New York's 19th
State Senate district
Senator
  Roxanne Persaud
D–Canarsie
Registration75.2% Democratic
7.0% Republican
15.1% No party preference
Demographics16% White
60% Black
15% Hispanic
8% Asian
Population (2017)338,328[1]
Registered voters205,360[2]

New York's 19th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Roxanne Persaud since her 2015 victory in a special election to replace indicted incumbent John Sampson.[3]

Geography

District 19 is located in southeastern Brooklyn, including some or all of the neighborhoods of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, and Ocean Hill.[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 54th, 55th, 58th, 59th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 19[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) 43,866 99.7
Write-in 131 0.3
Total votes 43,997 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 19[7][8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) 19,971 74.8
Democratic Keron Alleyne 6,642 24.9
Write-in 85 0.3
Total votes 26,698 100.0
General election
Democratic Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) 95,755 99.4
Write-in 577 0.6
Total votes 96,332 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 19[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roxanne Persaud 68,041
Working Families Roxanne Persaud 1,279
Total Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) 69,320 89.8
Republican Jeffrey Ferretti 7,117
Conservative Jeffrey Ferretti 703
Total Jeffrey Ferretti 7,820 10.1
Write-in 56 0.1
Total votes 77,196 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 19[8]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) 10,358 75.8
Democratic Mercedes Narcisse 3,284 24.0
Write-in 32 0.2
Total votes 13,674 100.0
General election
Democratic Roxanne Persaud 86,433
Working Families Roxanne Persaud 3,786
Total Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) 90,219 99.8
Write-in 193 0.2
Total votes 90,412 100.0
Democratic hold

2015 special

2015 New York State Senate special election, District 19[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roxanne Persaud 7,380
Women's Equality Roxanne Persaud 94
Independence Roxanne Persaud 72
Total Roxanne Persaud 7,546 87.6
Republican Jeffrey Ferretti 779 9.0
Conservative Elias Weir 278 3.2
Write-in 16 0.2
Total votes 8,619 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 19[8]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Sampson (incumbent) 7,572 54.2
Democratic Dell Smitherman 4,123 29.5
Democratic Sean Henry 1,732 12.4
Democratic Elias Weir 504 3.6
Write-in 37 0.3
Total votes 13,968 100.0
General election
Democratic John Sampson (incumbent) 29,741 86.0
Conservative Elias Weir 2,816 8.1
Working Families Dell Smitherman 1,993 5.8
Write-in 28 0.1
Total votes 34,578 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 19[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Sampson 77,618
Working Families John Sampson 1,356
Total John Sampson (incumbent) 78,974 90.3
Republican Jane Neal 7,226 8.3
Conservative Elias Weir 1,196 1.4
Write-in 23 0.0
Total votes 87,419 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 19

Year Office Results[10][11]
2020 President Biden 83.2 – 16.0%
2016 President Clinton 85.3 – 13.3%
2012 President Obama 88.7 – 11.0%
Senate Gillibrand 91.5 – 8.0%

References

  1. 1 2 "State Senate District 19, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ↑ "New York State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 19th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New York State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ "State Senator 19th 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 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
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