Alessandra Biaggi (born c. 1986) is an American politician, lawyer, and political activist. Biaggi is a Democratic candidate seeking election to the New York State Senate to represent District 34. Biaggi is running in the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on September 13, 2018. Biaggi is also running in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate. Biaggi defeated former Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) leader Jeffrey Klein in the Democratic primary.
Alessandra Biaggi | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | New York University (BA) Fordham School of Law (JD) |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
Biaggi was born in Mount Vernon, New York. She graduated from Pelham Memorial High School, New York University, and Fordham Law School, where she was a member of the Fordham Law Review. In 2014, she attended the Women's Campaign School at Yale University. She is the granddaughter of the congressman Mario Biaggi.[1]
Early career
Biaggi, has served in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration in his Counsel’s Office. Her portfolio focused on the NYS Council for Women & Girls and New York State’s women’s policy agenda. She was also a member of the Governor’s Executive clemency team, led bill negotiations across the executive and legislative branches, and worked on health and human service initiatives across multi-state agencies.
During the 2016 presidential election, Alessandra was the Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Following Hillary’s loss to President Trump, Alessandra focused on igniting women and millennials to get off the sidelines and into political office, a process which inspired her to design the rituals of mindful democracy, and to create the Take Action Guide for Activism.
Her run for office is preceded by a decade of advocacy, national leadership, and service to the people of New York, interning for Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY), the Kings County D.A.’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and working as Assistant General Counsel for Governor Cuomo’s Office of Storm Recovery[2].
2018 State Senate campaign
On January 24, 2018, announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for NY State Senate District 34 seat held by State Senator, Jeffrey D. Klein.[3] Biaggi defeated Klein in what amounted to a major upset.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Insurgent candidate learned politics at the family table". Riverdale Press. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ https://thearena.run/alessandra-biaggi/
- ^ "Pelhamite Alessandra Biaggi Challenging State Sen. Jeff Klein for Democratic Nomination". The Pelham Plus. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ "Alessandra Biaggi defeats Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein in NY primary". pix11. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ Lombardo, D. September 13, 2018. "Former IDC senators struggling to retain Democratic support". times union (Albany). Retrieved September 13, 2018.