Jack Martins

As of 2018, Martins is a board member of the Henry Viscardi School. He is a recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award, the Lions Club's highest honor. He was honored as the 2012 Portuguese Man of the Year during Nassau County's first ever public event recognizing the Portuguese Community on Long Island. He and his wife, Paula, have four daughters.

On April 26, 2017, Martins announced that he would run for Nassau County Executive. Martins received the GOP nomination for County Executive and was uncontested in the primary. Martins was defeated by the Democratic nominee, County Legislator Laura Curran, on November 7, 2017 election; Curran won 51% of the vote to Martins' 48%..

Joaquim "Jack" M. Martins is an American attorney and former New York State Senator who is a partner at the law firm Harris Beach. A Republican, he was first elected to represent the 7th Senate District in the New York State Senate in 2010 and served until December 31, 2016. He was the Republican nominee in the 2016 election to represent New York's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, losing to Democrat Thomas Suozzi in the general election. Martins ran on the Republican Party Line, the Tax Revolt Party Line, and the Reform Party Line in the November 2017 election for Nassau County Executive, narrowly losing to Laura Curran.

In February 2016, Martins and Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel called for new state funding to support a comprehensive groundwater study for Long Island. An expanded version of their proposal was adopted by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Martins ran in the 2016 Election to represent New York's 3rd Congressional District (CD-3) in the United States House of Representatives, and received the endorsement of the Republican Party, Conservative Party and the Independence Party. Martins was defeated by Democrat Thomas Suozzi in the general election. Suozzi won 53% of the vote to Martins' 47%.

Martins was named one of the 50 Most Influential Long Islanders by the Long Island Press in 2011.

Martins won election to the New York State Senate in 2010 as the representative for the Seventh Senate District (SD-7). He defeated incumbent Democratic senator Craig M. Johnson by 451 votes. The election results were not certified until December 4, 2010. Johnson challenged the results and demanded a hand recount, but the New York Court of Appeals rejected his appeal on December 20, 2010.

In 2008, Martins for Congress against incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola). He was defeated.

Martins was elected Mayor of the Village of Mineola, New York in 2003. During his mayoral tenure, Mineola's comprehensive master plan received a Smart Growth Award from Vision Long Island. He was named one of Long Island Business News' "Top 40 Under 40" in 2007.

Martins is a first-generation American. He was born in Queens, New York to parents who emigrated from northern Portugal in the 1960s. Martins has two brothers and two sisters and was raised in Mineola. Upon graduating from Chaminade High School, he continued his schooling at the collegiate level and received a bachelor's degree in political science from American University in 1988. Additionally, Martins received a Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law in 1991.