Rachel May

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Rachel May
Image of Rachel May
New York State Senate District 48
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
New York State Senate District 53
Successor: Joseph Griffo

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton University, 1978

Graduate

State University of New York, 2003

Ph.D

Stanford University, 1990

Personal
Profession
Higher education
Contact

Rachel May (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 48. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

May (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 48. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Rachel May lives in Syracuse, New York. May earned a B.A. in Slavic languages from Princeton University in 1978, an M.Litt in modern languages from the University of Oxford in 1981, a Ph.D. in Slavic languages from Stanford University in 1990, and an M.P.S. in environmental science from the State University of New York (SUNY) in 2003. Her career experience includes working as an associate professor of Russian at Macalester College and as the director of the office of environment and society at Syracuse University.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

May was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

May was assigned to the following committees:


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 48

Incumbent Rachel May defeated Caleb Slater in the general election for New York State Senate District 48 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel May
Rachel May (D / Working Families Party)
 
58.4
 
78,782
Image of Caleb Slater
Caleb Slater (R) Candidate Connection
 
41.5
 
55,980
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
144

Total votes: 134,906
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rachel May advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 48.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Senate District 48

Caleb Slater defeated Fanny Villarreal in the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 48 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Caleb Slater
Caleb Slater Candidate Connection
 
55.7
 
2,636
Fanny Villarreal
 
43.4
 
2,055
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
39

Total votes: 4,730
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Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rachel May advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 48.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for May in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 48

Incumbent Rachel May defeated Julie Abbott and Justin Coretti in the general election for New York State Senate District 48 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel May
Rachel May (D / Working Families Party)
 
50.3
 
50,668
Julie Abbott (R)
 
42.5
 
42,894
Justin Coretti (Conservative Party)
 
7.2
 
7,217
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
43

Total votes: 100,822
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rachel May advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 48.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Julie Abbott advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 48.

Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 48

Justin Coretti defeated Julie Abbott in the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 48 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Justin Coretti
 
50.6
 
279
Julie Abbott
 
48.1
 
265
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
7

Total votes: 551
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Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rachel May advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 48.

2020

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 53

Incumbent Rachel May defeated Sam Rodgers and Russell Penner in the general election for New York State Senate District 53 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel May
Rachel May (D / Working Families Party)
 
54.8
 
66,643
Image of Sam Rodgers
Sam Rodgers (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party / Serve America Movement Party) Candidate Connection
 
44.2
 
53,734
Image of Russell Penner
Russell Penner (L) Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
1,246
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
52

Total votes: 121,675
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rachel May advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Sam Rodgers advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Sam Rodgers advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Sam Rodgers advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Russell Penner advanced from the Libertarian primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Serve America Movement Party primary election

The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. Sam Rodgers advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rachel May advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 53.

2018

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2018

May also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 53

Rachel May defeated Janet Berl Burman and incumbent David Valesky in the general election for New York State Senate District 53 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel May
Rachel May (D)
 
51.2
 
48,076
Janet Berl Burman (R)
 
36.9
 
34,648
Image of David Valesky
David Valesky (Independence Party)
 
11.7
 
11,018
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
68

Total votes: 93,810
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 53

Rachel May defeated incumbent David Valesky in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 53 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel May
Rachel May
 
51.8
 
8,553
Image of David Valesky
David Valesky
 
48.2
 
7,943

Total votes: 16,496
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Janet Berl Burman advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent David Valesky advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 53.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rachel May did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Rachel May did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Rachel May did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Rachel May campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Senate District 48Won general$875,388 $0
2022New York State Senate District 48Won general$459,079 $0
2020New York State Senate District 53Won general$219,941 N/A**
2018New York State Senate District 53Won general$290,101 N/A**
Grand total$1,844,510 N/A**
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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2022


2021


2020


2019


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Patricia Ritchie (R)
New York State Senate District 48
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
New York State Senate District 53
2019-2023
Succeeded by
Joseph Griffo (R)


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