Kristen S. Gonzalez (born August 6, 1995) is an American politician who is a member of the
New York State Senate
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. A member of the
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, she represents
the 59th district, which contains parts of
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
,
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
, and Brooklyn.
Early life and education
Gonzalez was born in Elmhurst, Queens to a Puerto Rican mother and a Colombian father. She attended Dalton, a prep school on the Upper East Side. After high school, she attended Columbia University.
New York State Senate
2022 election
Gonzalez announced her candidacy for New York's New York's 17th State Senate district, 17th New York State Senate, Senate District in the 2022 New York State Senate election, 2022 general election on February 2, 2022. Due to subsequent redistricting, Gonzalez changed her candidacy to the New York's 59th State Senate district, 59th Senate District. Gonzalez's biggest competition in the Democratic primary was former New York City Council, New York City council member Elizabeth Crowley, cousin of former United States House of Representatives, Congressman Joe Crowley. Crowley outspent Gonzalez four to one during the campaign. Nomiki Konst also ran for the seat before withdrawing her candidacy and endorsing Gonzalez. On August 24, 2022, Gonzalez beat Crowley by over twenty-five percentage points. She represents portions of Brooklyn,
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
, and
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
— including the neighborhoods of Astoria, Queens, Astoria, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, Stuyvesant Town, and Long Island City.
Electoral history
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References
External links
Campaign website
Living people
21st-century American legislators
Activists from New York City
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America from New York (state)
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
People from Elmhurst, Queens
Politicians from Queens, New York
1995 births
21st-century American women politicians
Women state legislators in New York (state)
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