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New York's 12th State Senate district

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New York's 12th
State Senate district

Senator
  Michael Gianaris
DAstoria
Registration65.3% Democratic
9.0% Republican
22.1% No party preference
Demographics36% White
4% Black
36% Hispanic
21% Asian
Population (2017)331,564[1]
Registered voters191,906[2]

New York's 12th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Michael Gianaris, the Deputy Senate Majority Leader, since 2011.[3]

Geography

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District 12 is located primarily in Northwest Queens, covering the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, and Sunnyside, as well as parts of Woodside, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Woodhaven.[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 6th, 7th, 8th, 12th, and 14th congressional districts, and with the 23rd, 30th, 34th, 36th, 37th, 38th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results

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2024

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2024 New York State Senate election, District 12
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris
Working Families Michael Gianaris
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent)
Republican Han-Khon To
Write-in
Total votes 100.0

2022

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2022 New York State Senate election, District 12[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris 31,752
Working Families Michael Gianaris 9,769
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 41,521 98.4
Write-in 660 1.6
Total votes 42,181 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 New York State Senate election, District 12[7][8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 27,759 78.8
Democratic Ignazio Terranova 7,361 20.9
Write-in 88 0.3
Total votes 35,208 100.0
General election
Democratic Michael Gianaris 81,795
Working Families Michael Gianaris 18,876
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 100,671 99.0
Write-in 1,029 1.0
Total votes 101,700 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 New York State Senate election, District 12[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris 65,892
Working Families Michael Gianaris 6,076
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 71,968 99.4
Write-in 414 0.6
Total votes 72,382 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 New York State Senate election, District 12[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris 76,080
Working Families Michael Gianaris 6,248
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 82,328 85.9
Republican Marvin Jeffcoat 11,928
Conservative Marvin Jeffcoat 1,481
Total Marvin Jeffcoat 13,409 14.0
Write-in 114 0.1
Total votes 95,851 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 New York State Senate election, District 12[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris 22,229
Working Families Michael Gianaris 3,752
Total Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 25,981 95.4
Stop Common Core Anthony Aldorasi 1,158 4.2
Write-in 120 0.4
Total votes 27,259 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 New York State Senate election, District 12[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Gianaris 58,576
Working Families Michael Gianaris 3,267
Toal Michael Gianaris (incumbent) 61,843 86.3
Republican Tony Arcabascio 8,772
Conservative Tony Arcabascio 1,003
Total Tony Arcabascio 9,775 13.6
Write-in 43 0.1
Total votes 71,661 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 12

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Year Office Results[10][11]
2020 President Biden 78.3 – 20.2%
2016 President Clinton 81.0 – 15.8%
2012 President Obama 82.6 – 15.8%
Senate Gillibrand 85.9 – 12.1%

References

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  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 12, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ^ "New York State Senator Michael Gianaris". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 12th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e "New York State Senate District 12". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "State Senator 12th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  11. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.