NY-SD17: Democrat Iwen Chu gets GOP challenge from Steve Chan for State Senate District 17

While most New Yorkers aren’t seeing spirited local campaigns in their neighborhoods this election season, it’s a different story in South Brooklyn.

In State Senate District 17, freshman Democratic State Sen. Iwen Chu is facing a tough fight from Republican Steve Chan, an ex-Marine and retired police officer.

Chu has almost two years under her belt as the District 17’s sitting state senator.

“I’m [a] people’s person, so I want to make sure our students, our families, our communities, our seniors — they know who represents them in the state level,” Chu told NY1. “I was able to secure the $30 million historic funding for the AAPI community throughout the whole New York State two years in a row.”

Chu was a journalist, then a longtime aide to ex-state Assemblyman Peter Abbate, also a Democrat.



https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/10/18/gop-eyes-control-of-state-senate-district-17