Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Election Assessments

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20 Jun 2026, 15:40 p.m.

2026 NYC Democratic Primary Election Assessments: The Case for Ramos

This is an update to the recommendation I published last week regarding the New York State Senate election in District 13, in which Jessica González-Rojas and Hiram Monserrate are challenging incumbent Jessica Ramos. Please read that first for context.

As always, these are my personal thoughts and recommendations. I am a volunteer doing this on my own time. I am not representing any other group, such as any Indivisible chapter or any of the other groups whose materials I often share at the weekly outreach table I run. I started writing election recommendations about judicial candidates last year, then expanded to other races that people asked me to advise them on, including this one.

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15 Jun 2026, 23:33 p.m.

2026 NYC Democratic Primary Election Endorsements: Sample Ballot/Index of Posts

Hi, neighbors! For your convenience, I've made this table of contents of all the Democratic primary elections I'm covering, and made an image and a PDF you can use to share this summary with others.

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13 Jun 2026, 5:55 a.m.

2026 NYC Primary Election Recommendations: Congress, State Assembly & Senate & Comptroller

In this final post I'll cover the statewide Comptroller race and a few state Assembly and Senate races in central/western Queens. And, heck, I'll throw in a nearby Congressional race too.

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12 Jun 2026, 23:09 p.m.

2026 NYC Primary Election Recommendations: Democratic Party Roles

In this post I'll cover the Democratic Party position elections for District Leader and State Committee in a few central/western Queens districts: Assembly Districts 34, 35, and 39.

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12 Jun 2026, 19:38 p.m.

2026 NYC Primary Election Judicial Recommendations

I'm beginning to publish my recommendations for New York City's Democratic primary election, 2026. (Early voting starts tomorrow: Saturday, June 13th. Tuesday June 23rd is the final day to vote.)In this post I'll cover the …

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20 Apr 2026, 13:40 p.m.

2026 NY State Comptroller Election: Who's Running

Hey New Yorkers: I'm once again researching local elections, emphasizing lesser-publicized races. This year, in New York State, the primary election will run June 13th - June 21st (early voting) with Election Day being Tuesday, …

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25 Oct 2025, 22:00 p.m.

NYC 2025 Election: Judges

Early voting in New York City's 2025 general election started today. Yesterday I posted about the six ballot proposals; today I share some recommendations and links about the seven competitive judicial races (that is, races …

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24 Oct 2025, 14:00 p.m.

NYC 2025 Election: Ballot Proposals

Early voting in New York City's 2025 general election starts this Saturday, Oct. 25th. I'm writing two blog posts sharing my thinking and recommendations, one about the six ballot proposals (this one), one about the …

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23 Jun 2025, 9:00 a.m.

2025 NYC Primary Election Recommendations

Last-minute recommendations for New York City's Democratic primary election. (Early voting concluded Sunday; tomorrow, Tuesday the 24th, is the final day to vote.)I'm going to start with lesser-publicized races and move up the ballot.Western Queens …

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