New York's 22nd State Senate district

New York's 22nd State Senate district
Senator	Sam Sutton D – Gravesend
Registration	49.7%  Democratic 21.1%  Republican 25.1%  No party preference
Demographics	56%  White 1%  Black 13%  Hispanic 27%  Asian
Population (2017)	329,323 [1]
Registered voters	172,624 [2]

New York's 22nd State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It is represented by Sam Sutton as of a special election on May 20, 2025. ^[3]

Geography

2020s

District 22 is located in southern Brooklyn, encompassing part or all of the neighborhoods of Borough Park, Midwood, Madison, Homecrest, Gravesend, Gerritsen Beach, Sheepshead Bay, and Marine Park. ^{[1] [4]}

The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 51st, and 59th districts of the New York State Assembly. ^[5]

2010s

District 22 is located in southern Brooklyn, then encompassing the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Gerritsen Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Marine Park.

The district overlapped with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 51st, 59th, and 64th districts of the New York State Assembly.

List of office holders

		Name	Party	In office	Counties	Notes
		Marty Golden	Republican	January 20, 2003 – December 31, 2018	Brooklyn	Lost re-election.
		Andrew Gounardes	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2022		Redistricted to the 26th district.
		Simcha Felder		January 1, 2023 – April 9, 2025		Redistricted from the 17th district. Resigned after winning a special election to the New York City Council.
		Sam Sutton		May 27, 2025 – present		Won in a special election.

Recent election results

2025 special

^[6]

2025 New York State Senate special election, District 22

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Sutton	8,661	66.85
	Republican	Nachman Caller	3,640	28.10
	Conservative	Nachman Caller	517	3.99
	Total	Nachman Caller	4,157	32.09
	Write-in		138	1.07
Total votes			12,956	100.0

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Simcha Felder	46,468
	Democratic	Simcha Felder	21,959
	Conservative	Simcha Felder	6,572
	Total	Simcha Felder (incumbent)	74,999	99.1
	Write-in		689	0.9
Total votes			75,688	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Simcha Felder	39,234
	Democratic	Simcha Felder	16,386
	Conservative	Simcha Felder	3,914
	Total	Simcha Felder	59,534	95.1
	Working Families	Marva Brown	2,846	4.5
	Write-in		242	0.4
Total votes			62,622	100.0
	Democratic win (new boundaries)

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^{[8] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Gounardes	46,001
	Working Families	Andrew Gounardes	5,301
	SAM	Andrew Gounardes	263
	Total	Andrew Gounardes (incumbent)	51,565	51.8
	Republican	Vito Bruno	43,719
	Conservative	Vito Bruno	3,821
	Independence	Vito Bruno	290
	Total	Vito Bruno	47,830	48.1
	Write-in		121	0.1
Total votes			99,516	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Gounardes	9,007	57.1
	Democratic	Ross Barkan	6,616	41.9
	Write-in		150	1.0
Total votes			15,773	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Andrew Gounardes	31,736
	Working Families	Andrew Gounardes	1,599
	Reform	Andrew Gounardes	172
	Total	Andrew Gounardes	33,507	50.9
	Republican	Marty Golden	28,453
	Conservative	Marty Golden	2,885
	Independence	Marty Golden	898
	Total	Marty Golden (incumbent)	32,236	49.0
	Write-in		61	0.1
Total votes			65,804	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Golden	47,491
	Independence	Marty Golden	6,654
	Conservative	Marty Golden	5,694
	Reform	Marty Golden	2,194
	Total	Marty Golden (incumbent)	62,033	98.3
	Write-in		1,054	1.7
Total votes			63,087	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Golden	18,243
	Conservative	Marty Golden	4,015
	Independence	Marty Golden	1,322
	Total	Marty Golden (incumbent)	23,580	68.8
	Democratic	Jamie Kemmerer	9,183
	Working Families	Jamie Kemmerer	1,440
	Total	Jamie Kemmerer	10,633	31.1
	Write-in		48	0.1
Total votes			34,261	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 22 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Golden	32,774
	Conservative	Marty Golden	4,178
	Independence	Marty Golden	1,632
	Total	Marty Golden (incumbent)	38,584	57.7
	Democratic	Andrew Gounardes	26,525
	Working Families	Andrew Gounardes	1,718
	Total	Andrew Gounardes	28,243	42.2
	Write-in		51	0.1
Total votes			66,878	100.0
	Republican hold

Federal results in District 22

Year	Office	Results [11] [12]
2020	President	Trump 50.4 – 48.1%
2016	President	Trump 48.8 – 48.1%
2012	President	Obama 51.9 – 46.8%
	Senate	Gillibrand 65.3 – 33.0%

References

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2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
3. "New York State Senator Simcha Felder". The New York State Senate. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
4. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
6. "UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS - State Senator 22nd Senatorial District". BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
7. "General Election 2024 - State Senator - 22nd Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
8. "New York State Senate District 22". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
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