State

State Senator, 4th District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on New York laws and the state budget and confirms the Governor's appointments.

Covers part of Suffolk County.

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Brianne R. Wakefield

Republican, Conservative

Community advocate

The gist

Supports changing the state's bail and discovery laws.
Supports weighing climate mandates against energy costs.
Supports parental rights, including religious exemptions.
Proposes legislative action against human and sex trafficking.
Supports stronger responses to youth mental health needs.

More about Brianne

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Supports changing the state's bail and discovery laws.
Meet Brianne
Campaign website · Wakefield for Senate · wakefieldforsenate.com
“She is committed to reforming disastrous bail laws, reversing damaging discovery laws”
Supports weighing climate mandates against energy costs.
Meet Brianne
Campaign website · Wakefield for Senate · wakefieldforsenate.com
“She believes policies must balance environmental goals with real-world affordability and reliability for working families.”
Supports parental rights, including religious exemptions.
Meet Brianne
Campaign website · Wakefield for Senate · wakefieldforsenate.com
“protecting parental rights-including religious exemptions”
Proposes legislative action against human and sex trafficking.
Meet Brianne
Campaign website · Wakefield for Senate · wakefieldforsenate.com
“Brianne focuses on advancing solutions and exploring legislative action to combat human and sex trafficking across Long Island.”
Supports stronger responses to youth mental health needs.
Meet Brianne
Campaign website · Wakefield for Senate · wakefieldforsenate.com
“strengthening responses to the mental health crisis impacting children and young adults”

Monica R. Martinez

Democratic, Working FamiliesIncumbent

State senator; former assistant principal

The gist

Sponsored school-specific training for school security guards.In office
Sponsored property tax relief for spouses of fallen volunteer responders.In office
Sponsored making threats to release intimate images a crime.In office
Sponsored a law requiring local governments to report cyberattacks.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Monica

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Sponsored school-specific training for school security guards.
Making the Grade on School Safety
Public statement · New York State Senate · web.archive.org
“to improve the training school security guards receive to work in an educational environment”
Sponsored property tax relief for spouses of fallen volunteer responders.
Governor Signs Martinez and Stern Bill to Protect Property Tax Relief for Families of Fallen Volunteer First-Responders
Public statement · New York State Senate · web.archive.org
“to expand property tax relief for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty”
Sponsored making threats to release intimate images a crime.
A Continuing Threat: NYS Senate Votes to Expand “Revenge Porn” Statute to Intimate Image Threats
Public statement · New York State Senate · web.archive.org
“Just a threat of releasing compromising personal content can be as psychologically damaging to a victim as the act itself.”
Sponsored a law requiring local governments to report cyberattacks.
New York Upgrades Its Firewall Against Cyberattacks
Public statement · New York State Senate · web.archive.org
“to strengthen how New York’s municipalities prevent, report and recover from cyber incidents”

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