New York's 1st State Senate district

New York's 1st State Senate district
Senator	Anthony Palumbo R – New Suffolk
Registration	33.05%  Democratic 31.64%  Republican 27.56%  No party preference
Demographics	73.5%  White 5.9%  Black 16.7%  Hispanic 2.2%  Asian 0.3%  Native American 0%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.4% Other 1.0%  Multiracial
Population (2019)	316,934 [1]
Registered voters	257,083 [2]

New York's 1st State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Anthony Palumbo since 2021, succeeding fellow Republican Kenneth LaValle. ^{[3] [4]}

Geography

District 1 covers the eastern end of Suffolk County on Long Island, including the towns of East Hampton, Southold, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Riverhead, as well as some of eastern Brookhaven. ^{[1] [5]}

The district is located entirely within New York's 1st congressional district, and overlaps with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th districts of the New York State Assembly. ^[6]

Federal election results

Year	Office	Results [7]
2020	President	Biden 49.9 – 48.8%
2018	Senate	Gillibrand 54.4– 45.5%
2016	President	Trump 52.3 – 44.4%
2012	President	Obama 50.9 – 47.9%
	Senate	Gillibrand 62.8 – 36.0%

List of office holders

		Party	Dates	Counties	Notes
	Simeon S. Hawkins	Republican	January 1, 1888 – December 31, 1889
	Edward Hawkins	Democrat	January 1, 1890 – December 31, 1891
	Edward Floyd-Jones	Democrat	January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1893
	John Lewis Childs	Republican	January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1895
	Richard Higbie	Republican	January 1, 1896 – December 31, 1898
	John L. Havens	Democratic	January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1900
	William M. McKinney	Republican	January 1, 1901 – December 31, 1902
	Edwin Bailey Jr.	Democrat	January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904
	Carll S. Burr Jr.	Republican	January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1908
	Orlando Hubbs	Democrat	January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1910
	James L. Long	Democrat	January 1, 1911 – December 31, 1912
	Thomas H. O'Keefe	Democrat	January 1, 1913 – December 31, 1914
	George L. Thompson	Republican	January 1, 1915 – September 1, 1941
	Perry B. Duryea	Republican	January 1, 1942 – April 11, 1945
	W. Kingsland Macy	Republican	November 6, 1945 – November 5, 1946
	S. Wentworth Horton	Republican	January 1, 1947 – December 31, 1956
	Elisha T. Barrett	Republican	January 1, 1957 – December 31, 1965
	Leon E. Giuffreda	Republican	January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1976
	Kenneth LaValle	Republican	January 1, 1977 – December 31, 2020
	Anthony Palumbo	Republican	January 1, 2021 – present	Suffolk

Recent election results

2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 • 2024

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Palumbo	77,459
	Conservative	Anthony Palumbo	10,132
	Total	Anthony Palumbo (incumbent)	87,591	52.9
	Democratic	Sarah Anker	76,874
	Common Sense Suffolk	Sarah Anker	979
	Total	Sarah Anker	77,853	47.1
	Write-in		49	0.0
Total votes			165,493	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Palumbo	63,829
	Conservative	Anthony Palumbo	9,795
	Total	Anthony Palumbo (incumbent)	73,624	56.0
	Democratic	Skyler Johnson	54,854
	Working Families	Skyler Johnson	2,885
	Total	Skyler Johnson	57,739	44.0
	Write-in		14	0.0
Total votes			131,377	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Ahearn	8,427	34.2
	Democratic	Valerie Cartright	6,569	26.8
	Democratic	Thomas Schiavoni	5,822	23.6
	Democratic	Skyler Johnson	2,827	11.4
	Democratic	Nora Higgins	952	3.9
	Write-in		29	0.1
Total votes			24,626	100.0
General election
	Republican	Anthony Palumbo	77,666
	Conservative	Anthony Palumbo	9,897
	Total	Anthony Palumbo	87,563	51.4
	Democratic	Laura Ahearn	81,543
	Protect The Taxpayer	Laura Ahearn	1,357
	Total	Laura Ahearn	82,900	48.6
	Write-in		35	0.0
Total votes			170,498	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth LaValle	60,586
	Conservative	Kenneth LaValle	6,920
	Independence	Kenneth LaValle	3,150
	Reform	Kenneth LaValle	361
	Total	Kenneth LaValle (incumbent)	71,017	56.9
	Democratic	Greg Fischer	53,790	43.1
	Write-in		54	0.0
Total votes			124,861	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth LaValle	78,075
	Conservative	Kenneth LaValle	11,092
	Independence	Kenneth LaValle	5,073
	Reform	Kenneth LaValle	516
	Total	Kenneth LaValle (incumbent)	94,756	66.4
	Democratic	Greg Fischer	47,813	33.5
	Write-in		121	0.1
Total votes			142,690	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth LaValle	43,972
	Conservative	Kenneth LaValle	8,005
	Independence	Kenneth LaValle	4,496
	Total	Kenneth LaValle (incumbent)	56,473	70.0
	Democratic	Michael Conroy	24,154	30.0
	Write-in		36	0.0
Total votes			80,663	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 1 ^[11]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bridget Fleming	2,308	78.2
	Democratic	Jennifer Maertz	644	21.8
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			2,952	100.0
General election
	Republican	Kenneth LaValle	61,309
	Conservative	Kenneth LaValle	10,489
	Independence	Kenneth LaValle	4,208
	Total	Kenneth LaValle (incumbent)	76,006	59.7
	Democratic	Bridget Fleming	47,041
	Working Families	Bridget Fleming	4,260
	Total	Bridget Fleming	51,301	40.3
	Write-in		35	0.0
Total votes			127,342	100.0
	Republican hold

References

1. "State Senate District 1, NY". Census Reporter.
2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. November 2020.
3. "New York State Senator Anthony H. Palumbo". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
4. "Officials: GOP flips Democratic state Senate seat held by Monica Martinez". Newsday. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
5. "Our District". Anthony H. Palumbo, The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
6. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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8. "2024 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
9. "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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11. "New York State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
12. "State Senator 1st Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.