New York's 63rd State Senate district

New York's 63rd State Senate district
Senator	April Baskin D – Buffalo
Registration	65.4%  Democratic 12.2%  Republican 16.3%  No party preference
Demographics	55%  White 32%  Black 7%  Hispanic 4%  Asian
Population (2017)	286,712 [1]
Registered voters	186,988 [2]

New York's 63rd State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat April Baskin since 2025, succeeding Tim Kennedy. The district underwent redistricting, since Kennedy's 2010 primary defeat of incumbent William Stachowski. ^[3]

Prior to 2012, the State Senate had only 62 districts, meaning that the 63rd district did not exist until then. However, the new district followed similar lines as the old Buffalo-based 58th district, and it was in fact the 46th district that was entirely new.

Geography

District 63 covers parts of Erie County in Western New York, including most of Buffalo and all of Cheektowaga and Lackawanna. ^{[1] [4]}

The district is located entirely within New York's 26th congressional district, and overlaps with the 141st, 142nd, 143rd, and 149th districts of the New York State Assembly. ^[5]

List of office holders

		Name	Party	In office	Counties	Notes
		Tim Kennedy	Democratic	January 1, 2011 – May 6, 2024	Erie	Resigned after winning special election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
		April Baskin	Democratic	January 1, 2025 – present

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	April McCants-Baskin	64,386
	Working Families	April McCants-Baskin	5,580
	Total	April McCants-Baskin	69,966	66.3
	Republican	John Moretti Jr.	30,043
	Conservative	John Moretti Jr.	5,341
	Total	John Moretti Jr.	35,384	33.6
	Write-in		180	0.1
Total votes			105,530	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy	50,977
	Working Families	Timothy Kennedy	6,210
	Total	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	57,187	82.7
	Conservative	Faye Pietrak	11,885	17.2
	Write-in		104	0.1
Total votes			69,176	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy	81,368
	Working Families	Timothy Kennedy	10,485
	Independence	Timothy Kennedy	3,361
	Total	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	95,484	99.0
	Write-in		984	1.0
Total votes			96,468	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	23,640	76.7
	Democratic	Shaqurah Zachery	7,198	23.3
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			30,838	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy	62,370
	Working Families	Timothy Kennedy	3,811
	Independence	Timothy Kennedy	3,006
	Women's Equality	Timothy Kennedy	1,034
	Total	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	70,221	100.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			70,221	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy	78,674
	Working Families	Timothy Kennedy	6,034
	Independence	Timothy Kennedy	3,751
	Women's Equality	Timothy Kennedy	1,191
	Total	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	89,650	100.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			89,650	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	16,660	60.2
	Democratic	Betty Jean Grant	10,997	39.8
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			27,657	100.0
	Independence	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	287	65.1
	Independence	Ricky Donovan Sr.	154	34.9
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			441	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy	36,778
	Working Families	Timothy Kennedy	3,499
	Independence	Timothy Kennedy	2,001
	Total	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	42,278	77.9
	Republican	Ricky Donovan Sr.	8,358
	Conservative	Ricky Donovan Sr.	3,435
	Total	Ricky Donovan Sr.	11,973	22.1
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			54,251	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 63 ^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy M. Kennedy (incumbent)	11,587	50.3
	Democratic	Betty Jean Grant	11,431	49.7
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			23,018	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Timothy Kennedy	71,662
	Working Families	Timothy Kennedy	6,361
	Independence	Timothy Kennedy	4,435
	Total	Timothy Kennedy (incumbent)	82,458	100.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			82,458	100.0
	Democratic hold

Federal results in District 63

Year	Office	Results [10] [11]
2020	President	Biden 69.4 – 28.9%
2016	President	Clinton 66.9 – 29.3%
2012	President	Obama 75.3 – 23.1%
	Senate	Gillibrand 82.4 – 15.9%

References

1. "State Senate District 63, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
3. "New York State Senator Timothy M. Kennedy". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
4. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
6. "2024 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
7. "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
8. "New York State Senate District 63". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
9. "State Senator 63rd 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 27, 2019.
11. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.