New York's 20th State Senate district | |||
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Registration | 77.9% Democratic 4.4% Republican 15.0% No party preference | ||
Demographics | 18% White 50% Black 20% Hispanic 10% Asian | ||
Population (2017) | 318,142 [1] | ||
Registered voters | 203,529 [2] |
New York's 20th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Zellnor Myrie since 2019, following his victory over IDC-aligned incumbent Jesse Hamilton in the 2018 primary election. [3]
District 20 largely covers central and western Brooklyn. The district includes most of the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Windsor Terrace, as well as portions of East Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope, Remsen Village, Prospect Heights, South Slope and Sunset Park.
The district overlaps with New York's 8th, 9th, and 10th congressional districts, the 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 51st, 52nd, 55th, 56th, 57th, and 58th districts of the New York State Assembly, and the 35th, 36th, 39th, 40th and 41st districts of the New York City Council. [4]
District 20 covers two separate areas in central Brooklyn, linked together by a narrow strip of city blocks. The district includes parts of the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Slope, and Sunset Park. [1] [5]
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th congressional districts, and with the 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 49th, 51st, 52nd, 55th, 56th, 57th, and 58th districts of the New York State Assembly. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zellnor Myrie (incumbent) | |||
Write-in | ||||
Total votes | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zellnor Myrie | 62,092 | ||
Working Families | Zellnor Myrie | 17,944 | ||
Total | Zellnor Myrie (incumbent) | 80,036 | 99.5 | |
Write-in | 399 | 0.5 | ||
Total votes | 80,435 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zellnor Myrie | 83,080 | ||
Working Families | Zellnor Myrie | 16,411 | ||
Total | Zellnor Myrie (incumbent) | 99,491 | 97.3 | |
Libertarian | Tucker Coburn | 2,570 | 2.5 | |
Write-in | 171 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 102,232 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Zellnor Myrie | 23,784 | 53.9 | |
Democratic | Jesse Hamilton (incumbent) | 20,266 | 45.9 | |
Write-in | 66 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 44,116 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Zellnor Myrie | 67,683 | ||
Working Families | Zellnor Myrie | 5,491 | ||
Total | Zellnor Myrie | 73,174 | 92.6 | |
Independence | Jesse Hamilton | 4,983 | ||
Women's Equality | Jesse Hamilton | 745 | ||
Total | Jesse Hamilton (incumbent) | 5,728 | 7.3 | |
Write-in | 101 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 79,003 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jesse Hamilton | 84,081 | ||
Working Families | Jesse Hamilton | 5,465 | ||
Independence | Jesse Hamilton | 726 | ||
Total | Jesse Hamilton (incumbent) | 90,272 | 95.0 | |
Republican | Menachem Raitport | 4,705 | ||
Conservative | Menachem Raitport | 1,001 | ||
Total | Menachem Raitport | 5,706 | 5.9 | |
Write-in | 112 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 96,090 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jesse Hamilton | 9,799 | 64.8 | |
Democratic | Rubain Dorancy | 4,440 | 29.3 | |
Democratic | Guillermo Philpotts | 816 | 5.4 | |
Write-in | 74 | 0.5 | ||
Total votes | 15,129 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Jesse Hamilton | 32,040 | 95.5 | |
Conservative | Menachem Raitport | 1,445 | 4.3 | |
Write-in | 65 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 33,550 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eric Adams | 77,335 | ||
Working Families | Eric Adams | 3,775 | ||
Total | Eric Adams (incumbent) | 81,110 | 95.7 | |
Republican | Rose Laney | 2,683 | 3.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Kelly | 938 | 1.1 | |
Write-in | 38 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 84,769 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Year | Office | Results [10] [11] |
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2020 | President | Biden 89.7 – 9.3% |
2016 | President | Clinton 91.6 – 6.4% |
2012 | President | Obama 94.2 – 5.0% |
Senate | Gillibrand 95.0 – 4.0% |
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