New York's 40th State Senate district

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New York's 40th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Peter Harckham
D South Salem
Registration37.2%  Democratic
29.7%  Republican
25.8%  No party preference
Demographics73%  White
5%  Black
17%  Hispanic
4%  Asian
Population (2017)309,474 [1]
Registered voters210,879 [2]

New York's 40th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Peter Harckham since 2019, following his defeat of incumbent Republican Terrence Murphy. [3]

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Geography

District 40 takes in northern Westchester County and eastern Putnam County and Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley. It includes the communities of Yorktown, Cortlandt, Somers, Peekskill, Carmel, Southeast, Patterson, Pawling, and Beekman, among others. [1] [4]

The district overlaps with New York's 17th, 18th, and 19th congressional districts, and with the 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, and 105th districts of the New York State Assembly. [5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 40 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Harckham 84,088
Working Families Peter Harckham 4,494
Total Peter Harckham (incumbent) 88,582 53.6
Republican Gina Arena69,751
Conservative Gina Arena6,909
TotalGina Arena76,66046.4
Write-in 590.0
Total votes165,301 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 40 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Harckham 62,027
Working Families Peter Harckham 4,392
Total Peter Harckham (incumbent) 66,419 53.4
Republican Gina Arena57,92546.6
Write-in 200.0
Total votes124,364 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 40 [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Harckham 77,414
Working Families Peter Harckham 5,466
Independence Peter Harckham 939
Total Peter Harckham (incumbent) 83,819 51.9
Republican Rob Astorino 69,867
Conservative Rob Astorino 7,276
Rebuild Our State Rob Astorino 545
Total Rob Astorino 77,68848.1
Write-in 510.0
Total votes161,588 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 40 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Harckham 11,647 53.5
Democratic Robert Kesten10,11946.5
Write-in 00.0
Total votes21,766 100.0
General election
Democratic Peter Harckham 59,560
Working Families Peter Harckham 1,777
Women's Equality Peter Harckham 818
Total Peter Harckham 62,155 51.6
Republican Terrence Murphy 49,730
Conservative Terrence Murphy 6,550
Independence Terrence Murphy 1,681
Reform Terrence Murphy 360
Total Terrence Murphy (incumbent)58,32148.4
Write-in 420.0
Total votes120,518 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 40 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alison Boak 4,344 78.7
Democratic Andrew Falk1,17921.3
Write-in 00.0
Total votes5,523 100.0
General election
Republican Terrence Murphy 68,393
Conservative Terrence Murphy 8,053
Independence Terrence Murphy 3,406
Reform Terrence Murphy 460
Total Terrence Murphy (incumbent) 80,312 57.7
Democratic Alison Boak55,706
Working Families Alison Boak3,031
TotalAlison Boak58,73742.2
Write-in 450.1
Total votes139,094 100.0
Republican hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 40 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Terrence Murphy 4,566 69.8
Republican Robert Castelli 1,97630.2
Write-in 00.0
Total votes6,542 100.0
Green Terrence Murphy 50 56.8
Green Justin Wagner2831.8
Green Joseph Phillips1011.4
Write-in 00.0
Total votes88 100.0
General election
Republican Terrence Murphy 37,210
Conservative Terrence Murphy 6,742
Independence Terrence Murphy 1,643
Green Terrence Murphy 675
Stop Common Core Terrence Murphy 614
Total Terrence Murphy 46,884 55.3
Democratic Justin Wagner34,327
Working Families Justin Wagner3,638
TotalJustin Wagner37,87544.6
Write-in 690.1
Total votes84,828 100.0
Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 40 [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Justin Wagner 29 65.9
Green Greg Ball (incumbent)818.2
Green Jeff Green715.9
Write-in 00.0
Total votes44 100.0
General election
Republican Greg Ball 54,651
Conservative Greg Ball 7,597
Independence Greg Ball 2,743
Total Greg Ball (incumbent) 64,991 51.0
Democratic Justin Wagner57,364
Working Families Justin Wagner3,516
Green Justin Wagner1,445
TotalJustin Wagner62,32549.0
Write-in 450.0
Total votes127,316 100.0
Republican hold

Federal results in District 40

YearOfficeResults [10]
2020 President Biden 55.7 – 42.9%
2016 President Clinton 51.7 – 44.8%
2012 President Obama 50.6 – 48.1%
Senate Gillibrand 62.6 – 36.0%

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 40, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. "New York State Senator Pete Harckham". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  6. "2024 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  7. "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "New York State Senate District 40". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  9. "State Senator 40th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  10. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 16, 2019.