Ari Espinal
Aridia Espinal (born c. 1988) is an American politician from New York.
Life
She was born in Queens, the daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic.She is a cousin of former Assembly member Rafael Espinal.[1]
She entered politics as a Democrat, and was an aide to Assemblyman Francisco Moya. After Moya'd election the New York City Council, Espinal was nominated to run in a special election to fill the vacancy. She was elected on April 24, 2018,[2] and took her seat in the 202nd New York State Legislature. On September 11, 2018, Espinal lost the Democratic primary to Catalina Cruz.[3] In the general election on November 6, 2018, Espinal ran on the Working Families Party and the Women's Equality Party lines for re-election, but was defeated by Cruz.[4]
References
- ^ Assembly Race Poses Another Test for Queens Machine by Samar Khurshid, in the Gotham Gazette on July 17, 2018
- ^ Espinal wins special election for Moya’s Assembly seat by Bill Parry, at qns.com on April 26, 2018
- ^ Cruz defeats Espinal, Sosa in primary race by Carlotta Mohamed, at qns.com on September 13, 2018
- ^ Assembly election results at NYS Board of elections