PINE OAKS, Calif. — Mayor Becky Russo McKay of Pine Oaks has officially rolled out her first three endorsements for the 2025 election cycle as part of her #DemocracyWarrior campaign. Ms. Russo McKay, a lifelong Republican, endorsed a variety of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents in the previous election cycle, provided they upheld the #DemocracyWarrior standards - upholding democracy at home and abroad, respecting the rule of law, and supporting the free market and minimal regulation. Today, she announced important endorsements as the #DemocracyWarrior campaign for the 2025 election cycle.
- Abigail Spanberger (Democrat) for Governor of Virginia.
Becky Russo McKay endorsed former Representative Abigail Spanberger for Governor following Spanberger's commitment to protecting Right-to-Work policy enshrined in the Virginia constitution. Russo McKay also emphasized Spanberger's passionate opposition to Donald Trump and his anti-democracy policies, a position that swung Russo McKay's endorsement in the previous gubernatorial election - because of 2021 Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe's past closeness to Donald Trump, Becky disavowed McAuliffe and endorsed Bill Kristol as a write-in candidate.
- Mikie Sherrill (Democrat) for Governor of New Jersey.
Becky Russo McKay endorsed Representative Mikie Sherrill for Governor following her Democratic primary win and subsequent endorsement by First Lady Tammy Murphy's husband, Governor Phil Murphy. Ahead of the primary, Russo McKay gave a "three-way-tie" endorsement for Sherrill, Josh Gottheimer, and Steve Sweeney, promising to endorse the winner among the three if they were to win the primary, and to endorse the Republican candidate, Jack Ciatarelli, if any of the three did not win. In the previous election, Becky endorsed Phil Murphy for re-election.
- New York City Mayor
- Andrew Cuomo (Democrat), First Ranking in the Democratic primary
- Whitney Tilson (Democrat), Second Ranking in the Democratic primary
- Eric Adams (Independent), Conditional Endorsement in the General election if one of the two aforementioned candidates does not win the Democratic primary.
Becky Russo McKay gave a strong endorsement to Italianx icon and former governor Andrew Cuomo ahead of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. She also endorsed businessman Whitney Tilson as her second-ranked candidate. Russo McKay also gave a conditional endorsement to incumbent mayor Eric Adams (whom she endorsed in 2021), signaling her support for him if Cuomo or Tilson were to lose the Democratic primary.
In addition to her candidate endorsements, Mayor Russo McKay has also sent a policy proposal to all the mayoral candidates that included a detailed plan to remove and ban congestion pricing, officially sunset the NYC subway system, remove all subway trains and rails, and install underground parking lots to make New York City more accessible to car travelers.
