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Edward Braunstein
American politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward C. Braunstein (born April 21, 1981) is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 26th Assembly District in Queens, New York.[2]
Braunstein received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the State University of New York at Albany. After college he worked as a legislative assistant in the New York City office of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, while also attending evening classes at New York Law School.[3] He graduated magna cum laude in February 2009[4] and subsequently passed the New York State bar exam that same month.[1][3]
He has served on Queens Community Board 11 and was a member of its Parks Committee and Education Committee.[3]
Braunstein won a September 2010 Democratic primary election to replace retiring Assembly member Ann-Margaret Carrozza.[2] In the November 2010 general election he defeated the Conservative-Republican candidate by a vote of 15,264 to 11,043.[5]
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