New York's 15th State Senate district

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New York's 15th
State Senate district
New York State Senate District 15 (2012).png
Senator
  Joseph Addabbo Jr.
D–Ozone Park
Registration53.5% Democratic
19.8% Republican
22.4% No party preference
Demographics53% White
3% Black
27% Hispanic
14% Asian
Population (2017)339,492[1]
Registered voters186,014[2]

New York's 15th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Joseph Addabbo Jr. since 2009, following his defeat of longtime Republican incumbent Serphin Maltese.[3]

Geography[]

District 15 covers a large swath of central and southeastern Queens, including the neighborhoods of Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Glendale, Middle Village, and Maspeth, as well as parts of South Ozone Park, Ridgewood, Woodside and The Rockaways.[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 12th, and 14th congressional districts, and with the 23rd, 25th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st, 34th, 37th, 38th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results[]

2020[]

2020 New York State Senate election, District 15[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 68,829 58.3
Republican Thomas Sullivan 49,306 41.7
Total votes 118,135 100.0
Democratic hold

2018[]

2018 New York State Senate election, District 15[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Sullivan 3,377 67.8
Republican Slawomir Platta 1,602 32.2
Total votes 4,979 100.0
General election
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 46,968 64.1
Republican Thomas Sullivan 26,281 35.8
Total votes 73,309 100.0
Democratic hold

2016[]

2016 New York State Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 62,460 63.6
Republican Michael Conigliaro 35,691 36.4
Total votes 98,151 100.0
Democratic hold

2014[]

2014 New York State Senate election, District 15[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 20,924 55.4
Republican Michael Conigliaro 16,877 44.6
Total votes 37,801 100.0
Democratic hold

2012[]

2012 New York State Senate election, District 15[6]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Ulrich 2,984 69.7
Republican Juan Reyes 1,298 30.3
Total votes 4,282 100.0
General election
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 42,187 57.6
Republican Eric Ulrich 31,036 42.4
Total votes 73,223 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 15[]

Year Office Results[8]
2016 President Clinton 55.3 – 41.9%
2012 President Obama 59.8 – 39.1%
Senate Gillibrand 70.5 – 28.2%

References[]

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 15, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ^ "New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "New York State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "State Senator 15th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
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