Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Kristen Gonzalez
Kristen Gonzalez (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 59. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Gonzalez (Working Families Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 59. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Biography
Kristen Gonzalez was born in Queens, New York, and lives in Long Island City. Her career experience includes working as a legislative staffer for the New York City Council, the Obama White House, and Senator Chuck Schumer’s office.[1]
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 59
Incumbent Kristen Gonzalez won election in the general election for New York State Senate District 59 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristen Gonzalez (Working Families Party / D) | 98.9 | 100,073 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,142 | ||
| Total votes: 101,215 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 59
Incumbent Kristen Gonzalez defeated Gus Lambropoulos in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 59 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Gonzalez | 85.1 | 14,870 |
 | Gus Lambropoulos | 14.6 | 2,543 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 17,471 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kristen Gonzalez advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 59.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gonzalez in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 59
Kristen Gonzalez won election in the general election for New York State Senate District 59 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Gonzalez (D / Working Families Party) | 98.9 | 69,050 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 766 | ||
| Total votes: 69,816 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josh Bowen (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 59
Kristen Gonzalez defeated Elizabeth Crowley, Michael Corbett, Nomiki Konst (Unofficially withdrew), and Françoise Olivas (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 59 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Gonzalez | 57.8 | 13,770 |
 | Elizabeth Crowley | 32.8 | 7,813 | |
 | Michael Corbett | 6.5 | 1,557 | |
 | Nomiki Konst (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.6 | 375 | |
| Françoise Olivas (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.1 | 271 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 48 | ||
| Total votes: 23,834 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Kristen Gonzalez advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 59.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kristen Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Kristen Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of New York scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2024
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2024, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2024, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 8.
|
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 21.
|
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 5 to June 4.
|
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate New York State Senate District 59 |
Officeholder New York State Senate District 59 |
Personal |
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Patrick Gallivan (R) |
New York State Senate District 59 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
