Hannah Shvets
DSA nationally endorsed candidates, 2025
Running for office
Cornell University sophomore and Ithaca local Hannah Shvets is vying to represent Ithaca’s Fifth Ward on the Common Council next year. The ward includes the western half of Cornell’s campus and parts of Cayuga Heights.
Shvets has the endorsement of the progressive Working Families Party, the Cornell and Ithaca branches of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Ithaca Tenants Union.
After moving with her family to Ithaca from Austin, Texas in 2016, Shvets attended Ithaca High School before attending Cornell, where she now studies in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Shvets is also a fellow at Tompkins County Workers' Center.
Shvets said she hopes her unique perspective as a student and full-time resident will help her serve both the Cornell and Ithaca community as a whole.[1]