Walter Mosley | |
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| 68thSecretary of State of New York | |
| Assumed office May 22, 2024 | |
| Governor | Kathy Hochul |
| Preceded by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Member of theNew York State Assembly from the57th district | |
| In office January 3, 2013 – January 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Hakeem Jeffries |
| Succeeded by | Phara Souffrant Forrest |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Pennsylvania State University (BS) Howard University (JD) |
Walter T. Mosley III is an American politician and civil servant from the state of New York. A Democrat, Mosley representedNew York's 57th State Assembly district from 2013 to 2021; the district included the Brooklyn neighborhoods ofFort Greene,Clinton Hill,Prospect Heights, as well as portions ofCrown Heights andBedford-Stuyvesant.[1][2] In 2020, Mosley lost a Democratic primary toPhara Souffrant Forrest.[3] Mosley has served as the New York Secretary of State since 2024.
Mosley attendedPennsylvania State University, where he obtained hisbachelor's degree incriminology. He received hisJ.D. degree fromHoward University in 1998.[4]
Mosley ran to fillHakeem Jeffries's Assembly seat in the 57th district in 2012 when Jeffries ran for Congress. Mosley won the Democratic primary with 62.8% of the vote, beating out Olanike T. Alabi and Martine Guerrier. He handily defeated Republican challengerFrancis J. Voyticky, who Hakeem Jeffries had beaten in 2010, in the general election with 97.6% of the vote.[5] Mosley ran unopposed in 2014, 2016, and 2018, running on both the Democratic and Working Families Party lines in 2016 and 2018.[6][7][8]
Mosley was originally a co-sponsor of abill to place a monitor withveto power in the East Ramapo School District inRockland County, anOrthodox Jewish-dominated school district that was diverting funds toyeshivas. Mosley took his name off of the bill after meeting with both sides, saying that the discussion about the bill has anti-Semitic overtones. He refused to meet with the sponsor of the bill, a 71-year-old former East Ramapo schoolteacher, and ultimately did not vote on the bill.[9][10][11]
In the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020, Mosley facedPhara Souffrant Forrest; Forrest was his first primary challenger since 2012. While Mosley led Forrest by 588 votes on election night,absentee ballots were more significant than usual due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. On July 22, 2020, once absentee ballots had been counted, Forrest was declared the winner of the primary by over 2,500 votes.[12]
Mosley was nominated to the position of Secretary of State by Gov.Kathy Hochul, and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on May 22, 2024.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley, III | 4,565 | 62.8 | |
| Democratic | Olanike T. Alabi | 2,168 | 29.8 | |
| Democratic | Martine Guerrier | 535 | 7.4 | |
| Total votes | 7,268 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley, III | 46,733 | 97.6 | |
| Republican | Francis J. Voyticky | 1,111 | 2.3 | |
| n/a | Write-ins | 44 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 47,888 | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest | 15,711 | 55.5% | |
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley III | 12,609 | 44.5% | |
| Total votes | 29,622 | 100 | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theNew York State Assembly from the57th district 2013–2021 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Brendan Hughes Acting | Secretary of State of New York 2024–present | Incumbent |
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