Rachel May is an American politician and member of the Democratic/Working Families parties serving in the New York State Senate for District 48 since 2023, having previously represented District 53 from 2019 to 2022. She defeated incumbent David Valesky in a 2018 Democratic primary before winning election to the Senate that November. May studied at Princeton University, Stanford University, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the University of Oxford, and worked as an academic and university administrator before her legislative career.