New York's 10th State Senate district

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New York's 10th
State Senate district
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Senator
  James Sanders Jr.
D Far Rockaway
Registration76.2%  Democratic
5.3%  Republican
15.7%  No party preference
Demographics6%  White
47%  Black
22%  Hispanic
14%  Asian
7% Other
Population (2017)353,249 [1]
Registered voters183,790 [2]

New York's 10th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat James Sanders Jr. since 2013, following his defeat of incumbent Shirley Huntley in the 2012 Democratic primary election. [3]

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Geography

District 10 is located in Southeast Queens, including the neighborhoods of Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, Edgemere, Bayswater, Arverne, and Far Rockaway, as well as the John F. Kennedy International Airport. [1] [4]

The district overlaps with New York's 5th, 6th, and 7th congressional districts, and with the 23rd, 24th, 28th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, and 38th districts of the New York State Assembly. [5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 10 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 65,391
Working Families James Sanders Jr. 2,683
Total James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 68,074 71.0
Republican Michael O'Reilly25,129
Conservative Michael O'Reilly2,151
Common SenseMichael O'Reilly393
TotalMichael O'Reilly27,67328.9
Write-in 1440.1
Total votes95,891 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 10 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 43,880 98.5
Write-in 6361.5
Total votes44,516 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 10 [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 88,990
Working Families James Sanders Jr. 5,565
Total James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 94,555 99.7
Write-in 2810.3
Total votes94,836 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 10 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 62,095
Working Families James Sanders Jr. 1,461
Reform James Sanders Jr. 148
Total James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 63,704 99.6
Write-in 2120.3
Total votes63,916 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 10 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 5,495 57.8
Democratic Adrienne Adams 3,98841.9
Write-in 280.3
Total votes9,511 100.0
General election
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 82,219
Working Families James Sanders Jr. 2,363
Total James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 84,582 96.4
Women's Equality Adrienne Adams 3,0543.5
Write-in 960.1
Total votes87,732 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 10 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 6,340 73.2
Democratic Everly Brown1,89321.8
Democratic Gian Jones3413.9
Write-in 961.1
Total votes8,651 100.0
General election
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 28,207
Working Families James Sanders Jr. 1,191
Total James Sanders Jr. (incumbent) 29,398 99.7
Write-in 1010.3
Total votes29,499 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 10 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 5,322 56.6
Democratic Shirley Huntley (incumbent)3,74739.8
Democratic Gian Jones3283.5
Write-in 1010.1
Total votes9,426 100.0
General election
Democratic James Sanders Jr. 67,474 99.9
Write-in 930.1
Total votes67,567 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 10

YearOfficeResults [10] [11]
2020 President Biden 86.5 – 12.7%
2016 President Clinton 90.6 – 8.0%
2012 President Obama 94.3 – 5.4%
Senate Gillibrand 95.1 – 4.5%

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 10, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. "New York State Senator James Sanders, Jr". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. "Our District". James Sanders Jr., The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. "General Election 2024 - State Senator - 10th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  7. "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 10th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "New York State Senate District 10". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  9. "State Senator 10th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  10. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  11. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.