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Kristen Gonzalez

DState Senator · District 59

On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: NY State Senate · District 59

Biography

Kristen Gonzalez is the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for re-election to New York State Senate District 59, running unopposed. Raised in Queens, she worked as a staffer for the New York City Council, the Obama White House and Senator Chuck Schumer's office and as a tech worker before winning the seat in 2022. She chairs the Senate Elections Committee and the Senate Internet and Technology Committee.[1][2][3]

Gonzalez was born in Queens, New York, and raised in a working-class family. According to her campaign website, she grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, with a single mother from Puerto Rico after her father, who was from Colombia, died.[1][2][3] She graduated from Columbia University; her campaign website says she left college to work in Washington, D.C., and finished her degree after returning to New York.[2][3] She worked as a legislative staffer for the New York City Council, the Obama White House and Senator Chuck Schumer's office, and, according to her campaign website, as a tech product manager after returning to New York.[1][2][3]

Gonzalez organized with the Western Queens Community Land Trust, served on her local community board, and helped launch a citywide campaign for public internet.[2][3] She won the Democratic primary for State Senate District 59 on August 23, 2022, with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Elizabeth Crowley, Michael Corbett and others, then won the November 8, 2022 general election on the Democratic and Working Families lines and took office on January 1, 2023. According to her official Senate biography, she is the youngest woman ever elected to the New York State Senate.[1][2] She won re-election in 2024 after defeating Gus Lambropoulos in the June 25, 2024 Democratic primary.[1]

Gonzalez is a member of the Children and Families, Consumer Protection, Energy and Telecommunications, Health and Rules committees and the Legislative Women's Caucus, in addition to chairing Elections and Internet and Technology in the 2025-2026 session.[1][2] Her legislative work includes protecting private health data to safeguard abortion rights, regulating government use of artificial intelligence, and protecting elections from deceptive media.[2] She lives in Long Island City.[1]

  1. 1.Kristen Gonzalez · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.About Kristen Gonzalez · NYSenate.gov Official record
  3. 3.About Kristen · Re-Elect Kristen Gonzalez campaign Candidate's own words

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.

On the ballot

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Votes by issue

Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 2 of 672 party-divided votes on file.

  • Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year

    What it does: Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; sets forth a child and dependent care credit for taxable years beginning on o…

    Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 36–3, Republicans 1–21

    May 27, 2026Official record ↗

  • Provides for the election of two Regents of the University of the State of New York

    What it does: Elects two Regents of the University of the State of New York for five-year terms starting April 1, 2026: one fifth Judicial District Regent re-elected and one at-large Regent elected.

    Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 34–3, Republicans 5–15

    Feb 25, 2026Official record ↗

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Their votes on the most contested roll calls

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Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.

A10030-B · NY SENATE

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering

YesVOTED

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 58–2·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10158 · NY SENATE

Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland

YesVOTED

Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland for an additional year for 2026-2027.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10184 · NY SENATE

Limiting the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland

YesVOTED

Relates to limiting the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland for 2026-2027.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 58–2·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10312-A · NY SENATE

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families

YesVOTED

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to separately disclose to residents and their families; requires such information to be posted on the residential health care facility's website.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 39–21·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10390-A · NY SENATE

Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Poughkeepsie

YesVOTED

Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Poughkeepsie; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10391 · NY SENATE

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Poughkeepsie

YesVOTED

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Poughkeepsie.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10411-A · NY SENATE

Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers from charging a subscription fee for certain functions of a motor vehicle after the vehicle is sold

YesVOTED

Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers from charging a subscription fee for certain functions of a motor vehicle after the vehicle is sold; provides that any manufacturer, dealer, or agent of a manufacturer or dealer that fails to comply with such requirements shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per point of sale for each violation.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 57–3·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10478 · NY SENATE

Relates to the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton

YesVOTED

Increases the term of office from two years to four years for the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, and providing for the staggering of such terms of office.

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Passed Senate 58–2·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10922 · NY SENATE

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale, issuance and refund of bonds and notes of New York city

YesVOTED

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 56–4·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A11030-A · NY SENATE

Requires utility corporations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to beginning any scheduled non-emergency construction or other work

YesVOTED

Requires a utility corporation or municipality to notify property owners at least five business days prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that will result in a planned interruption of a customer's property; requires notice to include, but not be limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, and the contact information for the utility performing such work; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗

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