NY-AD36: DSA members to run against Democrat as third party candidates in special election.

[RandySF]

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/

[msongs]

1. what's the DU policy on 3rd parties undermining democrats on the ballot?

[Cha]

4. Good question. DU doesn't support "3rd parties"

TY

[RandiFan1290]

10. 3rd parties have been allowed to campaign against the Democratic nominee on DU

Florida Senate race 2010

Charlie Crist ran a 3rd party campaign against the Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek.
He split the vote and helped to elect Marco Rubio.

[W_HAMILTON]

12. Here you go:

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[BoycottTwitter]

2. Will this split the vote?

I'm reading this and it's making me feel uneasy. It doesn't make any sense to me. Why not run in another race instead of running as a third party? Isn't that like being a sore loser? Is there a Republican running in that election?

[RandySF]

3. I'm more worried bout this becoming a trend.

[RandySF]

5. Yes, there is a Republican.

And get this, the Democratic nominee is a member of the DSA and endorsed by Mamdani. But that was not enough for the two additional socialists.

[BoycottTwitter]

6. I hope the Republican and third party canidates hardly get any votes

Yes, I hope this doesn't happen again too. Hopefully they will just be fringe candidates and not ruin the Democrat's chance of getting elected.

[DFW]

8. I hope the Republican gets more votes than is comfortable for us

Not enough to win, of course, but that way, Democrats can see and understand that people who pull these moves are neither friends nor allies. They are opponents, and should be viewed as such.

[betsuni]

7. Why are they contesting the special election?

[MineralMan]

9. Divide and Falter

Not a good idea in almost every place.

[JI7]

11. So the Democrstic nominee is also DSA ?

So why are they challenging them ? And 2 of them ?

Is there some specific issue or something that they have with tha nominee ?

[RandySF]

13. Yep, and endorsed by Mamdani.

The others were unhappy with the selection process.