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New York's 31st
State Senate district
Senator
  Robert Jackson
D–Fort George
Registration76.4% Democratic
5.6% Republican
15.3% No party preference
Demographics30% White
8% Black
55% Hispanic
5% Asian
Population (2017)339,071[1]
Registered voters231,899[2]

New York's 31st State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Robert Jackson since 2019.[3] Jackson defeated IDC-aligned incumbent Marisol Alcántara in the 2018 primary election, following primary losses for the same seat in 2014 and 2016.

Geography

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District 31 is based in the northern Manhattan neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill, also stretching south along the Hudson River to include parts of Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Morningside Heights, the Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, and Chelsea.[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 10th, 12th, and 13th congressional districts, and with the 67th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, and 75th 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 31
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Jackson
Working Families Robert Jackson
Total Robert Jackson (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.0

2022

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2022 New York State Senate election, District 31[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Jackson (incumbent) 10,478 57.9
Democratic Angel Vasquez 5,900 32.7
Democratic Francesca Castellanos 896 5.0
Democratic Ruben Vargas 733 4.1
Write-in 61 0.3
Total votes 18,068 100.0
General election
Democratic Robert Jackson 36,927
Working Families Robert Jackson 5,183
Total Robert Jackson (incumbent) 42,110 85.1
Republican Donald Skinner 7,277 14.7
Write-in 81 0.2
Total votes 49,468 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 New York State Senate election, District 31[8][9][10]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Jackson (incumbent) 30,443 84.0
Democratic Tirso Santiago Pina 5,653 15.6
Write-in 124 0.4
Total votes 36,224 100.0
General election
Democratic Robert Jackson 90,090
Working Families Robert Jackson 16,982
Total Robert Jackson (incumbent) 107,072 88.4
Republican Melinda Crump 13,961 11.5
Write-in 123 0.1
Total votes 121,156 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 New York State Senate election, District 31[9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Jackson 29,140 56.1
Democratic Marisol Alcántara (incumbent) 19,885 38.3
Democratic Tirso Santiago Pina 2,076 4.0
Democratic Thomas Leon 778 1.5
Write-in 84 0.1
Total votes 51,963 100.0
General election
Democratic Robert Jackson 81,821
Working Families Robert Jackson 5,145
Total Robert Jackson 86,966 88.7
Republican Melinda Crump 6,067
Reform Melinda Crump 168
Total Melinda Crump 6,235 6.4
Independence Marisol Alcántara (incumbent) 4,660 4.8
Write-in 74 0.1
Total votes 97,935 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 New York State Senate election, District 31[9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marisol Alcántara 8,469 32.7
Democratic Micah Lasher 8,175 31.5
Democratic Robert Jackson 7,936 30.6
Democratic Luis Tejada 1,316 5.1
Write-in 26 0.1
Total votes 25,922 100.0
General election
Democratic Marisol Alcántara 97,964 85.3
Republican Melinda Crump 8,719 7.6
Green Julia Willebrand 6,400 5.6
Conservative John Toro 1,368 1.2
Write-in 331 0.3
Total votes 114,782 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 New York State Senate election, District 31[9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adriano Espaillat (incumbent) 10,439 49.8
Democratic Robert Jackson 9,019 43.0
Democratic Luis Tejada 1,466 7.0
Write-in 38 0.2
Total votes 20,962 100.0
General election
Democratic Adriano Espaillat (incumbent) 37,089 98.7
Write-in 502 1.3
Total votes 37,591 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 New York State Senate election, District 31[9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adriano Espaillat (incumbent) 11,138 61.3
Democratic Guillermo Linares 6,927 38.1
Write-in 107 0.6
Total votes 18,172 100.0
General election
Democratic Adriano Espaillat (incumbent) 85,163 91.1
Republican Martin Chicon 8,190 8.8
Write-in 112 0.1
Total votes 93,465 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 31

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Year Office Results[11][12]
2020 President Biden 86.4 – 12.3%
2016 President Clinton 90.5 – 7.0%
2012 President Obama 90.2 – 8.6%
Senate Gillibrand 91.8 – 6.9%

References

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  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 31, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ^ "New York State Senator Robert Jackson". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Primary Election 2022 - Democratic State Senator - 31st Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 31st Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  8. ^ "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e "New York State Senate District 31". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "State Senator 31st Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  12. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
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