Alex Bores
American politician (born 1990)
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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's Upper East Side.
Alex Bores | |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 73rd district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Quart |
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| Born | November 2, 1990 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Darya Moldavskaya (m. 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS) |
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| Website | State Assembly website Campaign website |
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 artificial intelligence policy, including co-authoring the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act). He was a Democratic candidate in the 2026 election for New York's 12th congressional district.
Early life and education
Bores was born in Manhattan, New York City.[2] He is a fifth-generation New Yorker.[3] His father was a union member,[4] who worked in television sports production,[5] and his mother was a television news writer.[6] He grew up on the Upper East Side and attended Hunter College High School.[7]
He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial relations and economics from Cornell University.[8] While at Cornell, Bores was elected to the university's board of trustees.[9] 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
From 2008 to 2009, Bores served as a constituent services representative for City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin.[10] 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.[11] At Palantir, he worked with the United States Department of Justice to investigate pharmacies overprescribing opioids.[5][12] He also worked with other government agencies including the Center for Disease Control and the Department of Veteran Affairs.[5] Bores left Palantir in 2019, saying he disagreed with its decision to renew its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[13][14][15] Bloomberg News later reported conflicting accounts of the circumstances surrounding his departure, which Bores disputed.[16][5]
From 2019 to 2020, Bores was the head of the commercial division and acting general manager of Merlon Intelligence,[17] an anti-money laundering risk management platform.[18][14] From 2020 to 2022, he served as the head of customer success and president of transportation practice at Promise.[17]
New York State Assembly
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.[19]
With Assemblymember Ed Ra, Bores co-chairs New York's chapter of the Future Caucus.[20] Bores won the national Future Caucus's 2024 Rising Star award,[21] 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-authored 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,[22][23] with Politico saying that it was "widely regarded as the furthest-reaching in the country."[8][24] The bill was significantly weakened by Governor Kathy Hochul before she signed it into law in December 2025.[25] Time cited his role in co-sponsoring the RAISE Act when naming him to its 2025 Time 100 AI list.[26]
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.”[27]
Bores co-sponsored a bill in the New York state legislature that would impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers in the state.[28] It passed the legislature on June 4 but has not been signed by Hochul.[29] The legislature also passed a biosecurity bill co-sponsored by Bores that would require pathogen screening for artificial gene synthesis.[28]
U.S. House of Representatives campaign
In October 2025, Bores announced his candidacy for New York's 12th district in the U.S. House of Representatives to succeed Jerry Nadler.[30] 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.[30]
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.[31][32] By June 2026, the group had spent more than $7.6 million in opposing his candidacy.[33] 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."[8] 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."[34]
Bores's candidacy has been supported by Jobs and Democracy PAC, a super PAC aligned with the nonprofit Public First Action.[35] Public First Action received $20 million from the AI company Anthropic.[36][37] According to the company, the funds cannot be used for federal election activity.[38] 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.[39] Additionally, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen committed $3.5 million to Bores's campaign, aiming to provide a "counterweight" to the attack advertising.[40][41] 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.[33][42] 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.[12]
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.[43] As of June 2026, about $12 million in independent expenditures have been spent to support and oppose his campaign.[12] In an article published in May 2026, The New Yorker has described Bores's run as "a proxy battle between OpenAI and Anthropic."[44]
Bores lost the primary election to Micah Lasher.[45]
Personal life
Bores is married to Darya Moldavskaya.[30] They live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan[46] and have one son.[30]