Candidate · State Senate, District 10
James Sanders Jr
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Senate (63 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve the governor's picks for top jobs and for judges on the state's highest court. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, District 10 (since 2013)
- Occupation
- State Senator
Background
- Born in 1957 in Far Rockaway, Queens; B.A., Brooklyn College. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served in the U.S. Marine Corps. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Member of the New York City Council, 31st District, 2002-2013; chaired the Economic Development Committee. source: en.wikipedia.org
- State Senator for District 10 since 2013; has chaired the Senate Committee on Banks since 2019. source: en.wikipedia.org
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