2022 election Gonzalez announced her candidacy for New York's
17th
Senate District in the
2022 general election on February 2, 2022. Due to subsequent redistricting, Gonzalez changed her candidacy to the
59th Senate District. Gonzalez's biggest competition in the Democratic primary was former
New York City council member
Elizabeth Crowley, cousin of former
Congressman Joe Crowley. Crowley outspent Gonzalez four to one during the campaign.
Nomiki Konst also ran for the seat before withdrawing her candidacy and endorsing Gonzalez. On August 24, 2022, Gonzalez beat Crowley by over twenty-five percentage points. She represents portions of
Brooklyn,
Manhattan, and
Queens — including the neighborhoods of
Astoria,
Greenpoint,
Williamsburg,
Stuyvesant Town, and
Long Island City. Gonzalez is a member of the
New York City chapter of
Democratic Socialists of America. == Electoral history ==