Lester Chang
Lester Chang is an American politician who is the member of the New York's 49th State Assembly district; he defeated longtime Democratic incumbent Peter J. Abbate Jr. in the 2022 New York State Assembly election. Political career
Chang first ran in the 2016 special election in the 65th Assembly district to succeed Sheldon Silver following his resignation due to a corruption scandal. He placed third to Yuh-Line Niou and Alice Cancel. He then ran in 2020 in the 26th State Senate district. He placed second to the incumbent Brian Kavanagh. Following his election to the New York State Assembly, the Brooklyn Democratic Party attempted to block Chang from sitting in Albany, demanding an investigation into if he met the residency requirements to even run for the district. The Brooklyn Democratic Party claimed that Chang had been secretly living in Manhattan and was ineligible to have been elected. The investigation organized by Speaker Carl Heastie concluded that Chang did own an apartment in Manhattan, but he fulfilled residency requirements to run in his district. References

Living people
21st-century American politicians
New York (state) Republicans
Year of birth missing (living people)
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Candidates in the 2016 United States elections
Candidates in the 2020 United States elections
People from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Politicians from Brooklyn