Result
Democratic Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes (D-NY) won reelection to New York State Assembly District 51 in the Nov. 3 general election, defeating Republican Carla Danielson. Unofficial results from the New York State Board of Elections show Mitaynes receiving 19,434 votes, or 84.8%, compared with Danielson's 3,432 votes, or 15%. Another 64 write-in votes were recorded, giving Mitaynes a margin of 16,002 votes, or approximately 69.8 percentage points.
Candidates and platforms
Mitaynes' campaign website, marcelaforny.org, says she will continue fighting deportations, working to make New York "ICE-free," keeping families together, and increasing support services for immigrant families. Her campaign also identifies climate change as an urgent threat requiring immediate action. The campaign says Mitaynes introduced legislation to reduce pollution from truck exhaust associated with local online-retail deliveries and to control warehouse growth.
District and chamber
The race was for New York's 51st Assembly District, which includes Sunset Park, Red Hook and northern Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, and Mitaynes has represented the district since January 2021.
Money, polling and endorsements
Mitaynes received endorsements from the Sunrise Movement's New York City chapter and the New York Working Families Party. Both organizations backed her reelection campaign. Her supporters also included labor unions and progressive organizations such as the New York State AFL-CIO, District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Make the Road Action New York and the New York State United Teachers.
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