New York's 48th State Assembly district

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New York's 48th
State Assembly district
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Assemblymember
  Simcha Eichenstein
D Borough Park

New York's 48th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Simcha Eichenstein since 2019.

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Geography

District 48 is in Brooklyn. It covers the community of Borough Park and portions of Midwood in Brooklyn.

The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 9th and 10th congressional districts, the 21st and 22nd districts of the New York State Senate, and the 38th, 39th, 40th, 44th and 45th districts of the New York City Council.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 48
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Simcha Eichenstein
Conservative Simcha Eichenstein
Total Simcha Eichenstein (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes100.0

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Simcha Eichenstein 11,341
Conservative Simcha Eichenstein 9,970
Total Simcha Eichenstein (incumbent) 21,311 94.7
Working Families Linda Holmes1,0564.7
Write-in 1400.6
Total votes22,507 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein was elected to a second term, but received the most votes as the Conservative candidate. Notably, this would be the first election (federal or state) since 1970 in which the party would receive the most votes. [2]

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Simcha Eichenstein 13,411
Democratic Simcha Eichenstein 12,570
Total Simcha Eichenstein (incumbent) 25,981 98.6
Write-in 3751.4
Total votes26,356 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Simcha Eichenstein 9,702
Conservative Simcha Eichenstein 6,096
Total Simcha Eichenstein 15,168 95.1
Write-in 7874.9
Total votes15,955 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [5] [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dov Hikind (write-in) 253 60.2
Write-in 16739.8
Total votes420 100
General election
Republican Dov Hikind 11,076
Democratic Dov Hikind 10,320
Conservative Dov Hikind 1,722
Total Dov Hikind (incumbent) 23,118 99.2
Write-in 1760.1
Total votes23,294 100
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dov Hikind 9,743
Conservative Dov Hikind 2,574
Total Dov Hikind (incumbent) 12,317 78.2
Republican Nachman Caller3,240
Housing and JobsNachman Caller144
TotalNachman Caller3,38421.5
Write-in 570.3
Total votes15,758 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [8] [9]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dov Hikind 3,138 83.7
Democratic Mitchell Tischler58615.6
Write-in 240.7
Total votes3,748 100
General election
Democratic Dov Hikind 18,279
Tax Cuts Now Dov Hikind 985
Total Dov Hikind (incumbent) 19,264 93.9
School ChoiceMitchell Tischler1,2166.0
Write-in 450.1
Total votes20,525 100
Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 48 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dov Hikind (incumbent) 9,713 65.0
Republican Brian Doherty4,408
Conservative Brian Doherty806
TotalBrian Doherty5,21434.9
Write-in 120.1
Total votes14,939 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in Assembly District 48

YearOfficeResults [11] [12]
2022 Senate Pinion 59.6 – 40.1%
2020 President Trump 78.7 – 20.6%
2018 Senate Farley 63.7 – 36.3%
2016 President Trump 69.3 – 28.3%
Senate Schumer 65.2 – 33.5%
2012 President Romney 75.6 – 23.7%
Senate Gillibrand 51.5 – 47.6%

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