesAye
On the Arlington school board she voted to raise school taxes by $5 million. School property taxes in this district were already crushing families. She added another $5 million to the bill.
The pattern is the point. She missed the elections. She made the tax votes.
She also found time to write checks — donations to Kamala Harris and to Kathy Hochul.
Time for the ticket. Time for Albany. Not always time for the ballot.
Now look at what she wants in Albany.
The record so far is about what she did. This is what she is asking for next.
Invest in Our New York
A package of sweeping new state tax increases — layered on top of the fees and school taxes she already voted to raise.
Hudson Valley Power Authority
A new government body to take over energy in the region.
New York Health Act
A single-payer plan independent estimates put at $130–$200 billion a year — paid for by you.
Look at who stands with her.
- The Working Families Party line is printed next to her name on the ballot.
- She backs the New York Health Act — the multi- billion-dollar single-payer takeover.
- She supports New York For All, which would bar local police and sheriffs from working with ICE.
- She comes out of Vassar’s AREJ activist circle — the same circle that hosted a talk titled “A World Without Police.”
These are not stray associations. They are the platform she is running on.
The company she keeps is the agenda she carries.
Put it together.
- She skipped at least nine elections — including the 2016 and 2020 presidential primaries.
- She voted AYE to raise the sales tax, the hotel occupancy tax, and passport photo fees.
- On the school board she voted to add $5 million to your school taxes.
- She found time to write checks to Kamala Harris and Kathy Hochul.
- Her Albany agenda is higher taxes, government-run power, and government-run health care.
These are not separate stories. They are one record.
What voters should ask.
- Q01Why should someone who skipped at least nine elections be trusted to vote for you in Albany?
- Q02Why sit out the 2016 and 2020 presidential primaries?
- Q03Why was there always time to raise taxes and fees, but not always time to cast a ballot?
- Q04Why add $5 million to school taxes in a district already straining under them?
- Q05How much will New Yorkers actually pay for a $130–$200 billion single-payer plan?
- Q06Should local police be barred from working with ICE, as New York For All demands?
Lisa Kaul is asking voters to send her to Albany. Before you give her your vote — read the record.
- Look at the elections she skipped.
- Look at the taxes she voted to raise.
- Look at the checks she found time to write.
- Look at the agenda she wants for Albany.
The question is not what she says. It is what she did.