Rana Abdelhamid has filed to run for Assembly District 36, the western Queens district currently represented by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, according to state Board of Elections records.

Abdelhamid had previously told City & State she was considering a run, and Wednesday’s filing makes it official.

Abdelhamid is a Muslim community organizer in Astoria and the founder of the women’s self-defense organization Malikah . She previously ran for Congress in 2022, when she launched a primary challenge against then-Rep. Carolyn Maloney , whose district included both the Upper East Side and western Queens. She ended up dropping out of the race after the district’s boundaries were redrawn to exclude Queens.

Abdelhamid, who is Egyptian American, is deeply involved with the Mid

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