Most were bread-and-butter domestic issues, like teachers' and doctors' salaries.
For starters, the election showed that bread-and-butter issues could triumph over religious frenzy.
"The American people deserve leadership that comes to grips with bread-and-butter economic issues and takes on powerful interests," he wrote.
"We are talking about fundamental bread-and-butter racial issues," he said.
She also believed in fighting for bread-and-butter Republican issues, like tax cuts and fiscal responsibility.
In the meantime, however, there remained some bread-and-butter issues, such as a matter of milk, to be dealt with at home.
"We need someone who will look at our bread-and-butter issues of village government like sewers, drinking water and traffic."
The clash between the old and the new Flushing is reflected in bread-and-butter political issues.
The group is concerned almost entirely with classic liberal bread-and-butter issues.
In an election year, raising the minimum wage is a bread-and-butter issue.