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QUEENS WEEKLY, MAY 12, 2019
Long Island City resident announces she’s challenging
long-time Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan in 2020
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BY BILL PARRY
When Assemblywoman
Catherine Nolan was
first sent to Albany
representing western
Queens in 1984, she was
one of the youngest woman
ever elected in New York.
Thirty-five years later,
as she mulls another
re-election campaign,
Nolan already has a
primary challenger.
Mary Jobaida, a
Bangladeshi-American
“very happily married
mother of three,” filed
to run in the 2020 NY
State Assembly race last
week, citing the need for a
diverse, truly democratic
election in her district.
The Court Square
resident, a self-described
progressive Democrat,
decided to run because
Nolan has not faced a
primary challenger in
more than a decade.
“As a mother of three
who has been raising a
family in this district
for over 15 years, not
once have I seen a true,
democratic process when
I’ve gone to vote for a state
assembly member from
my party,” Jobaida said.
“For all that our country
does to serve as a beacon
of democracy around the
world, having only one
name to choose from on
a local ballot is not what
true democracy looks
like. That is why I wish
to be the face of change
and true democracy in
my district.”
Nolan said she would
consult with her family and
supporters and announce
her own plans at an
appropriate time.
“I welcome all
challengers in our
beautiful free country
since I have been an
independent Democrat
my entire career,” Nolan
said. “I love representing
the people of the 37th
Assembly District. It
is a great privilege and
responsibility I take
seriously every day. House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has
said, ‘know your power.’
As an experienced woman
in politics who has worked
in such a male dominated
field, I am one of the very
few women in the history
of our state who have been
able to accrue seniority in
the legislature.”
Nolan was appointed
deputy speaker last year
after serving as chair of
the Education Committee
from 2006 to 2018.
Jobaida believes she
could make a difference
in Albany fighting for
universal healthcare,
public financing for state
elections, eliminating
partisan gerrymandering,
enacting term limits for
state assembly members
and combating the
excessive influence of
the real estate and fossil
fuel industries in New
York as her campaign’s
top priorities.
“If I win, I will push to
place term limits on my
very own tenure, because
no one should hold a single
seat in office for more
than a decade,” she said
adding that her dream is
to create a more inclusive
electorate that reflects
the entire diversity of
downstate New York.
Nolan said she
will continue to work
on labor, education,
environmental, veterans,
economic development,
infrastructure, and
many other family issues
both in Albany and in
western Queens.
“The primary in 2020
is a long time away and it
will be up to the residents
of the 37AD to decide who
will represent them,”
she said.
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by email at boarry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
Court Square resident Mary Jobaida files to challenge
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan in the 2020 primary.
Courtesy of Jobaida’s campaign
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