New York's 57th State Assembly district

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New York's 57th
State Assembly district
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Assemblymember
  Phara Souffrant Forrest
D Fort Greene
Registration80.4%  Democratic
2.7%  Republican
14.2%  No party preference
Demographics33%  White
42%  Black
13%  Hispanic
7%  Asian
1% Other
4%  Multiracial
Population (2018)140,470 [1]
Registered voters112,742 [2]

New York's 57th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Phara Souffrant Forrest since 2020.

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Geography

District 57 is located in Brooklyn, comprising the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford–Stuyvesant.

Representation

District 57 was served by Roger L. Green from 1981 until June 1, 2004, when Green resigned his seat after pleading guilty to petty larceny in connection with $3,000 in false travel reimbursement claims. [3] He was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $2,000, and had to pay $3,000 in restitution. [4] However, he ran for the seat again a few months later and was reelected on November 2, 2004.

Green served one final term from 2005 to 2007, but then announced his retirement from the Assembly to run for Congress, a race that he lost. Hakeem Jeffries, who had challenged Green in the Democratic primary in 2000, won the Democratic primary and the general election in 2006. Jeffries served until 2013, when he retired from the Assembly to serve in Congress.

Walter T. Mosley won the open race for the seat in 2012, and has served since 2013. Mosley has served unopposed since he was first elected, but faced his first primary challenge on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 57
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest
Working Families Phara Souffrant Forrest
Total Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes100.0

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [5] [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) 9,495 67.3
Democratic Olanike Alabi4,57932.4
Write-in 460.3
Total votes14,120 100.0
General election
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 27,116
Working Families Phara Souffrant Forrest 9,116
Total Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) 36,232 99.4
Write-in 2230.6
Total votes36,455 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Assemblyman Mosley faced his first contested election since 2012 in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [7] [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 15,711 55.4
Democratic Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)12,60944.5
Write-in 460.1
Total votes28,366 100.0
General election
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 47,347 76.1
Working Families Walter T. Mosley (incumbent)14,79423.8
Write-in 1100.1
Total votes62,251 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 43,621
Working Families Walter T. Mosley 5,857
Total Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 49,478 99.7
Write-in 1370.3
Total votes35,726 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 49,410
Working Families Walter T. Mosley 5,648
Total Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 55,058 99.7
Write-in 1480.3
Total votes55,206 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 19,946 99.5
Write-in 950.5
Total votes20,041 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [12] [13]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 4,565 62.6
Democratic Olanike Alabi2,16829.7
Democratic Martine Guerrier5357.3
Write-in 230.4
Total votes7,291 100.0
General election
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 46,733 97.6
Republican Francis Voyticky1,1112.3
Write-in 440.1
Total votes47,888 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 57 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Hakeem Jeffries 21,577
Working Families Hakeem Jeffries 4,322
Total Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) 25,899 97.5
Republican Francis Voyticky6522.5
Write-in 90.0
Total votes26,560 100.0
Democratic hold

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