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Eli Northrup
Eli Northrup (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 69. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Northrup completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Eli Northrup was born in Washington, D.C. Northrup earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 2007 and a J.D. from New York University in 2011. He also graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2015. His career experience includes working as a public defender. Northrup has been affiliated with the Bronx Defenders.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 69
Micah Lasher won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 69 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Micah Lasher (D) | 99.1 | 48,223 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 434 | ||
| Total votes: 48,657 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eli Northrup (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 69
Micah Lasher defeated Eli Northrup, Carmen Quinones, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jack Kellner in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 69 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Micah Lasher | 52.6 | 7,410 |
 | Eli Northrup | 34.4 | 4,839 | |
| Carmen Quinones | 5.9 | 832 | ||
| Melissa Rosenberg | 4.8 | 671 | ||
| Jack Kellner | 2.1 | 293 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 14,081 | |||
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Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Eli Northrup advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 69.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Northrup's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Northrup in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eli Northrup completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Northrup's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Eli has played a central role in legislative campaigns to protect due process, guarantee transparency, ensure that people with criminal records can find jobs and housing, and reduce the population of Rikers Island. After working on the campaign for marijuana justice in New York State, he helped launch the Bronx Cannabis Hub, a resource aiding those impacted by the War on Drugs in securing cannabis licenses.
Prior to the Bronx Defenders, Eli was a clinical fellow at Georgetown Law and worked as a clerk for federal judges on the Third Circuit and SDNY. In law school, he worked with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and the Legal Aid Society. He received his J.D. from NYU Law and a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University.
Eli cares deeply about the environment, values impressed upon him by his late father, who was a conservationist. His mother, a poet and teacher, encouraged his lifelong love of the arts. In his spare time, Eli enjoys attending concerts, playing flag football and pickleball, and taking advantage of the neighborhood’s beautiful parks.- I’m running for Assembly to bring a new perspective to politics and to fight for a New York where everyone feels safe, recognized, and supported. I envision a political system that prioritizes people over politics.
- My work as an advocate has been focused on working with legislators in Albany. In my current role, I lead grassroots coalitions to advocate for change in our state legislature. I have successfully worked with our representatives to pass critical reforms to strengthen due process, make police records more transparent, legalize cannabis with the goal of addressing past harms, ensure that people with criminal records can find jobs, and reduce the population of Rikers Island. What I’ve achieved in Albany — from the outside — has required building effective, diverse coalitions across differences.
- I have spent my entire career helping people. For over a decade, I have represented people who cannot afford representation. As a public defender, my job is to be there for others in a time of need, to pick up emergency calls late at night, to talk them through difficult situations, and to negotiate, advocate, and tenaciously fight on their behalf. I became a policy advocate because the systemic injustice and inequity I witnessed disturbed me. The same desire to change these systems has driven me to take this leap to run for office. I have spent my career living my values, and I have never wavered in the policies that I support.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 2, 2024
