Walter Mosley | |
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68th Secretary of State of New York | |
Assumed office May 22, 2024 | |
Governor | Kathy Hochul |
Preceded by | Brendan Hughes (acting) |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 57th district | |
In office January 3,2013 –January 1,2021 | |
Preceded by | Hakeem Jeffries |
Succeeded by | Phara Souffrant Forrest |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | September 19,1967
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Pennsylvania State University (BS) Howard University (JD) |
Walter T. Mosley III (born September 19,1967)[ citation needed ] is an American politician who is currently serving as Secretary of State for New York. He previously represented the 57th district of the New York State Assembly,serving the neighborhoods of Fort Greene,Clinton Hill,Prospect Heights,and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. [1] [2] In 2020,Mosley lost his primary to nurse and political newcomer Phara Souffrant Forrest. [3]
Mosley was born in Brooklyn,New York.[ citation needed ] His mother is Marilyn Mosley,the president of Progressive Association for Political Action (PAPA) and chief of staff to the Speaker of the House Corey Johnson.[ citation needed ] His father is Walter T. Mosley,Sr.,a retired insurance broker who currently lives in Ohio.[ citation needed ]
He attended Pennsylvania State University,where he obtained his Bachelor degree in Criminology. He received his J.D. degree from Howard University in 1998. [4]
Mosley served as a district leader,senior adviser to the Deputy Speaker of New York State Assembly and chief of staff and senior consultant to the New York State Assembly before running to for Assembly.
Mosley ran to fill Hakeem Jeffries's Assembly seat in the 57th district in 2012 when Jeffries ran for Congress. Mosley won the Democratic primary with 62.8% of the vote,beating out Olanike T. Alabi and Martine Guerrier. He handily defeated Republican challenger Francis J. Voyticky,who Hakeem Jeffries had beaten in 2010,in the general election with 97.6% of the vote. [5] Mosley ran unopposed in 2014,2016,and 2018,running on both the Democratic and Working Families Party lines in 2016 and 2018. [6] [7] [8]
He was originally a co-sponsor of a bill to place a monitor with veto power in the East Ramapo School District in Rockland County,an Orthodox Jewish-dominated school district that was diverting funds to yeshivas. Mosley took his name off after meeting with both sides,saying that the discussion about the bill has anti-Semitic overtones. He refused to meet with the sponsor of the bill,a 71-year-old former East Ramapo schoolteacher,and ultimately did not vote on the bill. [9] [10] [11]
Mosley faced his first primary challenger since 2012 in the Democratic primary on June 23,2020 against Phara Souffrant Forrest. While Mosley led Forrest by 588 votes on election night,absentee ballots were more significant than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 22,2020,once absentee ballots had been counted,Forrest was declared the winner of the primary by over 2,500 votes. [12]
Mosley was nominated by Governor Kathy Hochul to be Secretary of State,and was confirmed the New York state Senate on May 22,2024. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter T. Mosley,III | 4,565 | 62.8 | |
Democratic | Olanike T. Alabi | 2,168 | 29.8 | |
Democratic | Martine Guerrier | 535 | 7.4 | |
Total votes | 7,268 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter T. Mosley,III | 46,733 | 97.6 | |
Republican | Francis J. Voyticky | 1,111 | 2.3 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 44 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 47,888 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest | 15,711 | 55.5% | |
Democratic | Walter T. Mosley III | 12,609 | 44.5% | |
Total votes | 29,622 | 100 |
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