Julia Salazar
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 18 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- State Senator
Background
- Member of the New York State Senate, District 18, since January 1, 2019; re-elected in 2020, 2022 and 2024. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Before taking office, worked as a community organizer on police accountability legislation and as a staff organizer at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Born in Miami, Florida; attended Columbia University. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Public banking and an additional capital gains tax source: branch.vote
- Build Public Renewables Act and the NY HEAT Act; a Ride Clean Rebate for e-bikes source: branch.vote
- Abortion access and contraception coverage source: branch.vote
- Cut the NYPD expense budget by at least $1 billion a year and reinvest in other services source: branch.vote
- Tuition-free public universities through the New Deal for CUNY source: branch.vote
Look them up yourself
Latest news
Headlines that name this candidate, newest first. They are found automatically and are not checked by a person yet, so a story about someone else with the same name can slip in. How often someone is in the news says nothing about who is ahead. We link to stories; we don't endorse them.
No headlines found yet.
Something wrong or missing? This profile was compiled from public sources on October 15, 2026. Every fact links to where it came from.