Mary Jobaida pledges to advocate for the voiceless in AD36 ahead of Feb. 3 special election

Mary Jobaida, a candidate in the upcoming special election to replace Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the 36th Assembly District, might have considered dropping out of the race after frontrunner Diana Moreno picked up the Queens Democratic Party nomination and fellow candidate Rana Abdelhamid picked up endorsements from a swath of progressive lawmakers. But dropping out was never an option for Jobaida, who has centered her campaign on advocating for constituents often excluded from the political process.