Sam Sutton | |
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![]() Sutton in 2025 | |
Member of the New York Senate from the 22nd district | |
Assumed office May 27, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Simcha Felder |
Personal details | |
Born | Solomon Sutton August 14,1949 New York,New York |
Political party | Democratic |
Website | Legislature website Campaign website |
Solomon "Sam" Sutton (born 1949) [1] [2] is an American nonprofit executive and politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate from the 22nd district. A Democrat,he won a May 2025 special election to succeed Simcha Felder,who resigned after being elected to the New York City Council. [3]
Sutton served with the Sephardic Bikur Holim,a social service organization,for 30 years. He has also worked for the Sephardic Community Federation,New York Cancer Center,the Safe Foundation,and is a former trustee of the CUNY Board of Trustees as well as of the NYU Langone Medical Center. [4] He is also a co-founder and board chair of Teach NYS,a group advocating for funding to nonpublic schools such as yeshivas and Jewish day schools. [5]
He previously ran a business importing women's accessories. [6]
Following Simcha Felder's resignation to join the New York City Council,the Brooklyn Democratic Party nominated Sutton as its nominee for the special election to fill the vacant seat. [4] Although the district overwhelmingly voted for Republican President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election,giving him 77% of the vote,it generally supports conservative and moderate Democrats at the local level,largely due to bloc voting from its Orthodox Jewish population [7] [8] Sutton defeated Republican and Conservative candidate Nachman Carl Caller in the May 20,2025 election. [3] His election makes him the first Sephardic Jew elected to the state senate. [9]
He was sworn in on May 27,2025. He was appointed chair of the Administrative Regulations Review Commission and is a member of the Aging,Disabilities,Education,Health,New York City Education,and Social Services committees. [1]
Sutton is a Sephardic Jew and longtime community activist within New York's Sephardic community. [8] He wears a kippah and keeps kosher. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam Sutton | 8,661 | 66.85% | |
Republican | Nachman Caller | 3,640 | 28.10% | |
Conservative | Nachman Caller | 517 | 3.99% | |
Total | Nachman Caller | 4,157 | 32.09% | |
Write-in | 138 | 1.07% | ||
Total votes | 12,956 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ~8% | |||
Registered electors | 155,468 |