New York's 30th State Senate district

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New York's 30th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Cordell Cleare
D Harlem
Registration79.2%  Democratic
4.0%  Republican
13.9%  No party preference
Demographics21%  White
39%  Black
31%  Hispanic
6%  Asian
Population (2017)348,896 [1]
Registered voters241,635 [2]

New York's 30th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Cordell Cleare since 2021. [3]

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Geography

District 30 is primarily based in Harlem in northern Manhattan, but also includes portions of East Harlem, the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights, and Washington Heights. [1] [4]

The district overlaps with New York's 10th, 12th, and 13th congressional districts, and with the 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd districts of the New York State Assembly. [5]

Recent election results

2021 special

2021 New York State Senate special election, District 30 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cordell Cleare
Total votes100.0
hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 30 [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Benjamin (incumbent) 115,397 93.2
Republican Oz Sultan8,4776.8
Total votes123,874 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 30 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Benjamin (incumbent) 96,528 99.6
Total votes96,896 100.0
Democratic hold

2017 special

2017 New York State Senate special election, District 30 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Benjamin 8,106 94.4
Republican Dawn Simmons2873.3
Reform Ruben D. Vargas1902.2
Total votes8,583 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 30 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Perkins (incumbent) 113,144 95.3
Republican Jon Girodes5,6194.7
Total votes118,763 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 30 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Perkins (incumbent) 44,971 95.0
Republican Jon Girodes2,3885.0
Total votes47,359 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 30 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Perkins (incumbent) 98,201 100.0
Total votes98,201 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 30

YearOfficeResults [8]
2016 President Clinton 93.7 – 4.0%
2012 President Obama 95.3 – 3.8%
Senate Gillibrand 95.5 – 3.4%

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References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 30, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. "New York State Senator Brian A. Benjamin". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  5. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "New York State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  7. "State Senator 30th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
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