# New York's 46th State Assembly district

New York's 46th State Assembly district is one of 150 districts of the New York State Assembly. It is currently represented by Republican Alec Brook-Krasny since 2023, defeating Mathylde Frontus. He previously represented the district as a Democrat between 2006 and 2015.

## Geography

District 46 is located in Brooklyn. It contains Coney Island and Sea Gate, as well as parts of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Dyker Heights and Gravesend. Fort Hamilton, Calvert Vaux Park, Luna Park, the Wonder Wheel, the New York Aquarium and the Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course are within this district.
The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 8th and 11th congressional districts, the 17th, 23rd and 26th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 38th, 47th, 48th and 50th districts of the New York City Council.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Alec Brook-Krasny | 19,099 | |
| | Conservative | Alec Brook-Krasny | 1,932 | |
| | Total | Alec Brook-Krasny (incumbent) | 21,031 | 51.6 |
| | Democratic | Chris McCreight | 19,540 | 48.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 160 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 40,731 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mathylde Frontus (incumbent) | 3,677 | 65.3 |
| | Democratic | Dionne Brown-Jordan | 1,936 | 34.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,629 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Alec Brook-Krasny | 14,310 | |
| | Conservative | Alec Brook-Krasny | 1,054 | |
| | Total | Alec Brook-Krasny | 15,364 | 51.9 |
| | Democratic | Mathylde Frontus | 12,757 | |
| | Working Families | Mathylde Frontus | 1,426 | |
| | Total | Mathylde Frontus (incumbent) | 14,183 | 47.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 37 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,584 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mathylde Frontus (incumbent) | 21,993 | 50.9 |
| | Republican | Mark Szuszkiewicz | 19,537 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Szuszkiewicz | 1,618 | |
| | Total | Mark Szuszkiewicz | 21,155 | 49.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 53 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,201 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mathylde Frontus (incumbent) | 3,792 | 50.2 |
| | Democratic | Ethan Lustig-Elgrably | 3,741 | 49.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 26 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,559 | 100 |
| | Women's Equality | Mathylde Frontus (write-in) | 6 | 100 |
| | Women's Equality | Ethan Lustig-Elgrably | 0 | |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Mathylde Frontus | 15,537 | |
| | Women's Equality | Mathylde Frontus | 188 | |
| | Total | Mathylde Frontus (incumbent) | 15,725 | 53.6 |
| | Republican | Steven Saperstein | 11,567 | |
| | Conservative | Steven Saperstein | 883 | |
| | Independence | Steven Saperstein | 296 | |
| | Reform | Steven Saperstein | 67 | |
| | Total | Steven Saperstein | 12,813 | 43.7 |
| | Working Families | Ethan Lustig-Elgrably | 464 | 1.6 |
| | Green | Patrick Dwyer | 310 | 1.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 19 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,331 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pamela Harris (incumbent) | 3,234 | 61.2 |
| | Democratic | Katie Cucco | 2,040 | 38.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 12 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,286 | 100 |
| | Conservative | Mikhail Usher | 56 | 83.6 |
| | Conservative | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 10 | 14.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 1.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 67 | 100 |
| | Reform | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 2 | 66.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 33.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Pamela Harris (incumbent) | 20,061 | 57.5 |
| | Republican | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 11,463 | |
| | Reform | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 344 | |
| | Total | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 11,807 | 33.9 |
| | Conservative | Mikhail Usher | 1,699 | 4.9 |
| | Green | Patrick Dwyer | 1,252 | 3.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 45 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,864 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2015 special

2015 New York State Assembly special election, District 46 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Pamela Harris | 4,302 | |
| | Working Families | Pamela Harris | 293 | |
| | Total | Pamela Harris | 4,595 | 58.6 |
| | Republican | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 1,988 | |
| | Conservative | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 570 | |
| | Independence | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 113 | |
| | People's Choice | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 36 | |
| | Total | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 2,707 | 36.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 40 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,342 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Stamatis Lilikakis | 636 | 58.6 |
| | Republican | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 433 | 39.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 1.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,085 | 100 |
| | Independence | Alec Brook-Krasny (incumbent) | 44 | 60.3 |
| | Independence | Stamatis Lilikakis (write-in) | 19 | 26.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 10 | 13.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 73 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Alec Brook-Krasny | 7,861 | |
| | Working Families | Alec Brook-Krasny | 767 | |
| | Independence | Alec Brook-Krasny | 373 | |
| | Total | Alec Brook-Krasny (incumbent) | 9,001 | 58.1 |
| | Republican | Stamatis Lilikakis | 5,149 | |
| | Conservative | Stamatis Lilikakis | 1,271 | |
| | Total | Stamatis Lilikakis | 6,420 | 41.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 68 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,489 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Thomas McCarthy | 890 | 70.5 |
| | Republican | Lucretia Regina-Potter | 367 | 29.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,262 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Alec Brook-Krasny | 15,194 | |
| | Working Families | Alec Brook-Krasny | 822 | |
| | Total | Alec Brook-Krasny (incumbent) | 16,016 | 61.2 |
| | Republican | Thomas McCarthy | 8,507 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas McCarthy | 1,173 | |
| | Total | Thomas McCarthy | 9,680 | 37.0 |
| | Green | Patrick Dwyer | 440 | 1.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,152 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 46 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Alec Brook-Krasny | 10,525 | |
| | Independence | Alec Brook-Krasny | 887 | |
| | Working Families | Alec Brook-Krasny | 639 | |
| | Total | Alec Brook-Krasny (incumbent) | 12,051 | 85.1 |
| | Conservative | Jerry Amalfitano | 2,097 | 14.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,157 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in Assembly District 46

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2024 | President | Trump 53.5 – 44.2% |
| 2024 | Senate | Sapraicone 50.0 - 48.7% |
| 2022 | Senate | Pinion 50.7 – 49.3% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 50.1 – 48.6% |
| 2018 | Senate | Gillibrand 61.2 – 38.8% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 52.3 – 45.0% |
| 2016 | Senate | Schumer 70.2 – 29.7% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 57.4 – 41.5% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 67.6 – 30.9% |

## Past assemblymembers

* Mathylde Frontus (2018–2022)
* Pamela Harris (2015–2018)
* Alec Brook-Krasny (2006–2015)
* Adele Cohen (1998–2006)
* Jules Polonetsky (1994–1997)
* Howard L. Lasher (1973–1994)
* Leonard Simon (1967–1973)
* Bertram Baker (1948–1964)