Joseph Hernandez on His Run for New York State Comptroller

All right, I'm pleased to welcome to Max Politics, Joseph Hernandez, the Republican and Conservative Party nominee for New York State Comptroller.

In the election happening right now, election day is coming up November 3rd.

There's in-person and mail-in voting before that.

This is one of the statewide races on the ballot this fall, and there are races across New York for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, both houses of the state legislature, and more.

Joseph Hernandez, thanks for joining me.

How are you? I'm doing well, Ben.

Thank you for having me.

I

really appreciate it.

Thanks for taking the time.

Just take a minute and say a little bit about your background before this race, and then we'll get into a whole lot on your platform and your case for becoming the next New York state controller.

But what do you want people to know about your background?

Well, listen, I'm an immigrant.

That's sort of my foundational background.

I came here at the age of seven from Cuba.

My father was a political prisoner there.

And, you know, we started our life from the very bottom, like many, many immigrants before me have.

My father washed dishes.

My mom cleaned houses to put food on our table.

And, you know, they taught us to love America, to work hard and get educated.

And I had the honor of getting five degrees.

I went to the University of Florida.

I went to Yale University.

And I went to Oxford and I built 12 companies.

I brought five of them public.

All right, I'm pleased to welcome to Max Politics, Joseph Hernandez, the Republican and Conservative Party nominee for New York State Comptroller.

In the election happening right now, election day is coming up November 3rd.

There's in-person and mail-in voting before that.

This is one of the statewide races on the ballot this fall, and there are races across New York for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, both houses of the state legislature, and more.

Joseph Hernandez, thanks for joining me.

How are you? I'm doing well, Ben.

Thank you for having me.

I

really appreciate it.

Thanks for taking the time.

Just take a minute and say a little bit about your background before this race, and then we'll get into a whole lot on your platform and your case for becoming the next New York state controller.

But what do you want people to know about your background?

Well, listen, I'm an immigrant.

That's sort of my foundational background.

I came here at the age of seven from Cuba.

My father was a political prisoner there.

And, you know, we started our life from the very bottom, like many, many immigrants before me have.

My father washed dishes.

My mom cleaned houses to put food on our table.

And, you know, they taught us to love America, to work hard and get educated.

And I had the honor of getting five degrees.

I went to the University of Florida.

I went to Yale University.

And I went to Oxford and I built 12 companies.

I brought five of them public.