General Election
Julia Salazar is the only candidate on the ballot for this seat. You can also write in a candidate whose name isn't printed on the ballot.
Incumbent Julia Salazar runs unopposed for a fifth Senate term
Julia Salazar, a Democrat also on the Working Families line, has held the seat since 2019 and is the only candidate on the ballot. Her June 2026 primaries were canceled, and she won the 2024 general election with 99.1% of the vote.
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Criminal justice, prisons and courts
The Legislature writes the state's criminal laws, the costs and fees courts may charge and the rules for state prisons and youth facilities; a law signed June 5, 2026, authorized body scanners in certain Office of Children and Family Services facilities.
Sponsored a 2024 law waiving court costs and fees for people who cannot afford them and a bill barring restraints on incarcerated people during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances and with certain exceptions permitting wrist restraints, which passed both houses in June 2026. Voted against a 2023 bill on the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees, which passed the Senate 58-4 and became law; a 2024 bill allowing evidence of a defendant's prior sexual offense in a sexual offense proceeding, which passed the Senate 55-4; and a 2026 bill allowing body scanners in certain state children's services facilities, which passed the Senate 53-1 and became law.
Julia Salazar for State Senate — PlatformHousing and tenants
State law sets tenants' protections and helps fund public housing; New York enacted Good Cause Eviction protections in 2024, and how far tenant rules and public housing funding should go from there remains open.
Wants NYCHA's capital repairs and operating costs fully funded to keep public housing under public control. Her campaign lists among her bills Good Cause Eviction, which bars evictions without good cause and protects tenants from unreasonably high rent increases and became law in 2024, and says she co-sponsors the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and the Housing Access Voucher Program.
Julia Salazar for State Senate — PlatformHealth care
State law decides what insurance and Medicaid must cover and how drugs in shortage may be priced; a law signed Feb. 6, 2026, lets terminally ill patients seek medical aid in dying.
Supports the New York Health Act to create a single-payer health system, Coverage for All to extend health insurance regardless of immigration status, and ending mandatory 24-hour shifts for home care workers. Sponsored a 2023 law against price gouging on drugs in shortage and a bill, passed by the Senate in June 2026, adding infant seizure monitors to Medicaid coverage. Voted for the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which became law in February 2026.
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