New York's 12th State Senate district

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New York's 12th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Michael Gianaris
D Astoria
Registration65.3%  Democratic
9.0%  Republican
22.1%  No party preference
Demographics36%  White
4%  Black
36%  Hispanic
21%  Asian
Population (2017)331,564 [1]
Registered voters191,906 [2]

New York's 12th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Michael Gianaris, the Deputy Senate Majority Leader, since 2011. [3]

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Geography

District 12 is located primarily in Northwest Queens, covering the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, and Sunnyside, as well as parts of Woodside, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Woodhaven. [1] [4]

The district overlaps with New York's 6th, 7th, 8th, 12th, and 14th congressional districts, and with the 23rd, 30th, 34th, 36th, 37th, 38th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly. [5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 12 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris 48,820
Working Families Michael Gianaris 10,049
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 58,869 67.4
Republican Han-Khon To28,19232.3
Write-in 2900.3
Total votes87,351 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 12 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris 31,752
Working Families Michael Gianaris 9,769
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 41,521 98.4
Write-in 6601.6
Total votes42,181 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 12 [8] [9] [10]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 27,759 78.8
Democratic Ignazio Terranova7,36120.9
Write-in 880.3
Total votes35,208 100.0
General election
Democratic Michael Gianaris 81,795
Working Families Michael Gianaris 18,876
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 100,671 99.0
Write-in 1,0291.0
Total votes101,700 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 12 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris 65,892
Working Families Michael Gianaris 6,076
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 71,968 99.4
Write-in 4140.6
Total votes72,382 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 12 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris 76,080
Working Families Michael Gianaris 6,248
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 82,328 85.9
Republican Marvin Jeffcoat11,928
Conservative Marvin Jeffcoat1,481
TotalMarvin Jeffcoat13,40914.0
Write-in 1140.1
Total votes95,851 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 12 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris 22,229
Working Families Michael Gianaris 3,752
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 25,981 95.4
Stop Common Core Anthony Aldorasi1,1584.2
Write-in 1200.4
Total votes27,259 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 12 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Gianaris 58,576
Working Families Michael Gianaris 3,267
Toal Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 61,843 86.3
Republican Tony Arcabascio8,772
Conservative Tony Arcabascio1,003
TotalTony Arcabascio9,77513.6
Write-in 430.1
Total votes71,661 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 12

YearOfficeResults [11] [12]
2020 President Biden 78.3 – 20.2%
2016 President Clinton 81.0 – 15.8%
2012 President Obama 82.6 – 15.8%
Senate Gillibrand 85.9 – 12.1%

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 12, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. "New York State Senator Michael Gianaris". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 26, 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 - 12th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  7. "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 12th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  8. "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections . August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "New York State Senate District 12". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  10. "State Senator 12th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  11. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.