New York State Senate election results 2024

Democrats in the state Senate have managed to hold on to their majority two elections after winning it back in 2018, bucking the dysfunctional reputation they gained the last time they were in control. The party is sure to maintain that majority for a third time this election – but Republicans are hoping to break Democrats’ supermajority in the chamber. Democrats won a two-thirds majority in 2020, expanding their ranks large enough to override a veto along with the Assembly (where the party also holds a supermajority). But Democrats suffered setbacks in 2022 in both chambers of the state Legislature, and now the party’s hold on its supermajority is only one seat strong.

Republicans, who have largely been relegated to the back burner at the state level even as they gained ground locally and in Congress, see an opportunity to break the veto-proof majority, even if winning back the chamber isn’t in the cards. A prime pickup opportunity is in Central New York, where Republicans came within 10 votes of flipping the 50th State Senate District in 2022 and where Democrats no longer have an incumbent running.

But if some Democrats are on the defensive, so too are Republicans. For Democrats, one of their best pickup opportunities is perhaps the 39th State Senate District in and around Poughkeepsie. A new district created in the 2022 redistricting process, the Democratic-leaning seat seemed like it would have been a good one for Democrats to win. But Republican state Sen. Rob Rolison, then the mayor of Poughkeepsie, won instead. He’s now on the defensive to hold on to his seat in an area that has recently rebuffed Republican candidates.

1st District

East End of Suffolk County

Anthony Palumbo (R, C): 50.54%

Sarah Anker (D, Common Sense Suffolk): 45.07%

With 200 of 214 election districts reported

4th District

Parts of Suffolk County, including Brentwood and Central Islip

Monica Martinez (D, WFP): 51.79%

Teresa Bryant (R, C): 40.75%

With 198 of 200 election districts reported

7th District

Long Island, North Shore from Great Neck to Laurel Hollow

Jack Martins (R, C): 49.64%

Kim Keiserman (D): 45.57%

With 17 of 265 election districts reported

11th District

Queens, including Whitestone, College Point, Glen Oaks and Queens Village, as well as Rikers Island in the Bronx

Toby Ann Stavisky (D, WFP): 49.83%

Yiatin Chu (R, C): 44.55%

With 170 of 170 election districts reported

17th District 

Brooklyn, including parts of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst

Steve Chan (R, C): 50.53%

Iwen Chu (D, WFP): 40.98%

With 134 of 134 election districts reported

23rd District

Staten Island’s North Shore and parts of southern Brooklyn

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D): 50.41%

Marko Kepi (R): 41.26%

With 163 of 163 election districts reported

38th District

Hudson Valley, including most of Rockland County

Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D): 56.04%

Bill Weber (R, C): 34.36%

Barbara Francis (WFP): 2.37%

With 290 of 293 election districts reported

39th District

Hudson Valley, including much of Orange County, Poughkeepsie and Cold Spring

Yvette Valdes Smith (D, WFP): 48.07%

Rob Rolison (R, C): 47.11%

With 20 of 207 election districts reported

40th District

Hudson Valley, including parts of Westchester, Putnman and Rockland counties

Gina Arena (R, C): 57.46%

Pete Harckham (D, WFP): 37.70%

With 75 of 284 election districts reported

42nd District

Hudson Valley, including most of Orange County

James Skoufis (D, WFP): 52.48%

Dorey Houle (R): 38.26%

Timothy Mitts (C): 4.47%

With 0 of 272 election districts reported

43rd District

Rensselaer, Washington and Albany counties

Alvin Gamble (D): 48.34%

Jake Ashby (R, C): 47.49%

With 134 of 228 election districts reported

46th District

Capital Region, including Albany, Amsterdam and Rotterdam

Patricia Fahy (D, WFP): 58.47%

Ted Danz Jr. (R, C): 37.36%

With 197 of 247 election districts reported

50th District

Central New York, including the suburbs of Syracuse

Chris Ryan (D, WFP): 52.69%

Nick Paro (R, C): 44.52%

With 150 of 290 election districts reported

52nd District

Southern Tier, including Ithaca, Binghamton and Cortland

Lea Webb (D, WFP): 60.56%

Michael Sigler (R, Local 607): 35.98%

With 51 of 219 election districts reported

63rd District

Western New York, including most of Buffalo

April Baskin (D, WFP): 59.07%

Jack Moretti (R, C): 32.99%

With 84 of 236 election districts reported