2024 Animal Rights Voter Guide for President and New York State Senate and Assembly Elections: Candidate Endorsements
We are proud to endorse these animal rights candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election and New York State Senate and Assembly General Elections. Please check back as more endorsements will be announced. Find your polling place here. GENERAL ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 5, 2024. If you are a candidate and would like to apply for an endorsement, please complete our questionnaire here.
President of the United States: Kamala Harris (Read about her accomplishments for animals here.)
New York State Senate:
| CANDIDATE | DISTRICT | REGION | COUNTIES/NEIGHBORHOODS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Gianaris | 12 | Queens | Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside; parts of Woodside, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Woodhaven |
| Julia Salazar | 18 | Brooklyn and Queens | Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York, Ridgewood, Williamsburg |
| Jabari Brisport | 25 | Brooklyn | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights,Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Gowanus; parts of Park Slope |
| Nathalia Fernandez | 34 | Bronx and Westchester | Bronx and Westchester |
| Pete Harckham | 40 | Westchester and Hudson Valley | Westchester, Putnam County, Dutchess County |
| Michelle Hinchey | 41 | Hudson Valley | Ulster, Greene, Columbia and Dutchess Counties |
| James Skoufis | 42 | Hudson Valley | Orange County |
| James Tedisco | 44 | Capital District | Saratoga and Schenectady Counties |
| Samra Brouk | 55 | Rochester | Rochester, Irondequoit, Webster, Penfield, East Rochester, Fairport, Perinton, Pittsford in Monroe County |
| Jeremy Cooney | 56 | Rochester | Monroe County: City of Rochester, Towns of Greece, Gates, Brighton, and Henrietta |
| Kristen Gonzalez | 59 | Queens | Astoria, Long Island City, Greenpoint, Kips Bay, StuyTown, Gramercy, Williamsburg, Murray Hill |
New York State Assembly:
| CANDIDATE | DISTRICT | REGION | COUNTIES/NEIGHBORHOODS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica González-Rojas | 34 | Queens | Jackson Heights; parts of Corona, East Elmhurst, and Astoria |
| Claire Valdez | 37 | Queens | Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, and portions of Ridgewood, Long Island City and Maspeth |
| Chris McCreight | 46 | Brooklyn | Bay Ridge and Coney Island |
| Emily Gallagher | 50 | Brooklyn | Greenpoint and Williamsburg |
| Marcela Mitaynes | 51 | Brooklyn | Red Hook, Sunset Park, northern Bay Ridge |
| Jo Anne Simon | 52 | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Dumbo |
| Phara Souffrant Forrest | 57 | Brooklyn | Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights |
| Deborah Glick | 66 | Manhattan | Greenwich Village, Noho, SoHo, West Village, Tribeca, Battery Park City |
| Linda Rosenthal | 67 | Manhattan | Upper West Side, Hell’s Kitchen |
| Micah Lasher | 69 | Manhattan | Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley. |
| Alex Bores | 73 | Manhattan | Upper East Side, Midtown East, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Sutton Place |
| Harvey Epstein | 74 | Manhattan | Lower East Side, East Village, Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Tudor City, United Nations |
| John McDonald | 108 | Albany | Cohoes, Rensselaer, Albany, Troy |
| Gabriella Romero | 109 | Capital Region | City of Albany, Town of New Scotland and parts of the Town of Guilderland |
| Anna Kelles | 125 | Finger Lakes | Tompkins County and the southwest portion of Cortland County; cities of Ithaca and Cortland |