Christine Pellegrino is a former member of the

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from the 9th District. She is a member of the

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. Prior to her election, Pellegrino was a teacher for 25 years, spending most of her career teaching in Baldwin Public Schools. Pellegrino is the 2020 Democratic nominee for the 4th District of the

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. Pellegrino served as a

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for

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during the 2016 presidential primaries. In an upset, she won a

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on May 23, 2017, to succeed

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, who was appointed Oyster Bay town supervisor. She was previously a leader in the anti-Common Core "opt-out" movement and received significant support from the state teachers union in her 2017 run. She was a featured speaker at the 2017 People's Summit, the 2017

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' TEACH Conference, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers Convention in 2017, and the 2018 AFT National Convention held in

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. In her first term representing the 9th District, Pellegrino secured various state grants for school districts, public libraries, and clean drinking water. As a member of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation and Chair of the Legislative Commission on Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste, she strongly opposed offshore drilling and supported clean-up projects by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Following her election, Newsday reported that Assemblywoman Pellegrino had $186,000 in unpaid federal tax liens, nearly $300,000 in additional state tax liens, $1,520 of unpaid neighborhood association fees, and six unpaid Suffolk traffic tickets totaling $630. In October 2018, a judge granted a bank's request to foreclose Assemblywoman Pellegrino's home for nonpayment of a $893,100 mortgage. Pellegrino was defeated for re-election to a full term by Republican Michael LiPetri in the 2018 general election.

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