Backed by the same organization that helped Rep. Ocasio-Cortez oust a longtime incumbent, Rana Abdelhamid was mounting a challenge against Rep. Carolyn Maloney. For more than a year, she built momentum, raising nearly $1 million. Then came redistricting.
While she graduated from Middlebury College and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government with a master’s degree in public policy, she met many elected officials turned staunch supporters through her side work teaching self-defense and fighting for gender justice.
“It is no small feat that she can walk into any mosque in our community and sit down and have a conversation with the Imam, one that’s rooted in respect and recognizes her leadership,” said Cabán. “That’s a huge deal for a Muslim woman.” “As frustrating and heartbreaking as it is that she has found herself in this place, I could not be more proud that this is where she landed, especially when you look at the larger landscape where you can see in real time people trying to figure out, ‘How do I run for a seat, any seat?’” said Cabán.
“It’s definitely a lot of whiplash,” said Ben Wetzler, a Democratic district leader from the 76th Assembly District on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, which overlaps with the old and new lines of the 12th Congressional District. Wetzler was an early supporter of Abdelhamid’s campaign and gravitated towards her call for a New Deal-style investment in larger public housing complexes.
In Abdelhamid, he saw a chance to be seen and heard. “She was here, all over, before she was running,” he said.
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