1. Anna Kaplan was born on August 23,1965 and is an Iranian-American politician from Great Neck, New York.
14 Facts About Anna Kaplan
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Anna Kaplan was a member of the so-called "Long Island Six," a group of six Democrats who represent Long Island in the New York State Senate and often vote as a block.
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Anna Kaplan was elected in 2018 as part of a wave of Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents and brought control of the New York Senate to the Democrats for only the third time since World War II.
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Anna Kaplan was born to an Iranian Jewish family in Tabriz, Iran, and raised in Tehran, where her father was a carpet dealer.
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Anna Kaplan attended the Stern College at Yeshiva University, and received her JD from Cardozo School of Law in New York City.
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Anna Kaplan started her political career as a member of the North Hempstead Town Board in 2011, and served until her election to the state senate.
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Anna Kaplan had previously served as a trustee of the Great Neck Public Library and was a member of the North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals.
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On January 11,2016, Anna Kaplan announced that she would run for the seat in the United States House of Representatives for being vacated by retiring congressman Steve Israel.
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Anna Kaplan was defeated in the 2016 New York Congressional Democratic Primary by former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi.
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On November 6,2018, Anna Kaplan defeated incumbent Senator Elaine Phillips and won election to the New York State Senate with 55 percent of the vote.
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Anna Kaplan was Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business, and was a member of the Senate Committees on Children and Families, Internet and Technology, Judiciary, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Transportation and Women's Issues.
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Anna Kaplan was a member of the Legislative Women's Caucus.
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In January 2019, Anna Kaplan was one of four new state senators spotlighted by the New York Times in a piece on first-time New York senators.
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In May 2023, Anna Kaplan announced she would run for Congress in New York's 3rd congressional district, seeking to succeed George Santos in either the 2024 election or a special election if Santos were to resign or be expelled from the House.