Meet Our Candidates

In August, we’re running a slate of socialists who’ve pledged to bring power back to the public. These candidates are not politicians; they’re immigrants, social workers, and community organizers, running to legislate as climate leaders.

Our Candidates

State Senate

David Alexis

State Senate District 21

Flatbush, Little Caribbean, Little Haiti, East Flatbush, South Midwood, & Prospect Park South

David is Haitian-American cab driver and home health aide with two bosses: his four and five year old daughters. He’s also one of the most effective organizers in New York, uniting 4000 drivers to start the country’s largest worker owned co-op, and organizing with DSA’s Public Power campaign after polluters gave both his daughters Asthma. For David, Flatbush is Family, so he’s running against Kevin Parker, the Joe Manchin of New York to fight for the future all our families deserve.

Get involved

KRISTEN GONZALEZ

State Senate District 59

Astoria, Long Island City, Greenpoint, Kips Bay, StuyTown, Gramercy, Williamsburg & Murray Hill

From a Puerto Rican family, Kristen is a Queens native, a community organizer, and a tech worker. She’s running for newly created State Senate District 59, which covers neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Kristen vows to fight for publicly-owned renewable energy and a Green New Deal for all.

Get involved

State Assembly

SARAHANA SHRESTHA

Assembly District 103

Mid-Hudson Valley (Kingston, Woodstock, Saugerties, Ulster, Red Hook, City of Kingston, Rhinebeck, Esopus, Hurley, Rosendale, Olive, Marbletown, New Paltz, & Gardiner)

Sarahana is a first-generation Nepali-American climate organizer and lifelong advocate for the working class. On June 28, she defeated the 13-term, fossil-fuel-friendly incumbent Kevin Cahill in the Democratic primary for Assembly District 103. Sarahana organized against Danskammer fracked gas plant and triumphed.

Get involved