New York's 17th State Senate district

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New York's 17th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Steve Chan
R Bensonhurst
Registration57.6%  Democratic
16.7%  Republican
23.0%  No party preference
Demographics32%  White
2%  Black
19%  Hispanic
44%  Asian
1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
3% Other
Population (2022)293,218 [1]
Registered voters155,905 [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.

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Geography

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]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 17 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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)25,36444.9
Write-in 2400.4
Total votes56,472 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 17 [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Iwen Chu 16,167
Working Families Iwen Chu 2,195
Total Iwen Chu 18,362 50.7
Republican Vito LaBella16,659
Conservative Vito LaBella1,169
TotalVito LaBella17,82849.2
Write-in 570.1
Total votes36,243 100.0
Democratic win (new boundaries)

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 17 [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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 1,7302.2
Total votes80,380 100.0
Democratic hold

As he had done in the past, Felder ran in 2020 on both the Democratic and Republican party lines.

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 17 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Simcha Felder (incumbent) 15,589 65.4
Democratic Blake Morris8,20034.4
Write-in 390.2
Total votes23,828 100.0
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 6,61113.4
Reform Luis Rivera7331.5
Write-in 3950.8
Total votes49,283 100.0
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]

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 17 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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 5550.9
Total votes63,557 100.0
Democratic hold

In 2016, Felder ran on both the Democratic and Republican party lines.

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 17 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Simcha Felder 21,384
Conservative Simcha Felder 8,105
Total Simcha Felder (incumbent) 29,489 98.8
Write-in 3551.2
Total votes29,844 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 17 [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Simcha Felder 6,643 81.5
Democratic Abraham Tischler1,42717.5
Write-in 821.0
Total votes8,152 100.0
Conservative Simcha Felder (write-in) 113 53.6
Conservative David Storobin (incumbent)9846.4
Write-in 00.0
Total votes211 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)19,33832.6
School ChoiceAbraham Tischler5280.9
Write-in 1550.3
Total votes59,287 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Federal results in District 17

YearOfficeResults [11]
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%

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 17, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. "General Election 2024 - State Senator - 17th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New York State Senate District 17". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. "State Senator 17th Senate District - General Election - November 8, 2022". New York State Board of Elections . Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  8. "State Senator 17th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  9. "Interview with Jumaane Williams". NYC FAQ. October 3, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  10. "State Certification for the November 6, 2018 General Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. October 19, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  11. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 1, 2019.