New York's 19th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Roxanne Persaud since her 2015 victory in a special election to replace indicted incumbent John Sampson.[3]
New York's 19th State Senate district | |||
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Senator |
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Registration | 75.2% Democratic 7.0% Republican 15.1% No party preference | ||
Demographics | 16% White 60% Black 15% Hispanic 8% Asian | ||
Population (2017) | 338,328[1] | ||
Registered voters | 205,360[2] |
Geography
editDistrict 19 is located in southeastern Brooklyn, including some or all of the neighborhoods of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, and Ocean Hill.[1][4]
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 54th, 55th, 58th, 59th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]
Recent election results
edit2024
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | |||
Write-in | ||||
Total votes | 100.0 |
2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 43,866 | 99.7 | |
Write-in | 131 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 43,997 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 19,971 | 74.8 | |
Democratic | Keron Alleyne | 6,642 | 24.9 | |
Write-in | 85 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 26,698 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 95,755 | 99.4 | |
Write-in | 577 | 0.6 | ||
Total votes | 96,332 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roxanne Persaud | 68,041 | ||
Working Families | Roxanne Persaud | 1,279 | ||
Total | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 69,320 | 89.8 | |
Republican | Jeffrey Ferretti | 7,117 | ||
Conservative | Jeffrey Ferretti | 703 | ||
Total | Jeffrey Ferretti | 7,820 | 10.1 | |
Write-in | 56 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 77,196 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 10,358 | 75.8 | |
Democratic | Mercedes Narcisse | 3,284 | 24.0 | |
Write-in | 32 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 13,674 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Roxanne Persaud | 86,433 | ||
Working Families | Roxanne Persaud | 3,786 | ||
Total | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 90,219 | 99.8 | |
Write-in | 193 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 90,412 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2015 special
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roxanne Persaud | 7,380 | ||
Women's Equality | Roxanne Persaud | 94 | ||
Independence | Roxanne Persaud | 72 | ||
Total | Roxanne Persaud | 7,546 | 87.6 | |
Republican | Jeffrey Ferretti | 779 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Elias Weir | 278 | 3.2 | |
Write-in | 16 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 8,619 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
editPrimary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John Sampson (incumbent) | 7,572 | 54.2 | |
Democratic | Dell Smitherman | 4,123 | 29.5 | |
Democratic | Sean Henry | 1,732 | 12.4 | |
Democratic | Elias Weir | 504 | 3.6 | |
Write-in | 37 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 13,968 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | John Sampson (incumbent) | 29,741 | 86.0 | |
Conservative | Elias Weir | 2,816 | 8.1 | |
Working Families | Dell Smitherman | 1,993 | 5.8 | |
Write-in | 28 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 34,578 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Sampson | 77,618 | ||
Working Families | John Sampson | 1,356 | ||
Total | John Sampson (incumbent) | 78,974 | 90.3 | |
Republican | Jane Neal | 7,226 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | Elias Weir | 1,196 | 1.4 | |
Write-in | 23 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 87,419 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Federal results in District 19
editYear | Office | Results[10][11] |
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2020 | President | Biden 83.2 – 16.0% |
2016 | President | Clinton 85.3 – 13.3% |
2012 | President | Obama 88.7 – 11.0% |
Senate | Gillibrand 91.5 – 8.0% |
References
edit- ^ a b "State Senate District 19, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
- ^ "New York State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 19th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "New York State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "State Senator 19th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.