New York's 53rd State Assembly district

New York's 53rd State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Maritza Davila D – Bushwick

New York's 53rd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Maritza Davila since 2013.

Geography

District 53 is in Brooklyn. It encompasses portions of Bushwick and East Williamsburg.

The district is entirely within New York's 7th congressional district, as well as the 18th and 59th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 33rd, 34th and 37th districts of the New York City Council.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	33,100	99.3
	Write-in		245	0.7
Total votes			33,345	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	20,154	99.1
	Write-in		182	0.9
Total votes			20,336	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	38,791	99.4
	Write-in		239	0.6
Total votes			39,030	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^{[4] [5]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	10,505	81.6
	Democratic	Humberto Soto	2,303	17.9
	Write-in		69	0.5
Total votes			12,877	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Maritza Davila	27,580
	Working Families	Maritza Davila	2,494
	Total	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	30,074	99.6
	Write-in		124	0.4
Total votes			30,198	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila	32,792
	Working Families	Maritza Davila	2,602
	Total	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	35,394	99.7
	Write-in		122	0.3
Total votes			35,516	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila (incumbent)	9,706	99.2
	Write-in		79	0.8
Total votes			9,785	100.0
	Democratic hold

2013 special

In special elections for state legislative offices, primaries are usually not held - county committee members for each party select nominees. However, due to its proximity to the 2013 New York City Council election, party-specific primaries were held.

2013 New York State Assembly special election, District 53 ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maritza Davila	4,137	51.9
	Democratic	Jason Otano	2,519	31.6
	Democratic	Charveys Gonzalez	1,314	16.5
	Write-in		1	0.0
Total votes			7,971	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Maritza Davila	9,000	85.6
	Working Families	Jason Otano	1,486	14.1
	Write-in		29	0.3
Total votes			10,515	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vito Lopez (incumbent)	25,956	89.2
	Republican	Richy Garcia	2,916	10.0
	Write-in		229	0.8
Total votes			29,101	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 53 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vito Lopez (incumbent)	12,892	89.5
	Republican	Byron Orozco	1,481	10.3
	Write-in		39	0.2
Total votes			14,412	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

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2. "Member of Assembly 1st Assembly District". New York State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (XLSX) on November 10, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
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6. "General Election 2016 - Member of the Assembly - 53rd Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
7. "General Election 2014 - Member of the Assembly - 53rd Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
8. "Primary Election 2013 (Special) - Democratic Member of the Assembly - 53rd Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
9. "Special Election 2013 - Member of the Assembly - 53rd Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
10. Blau, Reuven. "Vito Lopez lost — but his Assembly seat goes to his hand-picked candidate". nydailynews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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