Didi Barrett
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Assembly (150 members), the larger house of the Legislature. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Assemblymember, District 106 (since 2012)
- Occupation
- State Assemblymember; chair, Assembly Energy Committee
Background
- Elected in a special election in March 2012; first woman and first Democrat to represent the district source: assembly.ny.gov
- Before elected office, worked as a writer, museum professional and not-for-profit leader; founding chair of Girls Incorporated of NYC source: assembly.ny.gov
- Won the Democratic primary held June 23, 2026 (per WAMC headline); faced challenger Sam Hodge source: wamc.org
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- Affordability, including utility bills source: spectrumlocalnews.com
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