State Senator Alessandra Biaggi believes a newly drawn district is her map to Congress.

Biaggi announced her campaign for higher office Monday, tweeting: “Our country doesn’t just need more Democrats in Washington – we need bolder ones.”

She also touted progressive victories in Albany on abortion and voting rights.

What You Need To Know

  • Newly approved Congressional District 3 includes Biaggi's Westchester neighborhood

  • The Democratic primary in race is dominated by Long Islanders and moderates

  • Biaggi has been in the state Senate since 2018, when she unseated Jeff Klein

She pledged to “bring that same energy and resolve to Washington, and bring the voices of NYers on the Sound with me.”

The liberal lawmaker has her eye on Congressional District 3.

The boundaries currently include Suffolk, Nassau and Queens counties, but freshly approved changes are set to curl the district north into the Bronx and Westchester, including Pelham, where Biaggi lives.

Her grandfather, Mario Biaggi, served in the House for two decades.

Biaggi won her state Senate seat in 2018 by defeating Jeff Klein of the Independent Democratic Conference.

“This is because of every single one of you who were courageous, who saw a vision as well, who knew that we could not tolerate Democrats who would be empowering Republicans,” she said then.

Biaggi is the highest-profile entry into a primary dominated by Long Islanders and moderates.

Congressman Tom Suozzi, who is vacating the seat and running for governor, is a vocal centrist.

“Democrats are concerned as well about the drift of the Democratic Party to the far left,” he said last month.

And those beating Biaggi to the punch of filing to be Suozzi’s successor like him are Long Islanders. 

They include Nassau legislator Josh Lafazan, Democratic National Committeeman Robert Zimmerman, Suffolk deputy executive Jon Kaiman, businesswoman Reema Rasool, and community organizer Melanie D’Arrigo, who like Biaggi leans left.

New York’s redrawn congressional maps are facing a court challenge from Republicans.

The changes have additionally piqued the interest of former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who sources say is considering a bid for Congressional District 11, set to stretch from Staten Island into his Park Slope, Brooklyn, neighborhood.

De Blasio decided against running for governor last month.

And talk of his potential House bid is uniting two bitter rivals in their disdain: Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis and her Democratic challenger Max Rose.