New York's 19th State Senate district

New York's 19th State Senate district
Senator	Roxanne Persaud D – Canarsie
Registration	75.2%  Democratic 7.0%  Republican 15.1%  No party preference
Demographics	16%  White 60%  Black 15%  Hispanic 8%  Asian
Population (2017)	338,328 [1]
Registered voters	205,360 [2]

New York's 19th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Roxanne Persaud since her 2015 victory in a special election to replace indicted incumbent John Sampson. ^[3]

Geography

2020s

District 19 covers southeastern Brooklyn and a portion of southwestern Queens, including most of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie, East New York and Starrett City, portions of Bergen Beach, Brownsville, Remsen Village, and Cypress Hills, and the Queens neighborhood of Lindenwood.

The district overlaps with New York's 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th congressional districts, the 23rd, 54th, 55th, 58th, 59th and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly, and the 32nd, 37th, 41st, 42nd and 46th districts of the New York City Council. ^[4]

2010s

District 19 is located in southeastern Brooklyn, including some or all of the neighborhoods of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, and Ocean Hill. ^{[1] [5]}

The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 54th, 55th, 58th, 59th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly. ^[6]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	74,011	99.6
	Write-in		313	0.4
Total votes			74,324	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	43,866	99.7
	Write-in		131	0.3
Total votes			43,997	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	19,971	74.8
	Democratic	Keron Alleyne	6,642	24.9
	Write-in		85	0.3
Total votes			26,698	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	95,755	99.4
	Write-in		577	0.6
Total votes			96,332	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud	68,041
	Working Families	Roxanne Persaud	1,279
	Total	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	69,320	89.8
	Republican	Jeffrey Ferretti	7,117
	Conservative	Jeffrey Ferretti	703
	Total	Jeffrey Ferretti	7,820	10.1
	Write-in		56	0.1
Total votes			77,196	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^[10]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	10,358	75.8
	Democratic	Mercedes Narcisse	3,284	24.0
	Write-in		32	0.2
Total votes			13,674	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud	86,433
	Working Families	Roxanne Persaud	3,786
	Total	Roxanne Persaud (incumbent)	90,219	99.8
	Write-in		193	0.2
Total votes			90,412	100.0
	Democratic hold

2015 special

2015 New York State Senate special election, District 19 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roxanne Persaud	7,380
	Women's Equality	Roxanne Persaud	94
	Independence	Roxanne Persaud	72
	Total	Roxanne Persaud	7,546	87.6
	Republican	Jeffrey Ferretti	779	9.0
	Conservative	Elias Weir	278	3.2
	Write-in		16	0.2
Total votes			8,619	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^[10]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Sampson (incumbent)	7,572	54.2
	Democratic	Dell Smitherman	4,123	29.5
	Democratic	Sean Henry	1,732	12.4
	Democratic	Elias Weir	504	3.6
	Write-in		37	0.3
Total votes			13,968	100.0
General election
	Democratic	John Sampson (incumbent)	29,741	86.0
	Conservative	Elias Weir	2,816	8.1
	Working Families	Dell Smitherman	1,993	5.8
	Write-in		28	0.1
Total votes			34,578	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 19 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Sampson	77,618
	Working Families	John Sampson	1,356
	Total	John Sampson (incumbent)	78,974	90.3
	Republican	Jane Neal	7,226	8.3
	Conservative	Elias Weir	1,196	1.4
	Write-in		23	0.0
Total votes			87,419	100.0
	Democratic hold

Federal results in District 19

Year	Office	Results [12] [13]
2020	President	Biden 83.2 – 16.0%
2016	President	Clinton 85.3 – 13.3%
2012	President	Obama 88.7 – 11.0%
	Senate	Gillibrand 91.5 – 8.0%

References

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2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
3. "New York State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
5. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
6. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
7. "General Election 2024 - State Senator - 19th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
8. "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 19th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
9. "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections . August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
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11. "State Senator 19th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
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13. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.