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's 34th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Alessandra Biaggi since 2019. Biaggi ran in 2018 for the Democratic nomination for New York State Senate in District 34. While only 32 years old, she ran against powerful longtime incumbent

Jeffrey D. Klein Jeffrey David Klein (born July 10, 1960) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. He represented the New York State Senate's New York's 34th State Senate district, 34th District, serving p ...

, the number 2 Democrat in the NY Senate and the leader of the

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, who had held the seat for 14 years. Klein outspent Biaggi by a rate of 9-to-1, spending $2 million to her $200,000. Biaggi said: "The more people told me I couldn’t win, the more obsessed I became." In a major upset, Biaggi defeated Klein in the primary, 54%-46%. She remarked: "It was a tough fight. And, I should also say, we should thank enator Kleinfor his service. But his time is up.” Subsequently, on November 6, 2018, she defeated Republican Richard Ribustello 76.0%-14.9%, and was elected to the New York State Senate.Claire Wasserman (2021)
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/ref> At 32 years of age, she became one of the youngest women ever elected to the New York State Senate.

Geography

District 34 is located in the northeastern

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and southern

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, including the neighborhoods of Spuyten Duyvil, Riverdale, Hunts Point, Castle Hill,

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, Pelham Gardens,

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, City Island, and the town of Pelham. The district overlaps with New York's 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th congressional districts, and with the 78th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 84th, 85th, 87th, 88th, and 89th districts of the

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Geography

Recent election results

2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

Federal results in District 34

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