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Alex Bores
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 73rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2023
Preceded byDan Quart
Personal details
Born (1990-11-02) November 2, 1990 (age 35)
New York City, New York, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Darya Moldavskaya
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(m. 2019)​
Children1
EducationCornell University (BS)
Georgia Institute of Technology (MS)
Signature
WebsiteState Assembly website
Campaign website

Alex Bores (born November 2, 1990)[1] is an American politician serving in the New York State Assembly since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he represents the 73rd district in Manhattan. He is a candidate in the 2026 election for New York's 12th congressional district.

Before entering politics, Bores worked as a data scientist and technology consultant. He earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

His work in office has included efforts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), drawing opposition from super PACs and lobbying groups aligned with the AI industry. Their involvement has triggered counter-spending in support of Bores.

Early life and education

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Bores was born in Manhattan, New York City.[2] He is a fifth-generation New Yorker.[3] His father worked in television sports production,[4] and his mother was a television news writer.[5] He grew up on the Upper East Side and attended Hunter College High School.[6]

He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial relations and economics from Cornell University.[7] While at Cornell, Bores was elected to the university's board of trustees.[8] He later went to Georgia Tech, where he earned a master's degree in computer science with a specialization in machine learning.[3]

Early career

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From 2008 to 2009, Bores served as a constituent services representative for City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin.[9] He worked as a consultant for Cornerstone Research from 2013 to 2014.

Bores joined Palantir in 2014, where he worked as a data scientist, project lead, enterprise lead, and U.S. government lead.[10] At Palantir, he worked with the United States Department of Justice to investigate pharmacies overprescribing opioids.[4][11] He also worked with other government agencies including the Center for Disease Control and the Department of Veteran Affairs.[4] Bores left Palantir in 2019 stating that he disagreed with the company’s decision to renew its contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[12][13][14] Bloomberg News later reported conflicting accounts of the circumstances surrounding his departure, which Bores disputed.[15][4]

From 2019 to 2020, Bores was the head of the commercial division and acting general manager of Merlon Intelligence,[16] an anti-money laundering risk management platform.[17][13] From 2020 to 2022, he served as the head of customer success and president of transportation practice at Promise.[16]

New York State Assembly

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In March 2022, Bores entered the race for New York State Assembly in District 73 with a platform including affordability and renewable energy. He was elected in November 2022.[18]

With Assemblymember Ed Ra, Bores co-chairs New York's chapter of the Future Caucus.[19] Bores won the national Future Caucus's 2024 Rising Star award,[20] given to "Gen Z and millennial state lawmakers who embody the organization’s mission to transcend political tribalism by driving innovative, bipartisan legislation."

Bores co-sponsored the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act), an AI safety bill that passed the New York State Senate and Assembly in June 2025,[21] [22] with Politico saying that it was "widely regarded as the furthest-reaching in the country."[7] The bill was significantly weakened by Governor Kathy Hochul before she signed it into law in December 2025.[23] Time cited his role in co-sponsoring the RAISE Act when naming him to its 2025 Time 100 AI list.[24]

In May 2026, shortly after the Trump administration announced its Anti-Weaponization Fund intended to compensate individuals who claim that the DOJ had been weaponized against them, Bores began working on a bill titled the "Anti-Insurrectionist Act". In a draft memo to the State Assembly, the bill was described as ensuring that “no resident of this State is enriched by what is, in substance, a publicly-funded political payout negotiated between the President and his own Administration.”[25]

Bores co-sponsored a bill in the New York state legislature which would impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers in the state,[26] which passed the legislature on June 4 but has not been signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.[27] The legislature also passed a biosecurity bill co-sponsored by Bores that would require pathogen screening for gene synthesis.[26]

U.S. House of Representatives campaign

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Main article: 2026 New York's 12th congressional district election

In October 2025, Bores announced his candidacy for New York's 12th district in the U.S. House of Representatives to succeed Jerry Nadler.[28] He said he entered the race due to the effects of rapidly advancing technology on American democracy and highlighted Donald Trump's close relationships with tech executives.[28]

The campaign attracted national attention because of its connection to debates over artificial intelligence regulation. Bores's campaign has been targeted by attack advertising from the OpenAI-aligned super PAC network Leading the Future.[29][30] By June 2026, the group had spent more than $7.6 million in opposing his candidacy.[31] Politico described the super PAC's tactic as "beat[ing] up on Bores so badly that when the idea of regulating AI development comes up, other politicians run the other direction."[7] Transformer described the race as a "microcosm" of a nationwide political spending battle over AI regulation due to the involvement of "dueling AI-focused super PACs."[32]

Bores's candidacy has been supported by Jobs and Democracy PAC, a super PAC aligned with the nonprofit Public First Action.[33] Public First Action received $20 million from the AI company Anthropic.[34][35] According to the company, the funds cannot be used for federal election activity.[36] Support for Bores's campaign has also come from DREAM NYC, a super PAC whose only disclosed donor was an employee of Anthropic who donated $50,000.[37] Additionally, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen committed $3.5 million to Bores's campaign, aiming to provide a "counterweight" to the attack advertising.[38][39] The campaign was also supported by a new super PAC, Guardrails Alliance, funded by the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Working Families Party, and other groups, with a similar goal of counterbalancing the attack spending.[31][40] According to the The New York Times, a total of $6.5 million originating from four different super PACs has been spent supporting Bores or attacking his opponents.[11]

As of February 2026, the majority of contributions to Bores's campaign came from outside of New York City, with 12 percent originating from within the congressional district.[41] As of June 2026, about $12 million in independent expenditures have been spent to support and oppose his campaign.[11] In an article published in May 2026, The New Yorker has described Bores's run as "a proxy battle between OpenAI and Anthropic."[42]

Personal life

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Bores is married to Darya Moldavskaya.[43] They live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan[44] and have one son.[45]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores - Biography | LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  2. ^ Johnson, Atticus (December 4, 2025). "NY Assemblyman Alex Bores '13, Architect of AI Regulation Bill, Mounts Run for Congress in Manhattan". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Nichols, John (June 19, 2026). "How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ezra Klein Podcast: Alex Bores". The New York Times. April 21, 2026. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  5. ^ Kayatt, Arlene. "Lori Bores, Mom of Assemblyman, Is Longtime Community Activist Herself". www.ourtownny.com. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  6. ^ Gruskin, Abigail. "Alex Bores Plans to Tackle Politics Like He's Tackled Tech — With Results". www.ourtownny.com. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  7. ^ a b c Scola, Nancy (March 6, 2026). "The Campaign to Take Down Alex Bores Is Just the Beginning". Politico. Archived from the original on March 11, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  8. ^ Oreskes, Benjamin (June 6, 2026). "A.I. Companies Don't Know What to Do With Alex Bores". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  9. ^ "UES 73rd District Assembly Race 2022: Alex Bores Profile". Upper East Side, NY Patch. June 16, 2022. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  10. ^ Blake, Wendy (March 4, 2022). "One-time Exec at Controversial Tech Giant Enters Dem Assembly Race, Wants to Use Cyber Savvy to Protect NYC". East Side Feed. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Oreskes, Benjamin (June 6, 2026). "A.I. Companies Don't Know What to Do With Alex Bores". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  12. ^ Zeff, Maxwell (November 21, 2025). "A $100 Million AI Super PAC Targeted New York Democrat Alex Bores. He Thinks It Backfired". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on January 15, 2026. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  13. ^ a b McDonough, Annie (January 20, 2026). "Alex Bores' work at Palantir complicates his anti-ICE stance". City & State New York. Archived from the original on June 8, 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  14. ^ McDonough, Annie (January 21, 2026). "Bores zeros in on Lasher". City & State NY.
  15. ^ "NY Congressional Candidate Faced Palantir Sexual Comments Claim". Bloomberg. February 13, 2026. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  16. ^ a b "Alex Bores '13". Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  17. ^ Mannes, John (May 23, 2017). "Merlon Intelligence raises $7.65 million in seed financing to combat money laundering". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  18. ^ "New York State Assembly - District 73 Election Results | Asbury Park Press". www.app.com. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  19. ^ Lisa, Kate (March 11, 2024). "Young N.Y. lawmakers work to bridge political divide with Future Caucus". spectrumlocalnews.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  20. ^ Hariram, Janani (November 23, 2024). "Assemblyman Alex Bores Wins Rising Star Award". The Legislative Gazette. Archived from the original on April 2, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  21. ^ Field, Hayden (December 12, 2025). "Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill". The Verge. Archived from the original on January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  22. ^ Field, Hayden (December 23, 2025). "New York's landmark AI safety bill was defanged — and universities were part of the push against it". The Verge. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  23. ^ Lewis, Rebecca C. (December 20, 2025). "Hochul signs watered down AI regs, but lawmakers still got some wins". City & State NY. Archived from the original on April 20, 2026. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  24. ^ Chow, Andrew R. "Alex Bores: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025". Time. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  25. ^ Siemaszko, Corky (May 27, 2026). "Proposed bill would tax New Yorkers who tap 'anti-weaponization' fund at 100%". NBC News. Archived from the original on May 28, 2026. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  26. ^ a b Hashim, Shakeel. "The best AI bill yet may not get far". www.transformernews.ai. Archived from the original on June 10, 2026. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  27. ^ Dalban, By Lauren (June 5, 2026). "New York State Gets One Step Closer to a Data Center Moratorium". Inside Climate News. Archived from the original on June 10, 2026. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  28. ^ a b King, Maya (October 20, 2025). "Manhattan Assemblyman Joins Primary to Succeed Nadler in Congress". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  29. ^ Gold, Hadas (December 10, 2025). "Pro-AI super PAC launches first candidate ads". CNN. Archived from the original on December 21, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  30. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (February 23, 2026). "A Congressional Candidate Feared by the Tech Oligarchs". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  31. ^ a b Wimbish, Whitney Curry (June 19, 2026). "Tech Industry Defector in NY-12 Gets Boost From New Super PAC". The American Prospect. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
  32. ^ Irwin, Veronica. "Both sides claim the lead in AI's high-stakes midterm race". www.transformernews.ai. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  33. ^ Wilkins, Emily (February 19, 2026). "Dueling PACs take center stage in midterm elections over AI regulation". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 4, 2026. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  34. ^ Curi, Maria (February 12, 2026). "Anthropic pours $20 million into AI policy fight". Axios. Archived from the original on May 19, 2026. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  35. ^ Kang, Cecilia (February 23, 2026). "Backed by Anthropic, a Super PAC Group Begins an Ad Blitz in Support of A.I. Regulation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  36. ^ Tiku, Nitasha; Duncan, Ian; Vynck, Gerrit De (May 23, 2026). "'It's called winning': Why a tech industry super PAC is running ads about ICE". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 27, 2026. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  37. ^ Chris Sommerfeldt; Emily Ngo; Nick Reisman; Jason Beeferman (February 10, 2026). "The Alex Bores Campaign's PAC Overlap". Politico. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  38. ^ Goldmacher, Shane; Fandos, Nicholas (May 1, 2026). "A Midterm Clash of A.I. Giants Escalates as a Tech Billionaire Jumps In". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  39. ^ Gardiner, Dustin; Fernandez, Madison (May 1, 2026). "Crypto Billionaire Puts $3.5 Million Behind Alex Bores in New York". Politico. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  40. ^ Isaac, Mike; Schleifer, Theodore (June 18, 2026). "New Super PAC Aims to Rally Tech Workers to Help Limit A.I." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  41. ^ Thomas, Grace (February 19, 2026). "Only 12% of Alex Bores' donations come from NY-12". City & State New York. Archived from the original on May 27, 2026. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  42. ^ Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (May 7, 2026). "How a Congressional Primary Became a Proxy Battle Over A.I." The New Yorker. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  43. ^ King, Maya (October 20, 2025). "Manhattan Assemblyman Joins Primary to Succeed Nadler in Congress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 26, 2026. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  44. ^ "Alex Bores - Assembly District 73 |Assembly Member Directory | New York State Assembly". nyassembly.gov. Archived from the original on March 12, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  45. ^ King, Maya (October 20, 2025). "Manhattan Assemblyman Joins Primary to Succeed Nadler in Congress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 26, 2026. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
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