Claire Valdez | |
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![]() Valdez in 2025 | |
Member of the New York State Assembly for the 37th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Juan Ardila |
Personal details | |
Born | Lubbock,Texas,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Ridgewood,Queens |
Claire Valdez is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 37th District since 2025. A Democrat,she represents part of Queens.
Valdez served as a program assistant in the visual arts program at Columbia University before beginning her term as an assembly member. [1] She was a unionist with the United Automobile,Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union and is an activist with the New York City chapter of Democratic Socialists of America. [2] [3]
In the 2024 New York State Assembly election,Valdez was a candidate in the 37th district. In the Democratic Party primary,Valdez defeated Johanna Carmona by 27 percentage points and incumbent Juan Ardila by 48 percentage points. [4] She was endorsed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and had the support from the Working Families Party. [5] [6] She ran unopposed for the seat in the November general election.
Amid the investigations into Mayor Eric Adams,she publicly called for his resignation. [7] She endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 New York City mayoral election. [8]
Originally from Lubbock,Texas,Valdez moved to New York City in 2015 and lives in Ridgewood,Queens. [9] [10] [11]