Lea Webb

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Lea Webb
Image of Lea Webb
New York State Senate District 52
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Binghamton University, 2004

Personal
Birthplace
New York
Profession
Educator
Contact

Lea Webb (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 52. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Webb (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 52. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Webb completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Lea Webb was born in and lives in New York. Webb earned a B.S. in psychology from Binghamton University in 2004. Her career experience includes working as an educator at Binghamton University. She was appointed to serve as a council member for the City of Binghamton, New York. Webb also co-founded the Black Millennial Political Convention and was a founding board member of Local Progress.[1][2]

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 52

Incumbent Lea Webb defeated Mike Sigler in the general election for New York State Senate District 52 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lea Webb
Lea Webb (D / Working Families Party) Candidate Connection
 
57.5
 
79,175
Image of Mike Sigler
Mike Sigler (R / Local 607 Party)
 
42.4
 
58,429
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
140

Total votes: 137,744
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lea Webb advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 52.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Mike Sigler advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 52.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lea Webb advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 52.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Webb in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 52

Lea Webb defeated Richard David in the general election for New York State Senate District 52 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lea Webb
Lea Webb (D / Working Families Party)
 
51.1
 
53,851
Image of Richard David
Richard David (R / Conservative Party)
 
48.8
 
51,454
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
86

Total votes: 105,391
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 52

Lea Webb defeated Leslie Danks Burke in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 52 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lea Webb
Lea Webb
 
60.6
 
11,389
Image of Leslie Danks Burke
Leslie Danks Burke
 
38.3
 
7,204
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
200

Total votes: 18,793
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Richard David advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 52.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Richard David advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 52.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Lea Webb advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 52.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Lea Webb completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Webb's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a lifelong Southern Tier resident and champion for our community with a proven track record. As your State Senator, I am fighting to make our district a better and safer place for working families. In 2022, I was elected to represent the newly drawn 52nd Senate District, which includes all of Cortland and Tompkins Counties, and part of Broome County. I was sworn into office in January of 2024 as part of a historic class of incoming Democratic senators made up entirely of women for the first time in the 245-year history of the New York Senate.
  • I will fight to make sure women's reproductive rights are always protected in New York. I was elected in a post-Roe vs. Wade world, where reproductive rights and freedoms that had long been settled as a civil right, continue to come under attack. There are consistent efforts to rollback this important healthcare right, including legislative actions to criminalize doctors providing care to their patients and more. I ran with the resolve that if the Supreme Court wouldn’t protect a woman’s right to choose, I would as a State Senator. We’ve made tremendous strides in New York to fully protect reproductive rights, but there’s still work to be done.
  • I will secure more funding for gun violence prevention and local police and EMS to enhance the safety of our neighborhoods.
  • I will make our community more affordable by expanding housing for low and middle-income families, lifting up wages, and continuing to invest in our public schools to empower our children to reach their full potential.
As chair of the Senate Committee on Women’s Issues, I work tirelessly to pass legislation addressing a wide range of issues impacting women, including menstrual product accessibility, improved maternity health services, reinforced reproductive rights, enhanced protection against fibroids and ovarian cancer, and stringent measures to prevent human trafficking.
It is important for an elected official to be a good listener.
Eleanor’s Legacy, Family Planning Action Fund of South Central New York, New York Federation of Democratic Women, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund, New York League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, Working Families Party, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Binghamton-Oneonta Building Trades Council, Binghamton Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 729, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), New York State AFL-CIO, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, Public Employees Federation (PEF) , United Auto Workers (UAW), United University Professions (UUP), and more.

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2022

Lea Webb did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Lea Webb campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Senate District 52Won general$720,453 $0
2022New York State Senate District 52Won general$702,846 $0
Grand total$1,423,299 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Preceded by
Fred Akshar (R)
New York State Senate District 52
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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