Francesca Castellanos
Francesca Castellanos (Unity Party) is running for election to the New York City Council to represent District 10. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025.
Biography
Castellanos earned her B.A. in political science from Lehman College - CUNY. She works as an interpreter and translator for Spanish speakers.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)
General election
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General election for New York City Council District 10
Incumbent Carmen N. De La Rosa, Louisa Flores, and Francesca Castellanos are running in the general election for New York City Council District 10 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Carmen N. De La Rosa (D / Working Families Party) | |
| Louisa Flores (R) | ||
 | Francesca Castellanos (Unity Party) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 10
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Carmen N. De La Rosa in round 1 .
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Total votes: 23,473 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 10
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Louisa Flores in round 1 .
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Working Families Party primary election
Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 10
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Carmen N. De La Rosa in round 1 .
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 72
Incumbent Manny De Los Santos won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 72 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Manny De Los Santos (Working Families Party / D) | 99.2 | 30,439 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 254 | ||
| Total votes: 30,693 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 72
Incumbent Manny De Los Santos defeated Francesca Castellanos in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 72 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Manny De Los Santos | 79.4 | 2,937 |
| Francesca Castellanos | 19.3 | 714 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 3,701 | |||
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Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Manny De Los Santos advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 72.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 31
Incumbent Robert Jackson defeated Donald Skinner in the general election for New York State Senate District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Jackson (D / Working Families Party) | 85.1 | 42,110 |
| Donald Skinner (R) | 14.7 | 7,277 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 84 | ||
| Total votes: 49,471 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 31
Incumbent Robert Jackson defeated Angel Vasquez, Francesca Castellanos, and Ruben D. Vargas in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 31 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Jackson | 58.0 | 10,478 |
 | Angel Vasquez | 32.7 | 5,900 | |
| Francesca Castellanos | 5.0 | 896 | |
 | Ruben D. Vargas | 4.1 | 733 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 18,070 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Donald Skinner advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 31.
Conservative Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donald Skinner (Conservative Party)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Robert Jackson advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 31.
2021
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 10
Carmen N. De La Rosa defeated Edwin De La Cruz in the general election for New York City Council District 10 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carmen N. De La Rosa (D) | 85.9 | 17,765 |
 | Edwin De La Cruz (R) | 13.1 | 2,702 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 203 | ||
| Total votes: 20,670 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 10
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Carmen N. De La Rosa in round 4 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 19,583 |
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Edwin De La Cruz advanced from the Republican primary for New York City Council District 10.
2017
Incumbent Ydanis Rodriguez defeated Josue Perez and Francesca Castellanos in the Democratic primary election for the District 10 seat on the New York City Council.[2]
| New York City Council, District 10 Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ydanis Rodriguez Incumbent |
61.47% | 7,474 |
| Josue Perez | 30.76% | 3,740 |
| Francesca Castellanos | 7.28% | 885 |
| Write-in votes | 0.49% | 60 |
| Total Votes | 12,159 | |
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Certified Results," accessed September 28, 2017 | ||
2014
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Guillermo Linares defeated Francesca Castellanos, Manny De Los Santos, Mayobanex Villalona and Melanie Hidalgo in the Democratic primary, while Ronnie Cabrera was unopposed in the Republican primary. Linares defeated Cabrera in the general election.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Guillermo Linares |
91.4% | 12,226 | |
| Republican | Ronnie Cabrera | 8.6% | 1,149 | |
| Total Votes | 13,375 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Guillermo Linares |
44.8% | 3,210 |
| Manny De Los Santos | 26.5% | 1,896 |
| Melanie Hidalgo | 18.3% | 1,308 |
| Francesca Castellanos | 7.6% | 542 |
| Mayobanex Villalona | 2.8% | 202 |
| Total Votes | 7,158 | |
Campaign themes
2025
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2024
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2022
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2021
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Campaign finance summary
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on August 15, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the New York City Board of Elections," July 14, 2017
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
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