New York 2020 Election Results — MultiState Elections

New York held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 213 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Senate Democrats reached a two-thirds supermajority to match the one they already held in the Assembly, giving the party veto-proof majorities in both chambers and more leverage in dealing with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Many results took weeks. Democrats had pushed their voters to use absentee ballots during the pandemic, and those ballots were counted after Election Day. Absentee ballots swept two Senate Democrats back into office after they trailed in the machine count: Sen. James Gaughran (D), who held District 5 by about 3,100 votes, and Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D), who held Brooklyn's District 22 by about 3,700. Sen. Kevin Thomas (D) also held District 6, by about 3,000 votes, after police unions targeted him over the state's bail law. Democrats claimed the supermajority once Sen. Pete Harckham (D) held District 40 against former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (R), who had led the machine count.
Democrats picked up five open Republican Senate seats, while Republicans unseated two Democratic senators:
- John Mannion (D) won District 50 by about 8,100 votes over Angi Renna (R) after trailing in the machine count. Samra Brouk (D) won District 55, Jeremy Cooney (D) won District 56, and Sean Ryan (D) won District 60, each by double digits. Michelle Hinchey (D) took District 46 by about 3,100 votes.
- Alexis Weik (R) ousted freshman Sen. Monica Martinez (D) in District 3 on Long Island by about 5,100 votes, and Mike Martucci (R) beat Sen. Jen Metzger (D) in District 42 by about 1,400 after three weeks of counting.
Each party flipped one Assembly seat. Jen Lunsford (D) overtook five-term Assemblyman Mark Johns (R) in District 135 by about 730 votes, and Michael V. Lawler (R) unseated Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D) in District 97 by about 2,600. Two other incumbents lost in November after losing their Democratic lines. Assemblyman Walter Mosley (WF) was beaten in the June primary by Phara Souffrant Forrest (D) and lost to her again in District 57, this time on the Working Families line. Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo, removed from the primary ballot over petition fraud, ran on a minor-party line and finished third in District 84 behind Amanda Septimo (D).
In all, 6 legislative incumbents lost in November. Beyond the flips, 3 races finished inside two points: the Gaughran and Thomas seats and Assembly District 46, where Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus (D) won by about 840 votes. No statewide offices or ballot questions were on the 2020 ballot.

Legislature

Assembly (150 seats): 105 D, 43 R, 2 other or vacant before the election, 106 D, 43 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (63 seats): 39 D, 23 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 43 D, 20 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
Assembly 1	Fred Thiele (D) 58.26%	Heather C. Collins (R) 41.71%
Assembly 2	Jodi Giglio (R) 56.22%	Laura Jens-Smith (D) 42.47%, William Van Helmond (L) 1.3%
Assembly 3	Joe DeStefano (R) 56.52%	Steven Polgar (D) 42.68%, Adam Martin (L) 0.77%
Assembly 4	Steven Englebright (D) 55.21%	Michael Ross (R) 44.05%, Adam Fischer-Gledhill (L) 0.72%
Assembly 5	Doug Smith (R) 61.27%	Alfred Ianacci (D) 38.72%
Assembly 6	Phil Ramos (D) 75.85%	Ryan Skelly (R) 24.12%
Assembly 7	Jarett Gandolfo (R) 60.35%	Francis T. Genco (D) 39.64%
Assembly 8	Mike Fitzpatrick (R) 64.35%	Dylan Rice (D) 35.63%
Assembly 9	Michael Durso (R) 62.46%	Ann Brancato (D) 37.51%
Assembly 10	Steve Stern (D) 56.41%	Jamie Silvestri (R) 43.57%
Assembly 11	Kimberly Jean-Pierre (D) 59.61%	Eugene Murray (R) 40.35%
Assembly 12	Keith Brown (R) 51.57%	Michael Marcantonio (D) 48.4%
Assembly 13	Charles Lavine (D) 63.14%	Andrew Monteleone (R) 36.84%
Assembly 14	Dave McDonough (R) 59.3%	Kevin C. Gorman (D) 39.81%, Jake Gutowitz (L) 0.85%
Assembly 15	Michael Montesano (R) 55.67%	Joseph Sackman III (D) 44.31%
Assembly 16	Gina Sillitti (D) 53.66%	Ragini Srivastava (R) 45.8%, Blay Tarnoff (L) 0.51%
Assembly 17	John Mikulin (R) 59.7%	Mark A. Engelman (D) 40.27%
Assembly 18	Taylor Darling (D) 84.16%	Cherice Vanderhall (R) 15.28%
Assembly 19	Ed Ra (R) 58.92%	Gary B. Port (D) 41.05%
Assembly 20	Melanie Miller (R) 58.98%	Gregory Marks (D) 40.99%
Assembly 21	Judy Griffin (D) 53.07%	Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (R) 46.18%, Barry Leon (L) 0.71%
Assembly 22	Michaelle Solages (D) 67.98%	Nicholas Zacchea (R) 31.99%
Assembly 23	Stacey Pheffer Amato (D) 62.06%	Peter Hatzipetros (R) 37.85%
Assembly 24	David Weprin (D) 99.19%	Unopposed
Assembly 25	Nily Rozic (D) 98.99%	Unopposed
Assembly 26	Ed Braunstein (D) 54.82%	John-Alexander Sakelos (R) 45.11%
Assembly 27	Daniel Rosenthal (D) 98.81%	Unopposed
Assembly 28	Andrew Hevesi (D) 86.03%	Danniel Maio (Other) 13.37%
Assembly 29	Alicia Hyndman (D) 99.78%	Unopposed
Assembly 30	Brian Barnwell (D) 99%	Unopposed
Assembly 31	Khaleel Anderson (D) 89.2%	Joseph Cullina (R) 10.72%
Assembly 32	Vivian Cook (D) 99.77%	Unopposed
Assembly 33	Clyde Vanel (D) 99.58%	Unopposed
Assembly 34	Jessica González-Rojas (D) 78.22%	William Marquez (R) 21.64%
Assembly 35	Jeffrion Aubry (D) 77.9%	Han Khon To (R) 21.98%
Assembly 36	Zohran Mamdani (D) 98.46%	Unopposed
Assembly 37	Catherine Nolan (D) 98.92%	Unopposed
Assembly 38	Jenifer Rajkumar (D) 72.63%	Giovanni Perna (R) 27.18%
Assembly 39	Catalina Cruz (D) 99.25%	Unopposed
Assembly 40	Ron Kim (D) 83.12%	Steven Lee (Other) 16.27%
Assembly 41	Helene Weinstein (D) 64.61%	Ramey Johnson (R) 35.25%
Assembly 42	Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D) 99.41%	Unopposed
Assembly 43	Diana Richardson (D) 89.12%	Menachem Raitport (R) 10.78%
Assembly 44	Robert Carroll (D) 79.14%	Salvatore Barrera (R) 20.71%
Assembly 45	Steven Cymbrowitz (D) 98.71%	Unopposed
Assembly 46	Mathylde Frontus (D) 50.91%	Mark Szuszkiewicz (R) 48.97%
Assembly 47	William Colton (D) 61.8%	Barbara Marino (R) 38.05%
Assembly 48	Simcha Eichenstein (D) 98.59%	Unopposed
Assembly 49	Peter Abbate Jr. (D) 99.11%	Unopposed
Assembly 50	Emily Gallagher (D) 97.02%	Unopposed
Assembly 51	Marcela Mitaynes (D) 98.99%	Unopposed
Assembly 52	Jo Anne Simon (D) 99.5%	Unopposed
Assembly 53	Maritza Davila (D) 99.39%	Unopposed
Assembly 54	Erik Dilan (D) 85.68%	Khorshed A. Chowdhury (R) 9.29%, Scott Hutchins (G) 4.9%
Assembly 55	Latrice Walker (D) 95.28%	Berneda Jackson (R) 4.64%
Assembly 56	Stefani Zinerman (D) 99.69%	Unopposed
Assembly 57	Phara Souffrant Forrest (D) 76.06%	Walter Mosley (Working Families Party) 23.77%	Incumbent defeated
Assembly 58	N. Nick Perry (D) 99.86%	Unopposed
Assembly 59	Jaime Williams (D) 98.99%	Unopposed
Assembly 60	Charles Barron (D) 99.63%	Unopposed
Assembly 61	Charles Fall (D) 68.8%	Paul Ciurcina Jr. (R) 31.09%
Assembly 62	Mike Reilly (R) 99.17%	Unopposed
Assembly 63	Michael Cusick (D) 52.73%	Anthony DeGuerre (R) 47.17%
Assembly 64	Mike Tannousis (R) 58.47%	Brandon Patterson (D) 41.42%
Assembly 65	Yuh-Line Niou (D) 99.09%	Unopposed
Assembly 66	Deborah Glick (D) 84.87%	Tamara Lashchyk (R) 15.01%
Assembly 67	Linda Rosenthal (D) 96.23%	Unopposed
Assembly 68	Robert Rodriguez (D) 89.85%	Daby Carreras (R) 10.04%
Assembly 69	Daniel O'Donnell (D) 99.01%	Unopposed
Assembly 70	Inez E. Dickens (D) 90.22%	Craig Schley (Other) 9.52%
Assembly 71	Al Taylor (D) 99.71%	Unopposed
Assembly 72	Carmen N. De La Rosa (D) 99.42%	Unopposed
Assembly 73	Dan Quart (D) 74.31%	Judith Graham (R) 25.54%
Assembly 74	Harvey Epstein (D) 99.23%	Unopposed
Assembly 75	Richard Gottfried (D) 99.13%	Unopposed
Assembly 76	Rebecca Seawright (Other) 57.44%	Louis Puliafito (R) 42.1%
Assembly 77	Latoya Joyner (D) 89.16%	Tanya Carmichael (R) 9.67%, Benjamin Eggleston (Conservative Party) 1.1%
Assembly 78	Jose Rivera (D) 86.72%	Michael Dister (R) 11.91%
Assembly 79	Chantel Jackson (D) 89.79%	Donald Skinner (R) 8.2%, Dion Powell (Conservative Party) 1.86%
Assembly 80	Nathalia Fernández (D) 79.16%	Gene Defrancis (R) 17.67%, Elizabeth Perri (Conservative Party) 3.02%
Assembly 81	Jeffrey Dinowitz (D) 80.85%	Nicole Torres (R) 15.91%, Alan Reed (Conservative Party) 2.98%
Assembly 82	Michael Benedetto (D) 74.26%	John DeStefano (R) 22.88%, William Britt Jr. (Conservative Party) 2.69%
Assembly 83	Carl Heastie (D) 92.83%	Brenton Ritchie (R) 4.16%, Regina Cartagena (Conservative Party) 2.97%
Assembly 84	Amanda Septimo (D) 84.04%	Rosaline Nieves (R) 9.99%, Carmen Arroyo (Other) 3.94%	Incumbent defeated
Assembly 85	Kenneth Burgos (D) 88.14%	Janelle King (R) 9.67%, Gabriel Eronosele (Conservative Party) 2.05%
Assembly 86	Victor Pichardo (D) 87.74%	Lorraine Zeigler (R) 12.02%
Assembly 87	Karines Reyes (D) 87.61%	Michelle Castillo (R) 10.09%, Juan DeJesus (Conservative Party) 1.65%
Assembly 88	Amy Paulin (D) 99.51%	Unopposed
Assembly 89	Gary Pretlow (D) 99.77%	Unopposed
Assembly 90	Nader Sayegh (D) 99.55%	Unopposed
Assembly 91	Steve Otis (D) 99.65%	Unopposed
Assembly 92	Thomas Abinanti (D) 99.38%	Unopposed
Assembly 93	Chris Burdick (D) 65.71%	John Nuculovic (R) 34.25%
Assembly 94	Kevin M. Byrne (R) 58.13%	Stephanie Keegan (D) 41.85%
Assembly 95	Sandra Galef (D) 65.95%	Lawrence Chiulli (R) 34.02%
Assembly 96	Kenneth Zebrowski (D) 99.25%	Unopposed
Assembly 97	Michael V. Lawler (R) 52.22%	Ellen Jaffee (D) 47.72%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Assembly 98	Karl Brabenec (R) 98.71%	Unopposed
Assembly 99	Colin Schmitt (R) 57.27%	Sarita Bhandarkar (D) 42.7%
Assembly 100	Aileen Gunther (D) 99.48%	Unopposed
Assembly 101	Brian Miller (R) 59.99%	Chad McEvoy (D) 38.08%, Barbara Kidney (G) 1.89%
Assembly 102	Chris Tague (R) 63.5%	Mary Kraat (D) 36.43%
Assembly 103	Kevin Cahill (D) 69.86%	Rex Bridges (R) 30.05%
Assembly 104	Jonathan Jacobson (D) 64.34%	Andrew Gauzza (R) 35.59%
Assembly 105	Kieran Michael Lalor (R) 57%	Laurette Giardino (D) 42.98%
Assembly 106	Didi Barrett (D) 57.57%	Dean Michael (R) 42.42%
Assembly 107	Jake Ashby (R) 54.1%	Brittany Vogel (D) 44.92%, Charles Senrick (L) 0.94%
Assembly 108	John McDonald (D) 65.49%	Petros Papanicolaou (R) 25.65%, Samuel Fein (Working Families Party) 8.8%
Assembly 109	Pat Fahy (D) 70.37%	Robyn Porter (R) 29.49%
Assembly 110	Phil Steck (D) 62.6%	Dave Feiden (R) 37.27%
Assembly 111	Angelo Santabarbara (D) 60.09%	Paul DeLorenzo (R) 39.83%
Assembly 112	Mary Beth Walsh (R) 57.76%	Joe Seeman (D) 42.2%
Assembly 113	Carrie Woerner (D) 55.09%	David Catalfamo (R) 44.88%
Assembly 114	Matt Simpson (R) 56.72%	Claudia Braymer (D) 42.29%, Evelyn Wood (SAM) 0.95%
Assembly 115	Bill Jones (D) 99.46%	Unopposed
Assembly 116	Mark Walczyk (R) 62.73%	Alex Hammond (D) 37.24%
Assembly 117	Ken Blankenbush (R) 99.53%	Unopposed
Assembly 118	Robert Smullen (R) 99.59%	Unopposed
Assembly 119	Marianne Buttenschon (D) 57.33%	John Zielinski (R) 42.05%, Michael Gentile (SAM) 0.58%
Assembly 120	Will Barclay (R) 70.04%	Gail Tosh (D) 29.88%
Assembly 121	John Salka (R) 58.86%	Dan Buttermann (D) 37.28%, Corey Mosher (Working Families Party) 2.6%
Assembly 122	Joe Angelino (R) 68.92%	Richard Shaw (D) 31.03%
Assembly 123	Donna Lupardo (D) 99.2%	Unopposed
Assembly 124	Chris Friend (R) 64.32%	Randy Reid (D) 35.66%
Assembly 125	Anna Kelles (D) 68.81%	Mathew McIntyre (R) 31.1%
Assembly 126	John Lemondes (R) 57.2%	Dia Carabajal (D) 42.76%
Assembly 127	Al Stirpe (D) 54.55%	Mark Venesky (R) 45.42%
Assembly 128	Pamela Hunter (D) 65.03%	Stephanie Jackson (R) 34.92%
Assembly 129	Bill Magnarelli (D) 71.48%	Edward Weber (R) 28.43%
Assembly 130	Brian Manktelow (R) 69.01%	Scott Comegys (D) 30.97%
Assembly 131	Jeff Gallahan (R) 56.11%	Matthew Miller (D) 42.01%, Cynthia Wade (SAM) 1.84%
Assembly 132	Phil Palmesano (R) 99.59%	Unopposed
Assembly 133	Marjorie Byrnes (R) 61.78%	ChaRon Sattler-Leblanc (D) 38.21%
Assembly 134	Josh Jensen (R) 57.8%	Carolyn Carrol (D) 38.49%, Dylan Dailor (Working Families Party) 2.14%
Assembly 135	Jen Lunsford (D) 50.43%	Mark Johns (R) 49.55%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Assembly 136	Sarah Clark (D) 86.65%	Justin Wilcox (Independence Party) 7.61%, Steven R. Becker (L) 5.63%
Assembly 137	Demond Meeks (D) 99.55%	Unopposed
Assembly 138	Harry Bronson (D) 65.18%	Peterson A. Vazquez (R) 34.76%
Assembly 139	Stephen Hawley (R) 91.28%	Mark Glogowski (L) 8.55%
Assembly 140	Bill Conrad (D) 58.09%	Robert Pecoraro (R) 40.11%, Anthony Baney (G) 1.72%
Assembly 141	Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D) 89.44%	Sean Miles (R) 10.45%
Assembly 142	Pat Burke (D) 56.03%	Matthew Szalkowski (R) 43.89%
Assembly 143	Monica P. Wallace (D) 52.42%	Frank Smierciak (R) 47.49%
Assembly 144	Michael J. Norris (R) 99.31%	Unopposed
Assembly 145	Angelo Morinello (R) 99.26%	Unopposed
Assembly 146	Karen McMahon (D) 55.18%	Robin Wolfgang (R) 43.67%, Ruben Cartagena Jr. (G) 1.09%
Assembly 147	Dave DiPietro (R) 97.22%	Unopposed
Assembly 148	Joseph Giglio (R) 74.04%	W. Ross Scott (D) 25.94%
Assembly 149	Jon Rivera (D) 65.84%	Joseph Totaro (R) 33.97%
Assembly 150	Andrew Goodell (R) 68.91%	Christina Cardinale (D) 31.06%
Senate 1	Tony Palumbo (R) 51.7%	Laura Ahearn (D) 48.3%
Senate 2	Mario Mattera (R) 57.7%	Michael Siderakis (D) 42.2%
Senate 3	Alexis Weik (R) 51.9%	Monica Martinez (D) 48.1%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 4	Philip M. Boyle (R) 55.4%	Christine Pellegrino (Working Families Party) 44.6%
Senate 5	James Gaughran (D) 50.4%	Edmund Smyth (R) 48.5%, Barbara Wagner (G) 1.1%
Senate 6	Kevin Thomas (D) 50.7%	Dennis Dunne, Sr. (R) 48.7%, Jonathan Gunther (L) 0.6%
Senate 7	Anna Kaplan (D) 57.4%	David Franklin (R) 42.6%
Senate 8	John E. Brooks (D) 99.3%	Unopposed
Senate 9	Todd Kaminsky (D) 57.7%	Victoria Johnson (R) 42.3%
Senate 10	James Sanders Jr. (D) 99.7%	Unopposed
Senate 11	John Liu (D) 63.4%	Elisa Nahoum (R) 36.5%
Senate 12	Michael Gianaris (D) 99%	Unopposed
Senate 13	Jessica Ramos (D) 78.5%	Jesus Gonzalez (R) 21.4%
Senate 14	Leroy Comrie (D) 99.6%	Unopposed
Senate 15	Joe Addabbo (D) 58.21%	Tom Sullivan (R) 41.7%
Senate 16	Toby Stavisky (D) 98.9%	Unopposed
Senate 17	Simcha Felder (D) 97.8%	Unopposed
Senate 18	Julia Salazar (D) 97.47%	Daniel Christmann (Other) 2.27%
Senate 19	Roxanne Persaud (D) 99.4%	Unopposed
Senate 20	Zellnor Myrie (D) 97.3%	Tucker Coburn (L) 2.5%
Senate 21	Kevin Parker (D) 99.5%	Unopposed
Senate 22	Andrew Gounardes (D) 51.8%	Vito Bruno (R) 48.1%
Senate 23	Diane Savino (D) 77.38%	Justin DeFillippo (Conservative Party) 21.11%, John Rodriguez (SAM) 1.26%
Senate 24	Andrew Lanza (R) 99%	Unopposed
Senate 25	Jabari Brisport (D) 99.6%	Unopposed
Senate 26	Brian Kavanagh (D) 78.9%	Lester Chang (R) 20.9%
Senate 27	Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D) 99.1%	Unopposed
Senate 28	Liz Krueger (D) 78%	Mike Zumbluskas (R) 22%
Senate 29	Jose Serrano (D) 87.8%	Jose A. Colon (R) 12.1%
Senate 30	Brian Benjamin (D) 93%	Oz Sultan (R) 6.8%
Senate 31	Robert Jackson (D) 88.4%	Melinda Crump (R) 11.5%
Senate 32	Luis Sepúlveda (D) 95.34%	Jonathon Weiner (Conservative Party) 4.5%
Senate 33	Gustavo Rivera (D) 87.92%	Dustin Martinez (R) 10.83%, Steven M. Stern (Conservative Party) 1.16%
Senate 34	Alessandra Biaggi (D) 73.9%	James Gisondi (R) 22.62%, Antonio Vitiello (Conservative Party) 3.38%
Senate 35	Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) 99.6%	Unopposed
Senate 36	Jamaal Bailey (D) 95.4%	Robert L. Diamond (Conservative Party) 4.5%
Senate 37	Shelley Mayer (D) 62.5%	Liviu Saimovici (R) 37.5%
Senate 38	Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D) 53.7%	William Weber Jr. (R) 46.2%
Senate 39	James Skoufis (D) 57%	Steve Brescia (R) 42.9%
Senate 40	Pete Harckham (D) 51.88%	Rob Astorino (R) 48.09%
Senate 41	Susan J. Serino (R) 52.5%	Karen Smythe (D) 47.5%
Senate 42	Mike Martucci (R) 50.5%	Jen Metzger (D) 49.5%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 43	Daphne Jordan (R) 52.6%	Patrick Nelson (D) 47.3%
Senate 44	Neil Breslin (D) 73%	David Yule (R) 26.9%
Senate 45	Dan Stec (R) 57.8%	Kimberly Davis (D) 42.1%
Senate 46	Michelle Hinchey (D) 50.5%	Richard Amedure (R) 48.6%, Robert Alft, Jr. (G) 0.8%	Flipped R to D
Senate 47	Joe Griffo (R) 99.6%	Unopposed
Senate 48	Patricia Ritchie (R) 99.3%	Unopposed
Senate 49	Jim Tedisco (R) 63.5%	Thearse McCalmon (D) 36.5%
Senate 50	John Mannion (D) 52.5%	Angi Renna (R) 47.4%	Flipped R to D
Senate 51	Peter Oberacker (R) 55.4%	Jim Barber (D) 44.5%
Senate 52	Fred Akshar (R) 86.6%	Thomas Quiter (L) 12.4%
Senate 53	Rachel May (D) 54.8%	Sam Rodgers (R) 44.2%, Russell Penner (L) 1%
Senate 54	Pam Helming (R) 63.8%	Shauna O'Toole (D) 36.2%
Senate 55	Samra Brouk (D) 57.4%	Christopher Missick (R) 42.6%	Flipped R to D
Senate 56	Jeremy Cooney (D) 55.7%	Michael Barry Jr. (R) 44.1%	Flipped R to D
Senate 57	George Borrello (R) 71.7%	Frank Puglisi (D) 28.3%
Senate 58	Tom O'Mara (R) 56.3%	Leslie Danks Burke (D) 43.7%
Senate 59	Patrick Gallivan (R) 67.4%	Jason Klimek (D) 32.5%
Senate 60	Sean Ryan (D) 60.7%	Joshua Mertzlufft (R) 39.2%	Flipped R to D
Senate 61	Edward Rath III (R) 53.8%	Jacqualine Berger (D) 46.2%
Senate 62	Rob Ortt (R) 99.2%	Unopposed
Senate 63	Timothy M. Kennedy (D) 99%	Unopposed

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