New York's 143rd State Assembly district

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New York's 143rd
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Assemblymember
  Monica Wallace
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New York's 143rd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Monica Wallace since 2017.

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Geography

District 143 is located entirely within Erie County. It contains towns east of Buffalo, such as Cheektowaga, Lancaster, Depew and Sloan. Buffalo Niagara International Airport is located in this district. [1]

2010s

District 143 is located entirely within Erie County. It contains towns east of Buffalo, such as Cheektowaga, Lancaster, East Lancaster, Depew and Sloan.

Recent election results

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica Wallace 21,385
Integrity Monica Wallace 420
Total Monica Wallace 22,255 52.6
Republican Frank Smerciak II15,861
Conservative Frank Smerciak II4,174
TotalFrank Smerciak II20,03547.4
Write-in 200.0
Total votes42,310 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica Wallace 31,187
Working Families Monica Wallace 2,975
Independence Monica Wallace 1,047
Total Monica Wallace 35,209 52.4
Republican Frank Smerciak II26,968
Conservative Frank Smerciak II4,927
TotalFrank Smerciak II31,89547.5
Write-in 630.1
Total votes67,167 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica Wallace 23,903
Working Families Monica Wallace 1,240
Independence Monica Wallace 1,094
Women's Equality Monica Wallace 460
Total Monica Wallace 26,697 58.1
Republican Daniel Centinello Sr.19,24641.9
Write-in 00.0
Total votes45,943 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [5] [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica Wallace 4,430 74.8
Democratic Kristy Mazurek1,49625.2
Write-in 00.0
Total votes5,926 100
General election
Democratic Monica Wallace 27,738
Working Families Monica Wallace 2,473
Women's Equality Monica Wallace 666
Total Monica Wallace 30,877 55.0
Republican Russell Sugg19,262
Conservative Russell Sugg4,605
Independence Russell Sugg1,210
Reform Russell Sugg176
TotalRussell Sugg25,25345.0
Write-in 00.0
Total votes56,130 100.0
Democratic gain from Conservative

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [7] [8] [9]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Mazurek 4,435 53.8
Democratic Camille Brandon3,80446.2
Write-in 00.0
Total votes8,239 100
General election
Republican Angela Wozniak 13,608
Conservative Angela Wozniak 4,055
Independence Angela Wozniak 1,881
Total Angela Wozniak 19,544 59.3
Democratic Mark Mazurek11,89136.0
Working Families Camille Brandon1,5464.7
Write-in 00.0
Total votes32,981 100.0
Conservative gain from Democratic

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Gabryszak 32,372
Conservative Dennis Gabryszak 4,563
Independence Dennis Gabryszak 2,577
Total Dennis Gabryszak 39,512 72.3
Republican Frank DeCarlo12,88423.7
Write-in 00.0
Total votes54,314 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 143 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Gabryszak 20,839
Conservative Dennis Gabryszak 2,326
Independence Dennis Gabryszak 2,236
Working Families Dennis Gabryszak 1,531
Total Dennis Gabryszak 26,932 65.6
Republican Patrick Mandia14,10734.4
Write-in 00.0
Total votes41,039 100.0
Democratic hold

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  2. "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
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  11. "2010 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 18, 2022.