Political career Jenifer Rajkumar

1 political career

1.1 2011 district leader race
1.2 2013 city council race
1.3 2016 state assembly race

political career
2011 district leader race

in 2011, rajkumar won race district leader of 65th district of new york state assembly, beating out 28-year incumbent on 70% of vote. has since been re-elected office 2 more times, in 2013 , 2015. district leader, rajkumar led successful effort bring m9 bus service battery park city , has worked closely democracy battery park city, organization seeks representation residents of neighborhood on board of battery park city authority. rajkumar endorsed re-election district leader in 2015 congressman jerrold nadler, congresswoman carolyn maloney, , new york city public advocate letitia james.

2013 city council race

in 2013, rajkumar ran new york city council in democratic primary in new york city s first council district, losing incumbent margaret chin. however, rajkumar able secure 41.5% of vote, more other candidate challenging incumbent year. throughout highly publicized campaign, rajkumar stressed record on defending locals developers , big moneyed interests desire add more schools district.

2016 state assembly race

she ran new york state assembly in 65th district, seat occupied alice cancel, won special election on april 19, 2016, replace sheldon silver, convicted of corruption , expelled assembly in 2015 (silver s conviction overturned united states court of appeals second circuit on july 13, 2017).

on april 25, 2016, rajkumar officially launched campaign run silver s seat. rajkumar has centered campaign around fighting middle class, protecting , expanding affordable housing, particularly through nycha, , replacing albany s culture of corruption culture of service directly serve lower manhattan constituents. endorsed in race city council member rafael espinal.

rajkumar finished third in six-way democratic primary, winner, yuh-line niou, went on win in general election in november.