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New York's 142nd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Patrick B. Burke since 2019.
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New York's 142nd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Patrick B. Burke since 2019.
District 142 is in Erie County. It contains South Buffalo, the City of Lackawanna, and the towns of West Seneca, Ellicott and Orchard Park.
District 142 is in Erie County. It contains South Buffalo, the City of Lackawanna, and the towns of West Seneca, Ellicott, Duells Corner and Orchard Park.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Marc Priore | |||
| Conservative | Marc Priore | |||
| Total | Marc Priore | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 24,163 | 53.0 | |
| Republican | Sandra Magnano | 16,767 | ||
| Conservative | Sandra Magnano | 4,606 | ||
| Total | Sandra Magnano | 21,373 | 46.9 | |
| Write-in | 38 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 45,574 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Independence | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 520 | 52.9 | |
| Independence | Matthew Szalkowski | 458 | 46.6 | |
| Write-in | 5 | 0.5 | ||
| Total votes | 983 | 100 | ||
| Working Families | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 46 | 79.3 | |
| Working Families | Madison Klimowicz | 11 | 19.0 | |
| Write-in | 1 | 1.7 | ||
| Total votes | 58 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Patrick Burke | 32,296 | ||
| Working Families | Patrick Burke | 3,302 | ||
| Independence | Patrick Burke | 1,160 | ||
| Total | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 36,758 | 56.0 | |
| Republican | Matthew Szalkowski | 24,081 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Szalkowski | 4,717 | ||
| Total | Matthew Szalkowski | 28,798 | 43.9 | |
| Write-in | 51 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 65,607 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 1,454 | 57.1 | |
| Republican | Timothy Nolan | 1,092 | 42.9 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 2,546 | 100 | ||
| Independence | Michelle Kennedy | 213 | 52.2 | |
| Independence | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 195 | 47.8 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 408 | 100 | ||
| Conservative | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 250 | 75.5 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Mescall Jr. | 81 | 24.5 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 331 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Patrick Burke | 23,154 | ||
| Working Families | Patrick Burke | 1,415 | ||
| Reform | Patrick Burke | 266 | ||
| Total | Patrick Burke | 25,195 | 51.9 | |
| Republican | Erik Bohen | 17,650 | ||
| Conservative | Erik Bohen | 4,411 | ||
| Total | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 22,061 | 45.4 | |
| Independence | Michelle Kennedy | 1,308 | 2.7 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 48,564 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Erik Bohen | 4,107 | ||
| Conservative | Erik Bohen | 1,229 | ||
| Independence | Erik Bohen | 742 | ||
| Total | Erik Bohen | 6,078 | 51.5 | |
| Democratic | Patrick Burke | 5,157 | ||
| Working Families | Patrick Burke | 432 | ||
| Reform | Patrick Burke | 94 | ||
| Total | Patrick Burke | 5,683 | 48.2 | |
| Write-in | 30 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 11,791 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Michael Kearns | 29,996 | ||
| Republican | Michael Kearns | 18,156 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Kearns | 4,766 | ||
| Independence | Michael Kearns | 2,629 | ||
| Total | Michael Kearns (incumbent) | 55,547 | 100.0 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 55,547 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Michael Kearns | 16,651 | ||
| Republican | Michael Kearns | 9,840 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Kearns | 3,876 | ||
| Independence | Michael Kearns | 2,082 | ||
| Total | Michael Kearns (incumbent) | 32,449 | 100.0 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 32,449 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Michael Kearns | 30,372 | ||
| Republican | Michael Kearns | 15,848 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Kearns | 3,440 | ||
| Working Families | Michael Kearns | 2,755 | ||
| Total | Michael Kearns (incumbent) | 52,415 | 100.0 | |
| Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 52,415 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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