New York's 77th State Assembly district

New York's 77th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Landon Dais D – Highbridge

New York's 77th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. The district has been represented by Landon Dais following a special election in 2024, succeeding Latoya Joyner. ^[1]

Geography

District 77 is located in The Bronx, comprising portions of Claremont, Concourse, Highbridge, Mount Eden and Morris Heights.

The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 13th and 15th congressional districts, the 29th, 31st, 32nd and 33rd districts of the New York State Senate, and the 8th, 14th, and 16th districts of the New York City Council.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 77

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leonardo Coello
	Democratic	Landon Dais (incumbent)
	Write-in
Total votes
General election
	Democratic
	Republican
	Conservative
	Write-in
Total votes

2024 special

Due to a provision in state law regarding special elections, the date of this election was set to coincide with the special election in New York's 3rd congressional district.

2024 New York State Assembly special election, District 77 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Landon Dais	1,143	75.0
	Republican	Norman McGill	244
	Conservative	Norman McGill	64
	Total	Norman McGill	308	20.2
	Write-in	Mohammed Mardah	67	4.4
	Write-in		7	0.5
Total votes			1,525	100 [3]
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Latoya Joyner (incumbent)	11,284	86.3
	Republican	Tanya Carmichael	1,777	13.7
	Write-in		7	0.0
Total votes			13,068	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Latoya Joyner (incumbent)	29,759	89.2
	Republican	Tanya Carmichael	3,227	9.7
	Conservative	Benjamin Eggleston	368	1.1
	Write-in		22	0.0
Total votes			33,376	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Latoya Joyner (incumbent)	21,859	96.4
	Republican	Tanya Carmichael	714	3.2
	Conservative	Benjamin Eggleston	95	0.4
	Write-in		8	0.0
Total votes			22,676	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Latoya Joyner	27,327
	Working Families	Latoya Joyner	659
	Total	Latoya Joyner (incumbent)	27,986	98.6
	Conservative	Benjamin Eggleston	371	1.3
	Write-in		17	0.1
Total votes			28,374	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^{[8] [9]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Latoya Joyner	2,600	69.7
	Democratic	Sherrise Palomino	578	15.5
	Democratic	Carlton Curry	299	8.0
	Democratic	Verdell Mack	227	6.1
	Write-in		25	0.7
Total votes			3,729	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Latoya Joyner	9,719
	Working Families	Latoya Joyner	309
	Total	Latoya Joyner	10,028	94.7
	Republican	Esperanza Reyes Acosta	421	4.0
	Conservative	Benjamin Eggleston	81	0.8
	Write-in		56	0.5
Total votes			10,585	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^{[10] [11]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vanessa Gibson (incumbent)	3,066	89.9
	Democratic	Anthony Curry	334	9.8
	Write-in		9	0.3
Total votes			3,409	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Vanessa Gibson	26,208
	Working Families	Vanessa Gibson	343
	Total	Vanessa Gibson (incumbent)	26,551	97.7
	Republican	Tanya Carmichael	470	1.8
	Conservative	Devon Morrison	142	0.5
	Write-in		3	0.0
Total votes			27,166	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 77 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vanessa Gibson	11,755
	Working Families	Vanessa Gibson	506
	Total	Vanessa Gibson (incumbent)	12,261	95.8
	Republican	Tanya Carmichael	362	2.8
	Conservative	Robert Marrero	148	1.2
	Write-in		24	0.2
Total votes			12,795	100.0
	Democratic hold

2009 special

2009 New York State Assembly special election, District 77 ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vanessa Gibson	1,685
	Working Families	Vanessa Gibson	71
	Total	Vanessa Gibson	1,756	74.9
	Conservative	Joel Ray Rivera	495	21.1
	Republican	Barbara Bowland	93	4.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			2,344	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. Rebecca Lewis, Peter Sterne (January 18, 2024). "Hochul quietly set Feb. 13 date for Bronx special election to replace Latoya Joyner". City and State NY. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
2. "Special Election 2024 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
3. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
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5. "General Election 2020 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
6. "General Election 2018 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
7. "General Election 2016 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
8. "Primary Election 2014 - Democratic Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
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10. "Primary Election 2012 - Democratic Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
11. "General Election 2012 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
12. "General Election 2010 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
13. "Special Election 2009 - Member of the Assembly - 77th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
14. Associated Press (June 3, 2009). "Two Bronx Democrats Win Special Elections to Assembly". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2020.