NY-AD36: DSA members to run against Democrat as third party candidates in special election.
Both Rana Abdelhamid and Mary Jobaida are both set to appear on the ballot in a special election to replace Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the State Assembly after the Queens Democratic Party chose to nominate Diana Moreno to appear on the Democratic line in the race.
Abdelhamid and Jobaida, who had sought the Democratic nomination in the race to replace Mamdani in the 36th Assembly District, both reached the required number of signatures to appear on the ballot for the Feb. 3 special election ahead of the Jan. 12 filing deadline........
Moreno, an Ecuadorian-born organizer and a member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), is the clear frontrunner to replace Mamdani after securing the Queens Democratic Party nomination earlier in January. Moreno has also been endorsed by both the DSA and Mamdani, who appeared alongside her at an endorsement event in Astoria last month.........
But Abdelhamid and Jobaida, who are also members of the DSA, signaled their intent to contest the special election on a third-party ballot line and have both reached the required threshold of 1,500 signatures.
https://qns.com/2026/01/jobaida-abdelhamid-special-election/