New York's 17th State Senate district | |||
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Registration | 57.6% Democratic 16.7% Republican 23.0% No party preference | ||
Demographics | 32% White 2% Black 19% Hispanic 44% Asian 1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 3% Other | ||
Population (2022) | 293,218 [1] | ||
Registered voters | 155,905 [2] |
New York's 17th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Steve Chan since 2025, defeating Iwen Chu.
District 17 is located in Southwestern Brooklyn, including some or all of the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Kensington, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend. [1] [3]
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 51st districts of the New York State Assembly. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Chan | 27,938 | ||
Conservative | Steve Chan | 2,930 | ||
Total | Steve Chan | 30,868 | 54.7 | |
Democratic | Iwen Chu | 22,679 | ||
Working Families | Iwen Chu | 2,685 | ||
Total | Iwen Chu (incumbent) | 25,364 | 44.9 | |
Write-in | 240 | 0.4 | ||
Total votes | 56,472 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Iwen Chu | 16,167 | |||
Working Families | Iwen Chu | 2,195 | |||
Total | Iwen Chu | 18,362 | 50.7 | ||
Republican | Vito LaBella | 16,659 | |||
Conservative | Vito LaBella | 1,169 | |||
Total | Vito LaBella | 17,828 | 49.2 | ||
Write-in | 57 | 0.1 | |||
Total votes | 36,243 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Simcha Felder | 42,332 | ||
Democratic | Simcha Felder | 31,476 | ||
Conservative | Simcha Felder | 4,842 | ||
Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 78,650 | 97.8 | |
Write-in | 1,730 | 2.2 | ||
Total votes | 80,380 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
As he had done in the past, Felder ran in 2020 on both the Democratic and Republican party lines.
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 15,589 | 65.4 | |
Democratic | Blake Morris | 8,200 | 34.4 | |
Write-in | 39 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 23,828 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Simcha Felder | 20,585 | ||
Republican | Simcha Felder | 18,152 | ||
Conservative | Simcha Felder | 2,283 | ||
Independence | Simcha Felder | 733 | ||
Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 41,544 | 84.3 | |
Working Families | Jumaane Williams | 6,611 | 13.4 | |
Reform | Luis Rivera | 733 | 1.5 | |
Write-in | 395 | 0.8 | ||
Total votes | 49,283 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Jumaane Williams, then a New York City Councilmember, did not actively campaign, and was listed on the ballot to allow the Working Families Party to remove him from consideration for the 2018 lieutenant gubernatorial election, [9] in accordance with complex New York election laws. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Simcha Felder | 35,432 | ||
Republican | Simcha Felder | 23,560 | ||
Conservative | Simcha Felder | 4,010 | ||
Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 63,002 | 99.1 | |
Write-in | 555 | 0.9 | ||
Total votes | 63,557 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
In 2016, Felder ran on both the Democratic and Republican party lines.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Simcha Felder | 21,384 | ||
Conservative | Simcha Felder | 8,105 | ||
Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 29,489 | 98.8 | |
Write-in | 355 | 1.2 | ||
Total votes | 29,844 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Simcha Felder | 6,643 | 81.5 | |
Democratic | Abraham Tischler | 1,427 | 17.5 | |
Write-in | 82 | 1.0 | ||
Total votes | 8,152 | 100.0 | ||
Conservative | Simcha Felder (write-in) | 113 | 53.6 | |
Conservative | David Storobin (incumbent) | 98 | 46.4 | |
Write-in | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 211 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Simcha Felder | 32,759 | ||
Conservative | Simcha Felder | 6,135 | ||
Tax Cuts Now | Simcha Felder | 372 | ||
Total | Simcha Felder | 39,266 | 66.2 | |
Republican | David Storobin (incumbent) | 19,338 | 32.6 | |
School Choice | Abraham Tischler | 528 | 0.9 | |
Write-in | 155 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 59,287 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Year | Office | Results [11] |
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2020 | President | Trump 61 – 38% |
2016 | President | Trump 52.8 – 44.7% |
2012 | President | Romney 58.3 – 40.8% |
Senate | Gillibrand 61.2 – 37.5% |