New York's 59th State Assembly district

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New York's 59th
State Assembly district
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Assemblymember
  Jaime Williams
D Canarsie

New York's 59th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Jaime Williams since 2016, replacing Roxanne Persaud. [1]

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Geography

District 59 is in Brooklyn, and encompasses portions of Canarsie, Georgetown, Plumb Beach, Mill Basin, Marine Park and Gerritsen Beach. Floyd Bennett Field is also located within the district. [2]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 59
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Williams
Republican Jaime Williams
Conservative Jaime Williams
Total Jaime Williams (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes100.0

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Williams 19,456
Working Families Jaime Williams 2,161
Total Jaime Williams (incumbent) 21,617 98.7
Write-in 2861.3
Total votes21,903 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Williams (incumbent) 38,846 99.0
Write-in 3981.0
Total votes39,244 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Williams 26,919
Working Families Jaime Williams 605
Total Jaime Williams (incumbent) 27,524 80.9
Republican Brandon Washington5,767
Conservative Brandon Washington718
TotalBrandon Washington6,48519.1
Write-in 100.0
Total votes34,019 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Williams 32,365
Working Families Jaime Williams 964
Total Jaime Williams (incumbent) 33,329 78.0
Republican Jeffrey Ferretti7,922
Conservative Jeffrey Ferretti1,426
TotalJeffrey Ferretti9,34821.9
Write-in 410.1
Total votes42,718 100.0
Democratic hold

2016 special

2016 New York State Assembly special election, District 59 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jaime Williams 14,423
Women's Equality Jaime Williams 333
Independence Jaime Williams 318
Total Jaime Williams 15,074 82.5
Republican Jeffrey Ferretti2,558
Conservative Jeffrey Ferretti532
Reform Jeffrey Ferretti97
TotalJeffrey Ferretti3,18717.4
Write-in 210.1
Total votes18,282 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roxanne Persaud 11,395 73.6
Republican Jeffrey Ferretti2,789
Conservative Jeffrey Ferretti1,290
TotalJeffrey Ferretti4,07926.3
Write-in 110.1
Total votes15,485 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Maisel (incumbent) 31,273 91.4
Conservative Robert Maresca2,9218.5
Write-in 200.1
Total votes34,214 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 59 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alan Maisel (incumbent) 16,332 86.0
Conservative Robert Maresca2,65614.0
Write-in 20.0
Total votes18,990 100.0
Democratic hold

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References

  1. Kings County, Politics (April 20, 2016). "59th A.D. Special Election: Williams Beats Ferretti Decisively". Politics NY. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  2. "New York State Assembly | Jaime R. Williams". nyassembly.gov.
  3. "General Election 2022". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  4. "General Election 2020 - Member of the Assembly - 59th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. "General Election 2018 - Member of the Assembly - 59th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  6. "2016 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  7. "Special Election 2016 - Member of the Assembly - 59th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  8. "General Election 2014 - Member of the Assembly - 59th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  9. "General Election 2012 - Member of the Assembly - 59th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  10. "General Election 2010 - Member of the Assembly - 59th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved November 19, 2022.