New York's 15th State Senate district

New York's 15th
State Senate district

Senator
  Joseph Addabbo Jr.
DOzone 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

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2020s

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District 15 covers central and southern Queens, including most of the neighborhoods of Glendale, Middle Village, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven as well as portions of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Ridgewood, Lindenwood, and Rego Park.

The district overlaps with New York's 5th, 6th and 7th congressional districts, the 23rd, 24th, 28th, 30th, 31st, 35th, 38th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly, and the 24th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 32nd districts of the New York City Council.

2010s

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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

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2024

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2024 New York State Senate election, District 15
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent)
Conservative Danniel Maio
Write-in
Total votes 100.0

2022

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2022 New York State Senate election, District 15[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 4,072 53.7
Democratic Japneet Singh 2,450 32.3
Democratic Albert Baldeo 1,021 13.5
Write-in 37 0.5
Total votes 7,580 100.0
General election
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. 29,646
We The People Joseph Addabbo Jr. 748
Total Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 30,394 57.3
Republican Danniel Maio 20,769
Conservative Danniel Maio 1,472
Independence Danniel Maio 342
Medical Freedom Danniel Maio 60
Total Danniel Maio 22,643 42.6
Write-in 72 0.1
Total votes 53,109 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 New York State Senate election, District 15[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 68,829 58.2
Republican Thomas Sullivan 44,108
Conservative Thomas Sullivan 3,980
Save Our City Thomas Sullivan 1,218
Total Thomas Sullivan 49,306 41.7
Write-in 109 0.1
Total votes 118,244 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 New York State Senate election, District 15[8]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Sullivan 3,377 67.3
Republican Slawomir Platta 1,602 31.9
Write-in 38 0.8
Total votes 5,017 100.0
Reform Thomas Sullivan 73 25.6
Reform Slawomir Platta 36 12.6
Write-in 176 61.8
Total votes 285 100.0
General election
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. 44,706
Working Families Joseph Addabbo Jr. 2,262
Total Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 46,968 64.1
Republican Thomas Sullivan 22,729
Conservative Thomas Sullivan 2,762
Independence Thomas Sullivan 611
Reform Thomas Sullivan 179
Total Thomas Sullivan 26,281 36.8
Write-in 109 0.1
Total votes 73,302 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 New York State Senate election, District 15[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. 60,102
Women's Equality Joseph Addabbo Jr. 2,358
Total Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 62,460 63.6
Republican Michael Conigliaro 30,829
Conservative Michael Conigliaro 4,113
Reform Michael Conigliaro 749
Total Michael Conigliaro 35,691 36.3
Write-in 61 0.1
Total votes 98,212 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 New York State Senate election, District 15[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 20,924 55.3
Republican Michael Conigliaro 13,600
Conservative Michael Conigliaro 3,277
Total Michael Conigliaro 16,877 44.6
Write-in 61 0.1
Total votes 37,836 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 New York State Senate election, District 15[8]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Ulrich 2,984 69.6
Republican Juan Reyes 1,298 30.3
Write-in 8 0.1
Total votes 4,290 100.0
Independence Eric Ulrich 98 82.4
Independence Joseph Tiraco 21 17.6
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 119 100.0
General election
Democratic Joseph Addabbo Jr. 40,456
Working Families Joseph Addabbo Jr. 1,734
Total Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent) 42,190 57.6
Republican Eric Ulrich 26,954
Conservative Eric Ulrich 2,917
Independence Eric Ulrich 1,165
Total Eric Ulrich 31,036 42.4
Write-in 52 0.0
Total votes 73,278 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 15

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Year Office Results[10]
2020 President Biden 53.2 – 45.6%
2016 President Clinton 55.3 – 41.9%
2012 President Obama 59.8 – 39.1%
Senate Gillibrand 70.5 – 28.2%

References

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  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. ^ "Primary Election 2022 - Democratic State Senator - 25th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 25th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e "New York State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "State Senator 15th 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 30, 2019.