State Senator - District 12
Aber Kawas
Community organizer and member of New York City's Democratic Socialists of America chapter who was Associate Director of Partnerships at CLEAR from July 2024 to April 2026 and earlier was Advocacy Director at the Arab American Association of NY.
Fundraising
$241K
raised
Aber for Senate, her committee, reported $241,309.79 from 3,548 itemized monetary contributions for the 2026 election cycle through July 11, 2026, including $236,809.79 from individuals and partnerships, plus $5,749.83 in in-kind contributions. Her largest itemized contributions came from individuals, seven of whom gave $5,000 each; Jewish Voice for Peace Action, with $2,898 in in-kind contributions, is the one organization among her largest contributors. The committee also received $161,495.41 in public matching funds, which are public money, not donations, and reported $7,221.94 in itemized expenditures and $316,875.53 in qualified expenditures on Schedule T. State data does not report cash on hand.
Who funds them
Individuals and partnerships
Largest contributors, people and organizations alike
- Mohammad Javed$5K
- Andy Nahas$5K
- Dave Olsen$5K
- Mustafa Fazel$5K
- Samar Khan$5K
- Rehan Azhar$5K
- Mohammad Rimawi$5K
- Allegra Rosenbaum$5K
- Chao Song$3K
- Jewish Voice for Peace Action (in-kind)$3K
Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
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