| Claire Valdez | |
|---|---|
|   Valdez in 2025 | |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 37th district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Ardila | 
| Parliamentary group | New York State Socialists in Office [1] | 
| Personal details | |
| Born |  Lubbock,Texas,U.S. | 
| Political party | Democratic | 
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Socialists of America | 
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. [2] 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. [3] [4]
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. [5] She was endorsed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and had the support from the Working Families Party. [6] [7] She ran unopposed for the seat in the November general election.
Amid the investigations into Mayor Eric Adams,she publicly called for his resignation. [8] She endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 New York City mayoral election. [9]
Originally from Lubbock,Texas,Valdez moved to New York City in 2015 and lives in Ridgewood,Queens. [10] [11] [12] She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and Socialist Majority Caucus. [13]