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Claire Valdez isn’t a career politician — she’s a union organizer, worker, and democratic socialist who has spent her life fighting for working people to have power. Today, she brings that same commitment to her role as a New York State Assemblymember, where she has already begun delivering for workers.

Bernie Sanders endorsed. Progressive change candidate.

Assemblymember Claire Valdez is a union organizer, artist and proud democratic socialist. A dual citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and the United States, she worked low-wage customer service jobs through high school, college and after. As a worker at Columbia University, she joined UAW Local 2110, was elected to the bargaining committee, and organized to democratize her union. A longtime leader in NYC-DSA, Claire serves in the New York State Assembly, where she has fought to tax the rich, protect tenants, and empower working people. Claire is running for Congressional District 7 because workers and tenants need a champion in Congress who will fight for unions, for housing and Medicare for All, and to end U.S. complicity in genocide and apartheid.

Claire Valdez is a democratic socialist, union organizer, and New York State Assemblymember who has been a strong advocate for worker protections, social housing, and immigrant rights. A former UAW member and labor organizer, Claire is running for Congress to bring working-class politics directly into Washington and fight for Medicare for All, stronger unions, and housing as a human right.

For U.S. Congress, UAW endorses our members Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, in addition to labor champions Brad Lander and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

Assembly member Claire Valdez is a union organizer, artist and proud democratic socialist. A dual citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and the United States, she worked low-wage customer service jobs through high school, college and after. As a worker at Columbia University, she joined UAW Local 2110, was elected to the bargaining committee, and organized to democratize her union. A longtime leader in NYC-DSA, Claire serves in the New York State Assembly, where she has fought to tax the rich, protect tenants, and empower working people.

Endorsed by Zohran Mamdani and DSA and Bernie Sanders and Sunrise Movement

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