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Daniel Atonna
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Councilmember-Elect for City of Poughkeepsie Ward 8. Union member, community organizer, and democratic socialist. Poughkeepsie Over Profit 🌹
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I'm a union member, community organizer, and democratic socialist who has dedicated my life to the working class. The campaign is over, but the movement continues. Join @demsocialists.bsky.social, For the Many, @nywfp.bsky.social, or CVH. Unionize your workplace. Start a tenants' union. Organize!
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The City of Poughkeepsie Republican Committee sent a lying negative mailer against me. I ran a positive campaign focused on the real issues. People want politicians who will fight for them, not billionaires and big corporations. That's why Republicans lost across Dutchess County!
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I'll be an organizer in office, working with you to win change. Together we'll repave roads, replace lead pipes, restore rent stabilization, slow speeding cars, plant trees, invest in public parks, protect our immigrant neighbors, make buses fare-free, and resist Trump's attacks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Grateful to the voters and supporters who made this victory possible. 120+ volunteers knocked 6,000+ doors. 250+ donors contributed $20,000+ (no corporations or developers). To the people of city of PK Ward 8, I'll always fight for you and put Poughkeepsie Over Profit 🌹
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I canvassed for @nywfp.bsky.social candidates Emma Arnoff, Trevor Redl, Alix Winsby and Yvette Valdés Smith. To pass fare-free buses and fund affordable housing we must end Republican control of the Dutchess County Legislature!

Vote today from 6 AM - 9 PM 🗳️ I’m on the ballot in Poughkeepsie Ward 8.
Canvassing photo with Dutchess County Legislature candidate Emma Arnoff. We’re outside in Lagrange. I’m holding palm cards. Canvassing photo with Dutchess County Legislature candidate Trevor Redl. We’re outside in Town of Poughkeepsie. We’re holding palm cards. Canvassing photo with Dutchess County Legislature candidate Alix Winsby. We’re outside in Wappingers Falls. We’re holding palm cards. Canvassing photo with Dutchess County Legislator and Minority Leader Yvette Valdés Smith. We’re outside in Fishkill. We’re holding palm cards.
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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One week left till Election Day (or early vote by 11/2)! I’m grateful for every elected official, union and organization endorsing my campaign for Poughkeepsie Common Council Ward 8. They know I’ll fight tirelessly for our city!

Knock doors, donate or find your polling place: linktr.ee/danielatonna
Photos and logos of politicians, unions, and organizations endorsing my campaign for City of Poughkeepsie Common Council in Ward 8: Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson, Dutchess County Comptroller Dan Aymar-Blair, former Poughkeepsie Ward 8 Councilmember Megan Deichler, Dutchess County Minority Leader Yvette Valdés Smith, Dutchess County Legislator Craig Brendli, Poughkeepsie Ward 2 Councilmember Evan Menist, Dutchess County Central Labor Council, 1199SEIU, Workers United Upstate NY, CWA 1120, Mid-Hudson Valley DSA, NY Working Families Party, For the Many, Food & Water Action, NYPAN, Community Voices Heard Power, Tenants PAC, Run For Something, Third Act Upstate NY, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, and Dutchess Democratic Women’s Caucus.
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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There’ll be democratic socialists on ballots all across NY on November 4 including @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in NYC, Giselle Martinez in Newburgh, Michael Tierney in Kingston, @jorgedefendini.bsky.social in Ithaca, & I in Poughkeepsie 🗳️ We're fighting for the working class, not for billionaires! 🌹
I’m in a selfie with Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani inside the State Capitol in Albany. He is running for NYC Mayor. I’m in a selfie with Councilmember Giselle Martinez in Newburgh. She is running for reelection. We’re holding her palm cards because we are outside canvassing. I’m in a selfie with Councilmember Michael Tierney in Kingston. He is running for reelection. I’m holding his palm card because we are outside canvassing. I’m in a selfie with Jorge DeFendini from Ithaca. He is running to return to the Ithaca Common Council.
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Today I turn 28. I’m running for Council in City of Poughkeepsie Ward 8 to help build a multigenerational movement to restore rent stabilization, replace lead pipes, protect our immigrant neighbors and oppose Central Hudson rate hikes. Volunteer or donate: linktr.ee/danielatonna
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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DSA members are building a working class mass movement! We’re running for office (like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social), unionizing workplaces, leading protests, and more.

Read the platform: 2024.dsausa.org

Join DSA: dsausa.org/join
I’m inside in a group photo with ten other Mid-Hudson Valley DSA delegates and one alternate at DSA National Convention in Chicago. One of us is holding a large inflatable rose. I’m inside in a group photo with a Richmond DSA delegate at DSA National Convention in Chicago. DSA National Convention keynote speaker Congressmember Rashida Tlaib is giving her speech to over 1300 delegates and alternates from DSA chapters across the country. I’m outside at the famous Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate (The Bean) with my partner Leanna Zilles.
September 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I attended @demsocialists.bsky.social National Convention with @mhvdsa.bsky.social! DSA is the largest socialist org in the US with 80,000+ members.

Our platform: tax the rich, union power, protect immigrants, free Palestine, Green New Deal, and guarantee healthcare, housing, and education to all.
I’m holding up a red card to cast a vote at DSA National Convention in Chicago. I’m in a large room with over 1300 delegates and alternates from DSA chapters across the country. I’m in a group photo with two NYC-DSA delegates at DSA National Convention in Chicago. We’re in a large room with over 1300 delegates and alternates from DSA chapters across the country. I’m inside in a group photo in Chicago with twenty DSA National Convention delegates and alternates from across upstate New York. I’m inside in a group photo with a NYC-DSA delegate and an Ithaca DSA delegate at DSA National Convention in Chicago.
September 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Central Hudson is raising our energy bills for 3 years to fund millions in executive bonuses 🤬 Pressure from @mhvdsa.bsky.social and For the Many won a lower rate increase, but I join them to demand a public takeover! Sign to support the Hudson Valley Power Authority: actionnetwork.org/letters/hvpa/
I’m taking a group photo inside Poughkeepsie Town Hall with a staffer from Food & Water Watch. We are holding signs demanding that the Public Service Commission reject Central Hudson’s proposed rate increase. We demand lower utility bills! I’m in a large group photo with dozens of people outside in Kingston demanding a public takeover of Central Hudson. Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, who introduced the Hudson Valley Power Authority Act, is in the front row. I’m giving a public comment in Kingston at a Public Service Commission public hearing demanding that they reject Central Hudson’s proposal to raise our gas and electric bills. I’m standing indoors behind a podium with a microphone. Representatives from the PSC are seated across from me. I’m taking a group photo with five other Mid-Hudson Valley DSA members and a fellow For the Many staffer outside Poughkeepsie Town Hall. We are holding flyers about the Hudson Valley Power Authority. We were flyering the crowd at the Public Service Commission’s public hearing about Central Hudson’s proposed rate increase. We are working to build support for a public takeover.
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This month I joined a rally to save the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry, marched with 1199SEIU healthcare workers demanding a fair contract at The Grand in Poughkeepsie, spoke at a Good Trouble protest co-hosted by For the Many and @mhvdsa.bsky.social, and attended an Ulster-Dutchess WFP gathering 🏃
I’m on the Beacon waterfront at a rally to save the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry. I’m holding a sign that says “Fund The Ferry” and standing in front of a large cardboard ferry that community members have signed. I’m marching and chanting with 1199SEIU workers outside The Grand in Poughkeepsie. I’m holding two inflatable tubes with the union logo on them. I’m in a group photo with about fifty people at a Good Trouble Lives On protest co-hosted by For the Many and Mid-Hudson Valley DSA. Many of us are holding signs about democracy and stopping fascism. We are outside For the Many’s Poughkeepsie office. I’m in a group photo with over twenty Ulster-Dutchess WFP members, electeds, and allies at a chapter gathering. We’re inside a bar in New Paltz.
July 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Thanks Leanna, Aaron, my family, my team, Megan Deichler, Mid-Hudson Valley DSA, For The Many, NY WFP, CVH Power, Food & Water Action, Minority Leader Valdés Smith, Legislator Brendli, Councilmember Menist, my union Workers United Upstate NY, Dutchess County Central Labor Council, CWA 1120 and more!
A group photo of twenty-seven people including Legislator Craig Brendli and Councilmember Evan Menist are inside the For the Many Poughkeepsie office with me celebrating our primary election win. I’m holding my campaign yard sign. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with six of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and yard signs. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with five of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and a yard sign. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with five of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and a yard sign.
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Our win, as well as the victories of Giselle Martinez in Newburgh and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in NYC, show that voters are rejecting establishment status quo corporate politics to embrace democratic socialism which puts people first. The working class (the 99%) can defeat billionaires!
I’m in an indoor group photo in Newburgh with Councilmember Giselle Martinez and eleven of her supporters. We are holding signs with her campaign logo. I’m in an indoor group photo in Albany with Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and two For the Many members.
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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As a union member, community organizer, and former campaign manager, I know how to bring people together and win. We knocked doors every week since December. We raised over $12,000 with an average donation under $60 (no donations from corporations or developers, all grassroots).
I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with seven of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and a yard sign as well as a Mid-Hudson Valley DSA banner. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with four of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and a yard sign. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with seven of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and a yard sign. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with five of my supporters. We are about to canvass for my campaign so we have palm cards and a yard sign.
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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A month ago yesterday, PK Ward 8 said Yes to Atonna! I’m honored to be the Democratic nominee to represent the neighborhood where I grew up. My campaign mobilized 100+ volunteers to knock 3,000+ doors. Thank you to the voters for believing in me. I’ll fight every day to put Poughkeepsie over profit!
A screenshot of a website showing election results. I won with 333 votes or 83% against my incumbent opponent’s 67 votes or 17%.
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Vote @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 for NYC Mayor on 6/24. He’ll lift up working class New Yorkers!

He will freeze the rent, make buses fast and free, implement universal childcare, tax the rich, and stand up to Trump. Join @socialists.nyc to organize and win!

Polls are open Tuesday 6 AM to 9 PM.
Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is lifting me in the air as we celebrate the election of Sarahana Shrestha to the NY State Assembly. We are outside at Tubby’s in Kingston. I’m in a group photo with twenty-one canvassers for Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor. We are on a sidewalk in Queens. I’m in a group photo with twenty-eight canvassers for Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor. We are on a street in Queens. I’m in a selfie with my partner outside in Queens. We are canvassing for Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor.
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I’m running a clean campaign for Poughkeepsie Ward 8. Sadly, my opponent (who ran for office as a Republican 6 times) is using Trumpian tactics to attack me. I’ll stay focused on the issues that matter to residents. Voters will reject negativity on 6/24 🗳️ danielforpk.com
I’m standing outside in Poughkeepsie Ward 8 next to my opponent’s “No To Atonna” sign. I’m kneeling outside in Poughkeepsie Ward 8 next to my opponent’s “No No No To Atonna” flyer that I found on the ground.
June 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I’m asking for your vote to be your Poughkeepsie Ward 8 Councilmember. As a community organizer, I helped pass a city law regulating short-term rentals like Airbnbs. As a candidate, I’ve mobilized 70 volunteers to knock 2000+ doors. Vote early June 14-22 or on 6/24 🗳️ danielforpk.com
I’m in a group photo inside Poughkeepsie City Hall with twenty other people including former Poughkeepsie Ward 8 Councilmember Megan Deichler. We are holding signs about regulating short-term rentals. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with eight supporters of my campaign. Some of us are holding campaign palm cards or yard signs. I’m in a group photo outside at Spratt Park with eight supporters of my campaign. Some of us are holding campaign palm cards or yard signs. I’m in a group photo outside For the Many’s Poughkeepsie office with six supporters of my campaign. Some of us are holding campaign palm cards or a yard sign.
June 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I’m honored to be endorsed by the Dutchess County Central Labor Council, CWA 1120, and my union @workersunitednynj.bsky.social in my campaign for Poughkeepsie Ward 8. I stood with labor to save our Social Security office, protect our Post Offices and win fair contracts. Solidarity! danielforpk.com
I’m rallying with AFGE members, community members, and elected officials outside the Social Security Administration office in Poughkeepsie. I’m holding a sign that says “Union Strong!” I’m rallying with APWU members outside the Poughkeepsie Post Office. I’m holding a megaphone and a sign that says “The U.S. Mail is NOT for Sale”. I’m outside on the picket line with CWA 1120 members in Poughkeepsie. I’m in a big group photo with Workers United members and Mid-Hudson Valley DSA members at a Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation dinner in Newburgh.
May 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Our campaign collected 262 signatures from Poughkeepsie Ward 8 voters (3.5 times the minimum to be on the ballot)! Our vision for a city that resists Trump, replaces lead pipes, repaves roads and protects tenants and homeowners is resonating. Come canvass: bit.ly/mhvdsacampaigns2025
I’m in a group photo with 19 canvassers for my campaign. Many are holding clipboards and my campaign palm cards. We’re outside the For the Many office in Poughkeepsie. I’m in a group photo with 12 canvassers for my campaign. Many are holding clipboards, signs, and my campaign palm cards. We’re outside the For the Many office in Poughkeepsie. I’m in a group photo with 7 canvassers for my campaign. Many are holding my campaign palm cards. We’re outside the For the Many office in Poughkeepsie. I’m in a group photo with 6 canvassers for my campaign. Many are holding my campaign palm cards. We’re outside at Spratt Park in Poughkeepsie.
April 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I live in the city of Poughkeepsie Ward 8, which borders the town of Poughkeepsie. The city passed Good Cause Eviction tenant protections last year. Last night, the town passed it too! I was proud to play a leading role in both campaigns. Renters everywhere deserve rights! 🏘️
I’m in a group photo with twenty two housing advocates and elected officials celebrating the passage of Good Cause Eviction inside Poughkeepsie Town Hall. I’m in a group photo with sixteen housing advocates and elected officials celebrating the passage of Good Cause Eviction inside Poughkeepsie City Hall.
April 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I'm proud to be endorsed by @nywfp.bsky.social, For the Many, @mhvdsa.bsky.social and @nypan1.bsky.social ahead of my Democratic primary in June! I have worked tirelessly to build the Left to defeat the fascist far-right. I am a member of these 4 orgs and many Poughkeepsie Ward 8 voters are as well.
Daniel Atonna for Poughkeepsie Ward 8. Illustration of a red rose. Photo of me. Endorsed by: Logos for NY WFP, For the Many, Mid-Hudson Valley DSA, and NYPAN.
March 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I marched against fascism with over 500 people on Poughkeepsie’s Walkway Over the Hudson! I’ll never stop fighting for immigrants, people of color, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and Palestinians. Trump/Musk want to divide the working class so they can get richer. We will resist!
I’m outside in a large group of hundreds of people on the Walkway Over the Hudson. Multiple people are holding flags and signs for Palestine and Ukraine. I’m outside in a large group of hundreds of people on the Walkway Over the Hudson. Someone is holding a Palestinian flag. Someone else is holding a transgender pride flag. I’m outside in a group photo with six Mid-Hudson Valley DSA members at the Poughkeepsie entrance of the Walkway Over the Hudson. One member is holding the Palestinian flag. In front of us is a table with free food and flyers for the marchers. A photo of the front of the march outside on the Walkway Over the Hudson. Two people are holding a large banner that says “Exist, Resist, Persist. JVP Hudson Valley”. Someone is holding a transgender pride flag. Two people have signs that say “Trump, Musk, Vance. Fascists! Any questions?” Another person has a sign saying “USA: No kings since 1776.”
March 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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We got 10 signatures on the first day of petitioning 📋 Our goal is collecting 150 signatures from registered Democrats in Poughkeepsie Ward 8 to ensure I’m on the ballot for the 6/24 primary. We will canvass every weekend, with socials afterwards! RSVP: linktr.ee/danielatonna
I’m canvassing with a Mid-Hudson Valley DSA member outside in Poughkeepsie Ward 8. I’m holding a clipboard for collecting petitioning signatures. My friend is holding campaign literature about me. I’m outside at the corner of Wilson Blvd and Meyer Ave in Poughkeepsie Ward 8. I’m holding a clipboard for collecting petitioning signatures and campaign literature about me.
February 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM