# New York's 53rd State Assembly district

New York's 53rd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Maritza Davila since 2013.

## Geography

District 53 is in Brooklyn. It encompasses portions of Bushwick and East Williamsburg.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 33,100 | 99.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 245 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,345 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 20,154 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 182 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,336 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 38,791 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 239 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,030 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 10,505 | 81.6 |
| | Democratic | Humberto Soto | 2,303 | 17.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 69 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,877 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila | 27,580 | |
| | Working Families | Maritza Davila | 2,494 | |
| | Total | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 30,074 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 124 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,198 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila | 32,792 | |
| | Working Families | Maritza Davila | 2,602 | |
| | Total | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 35,394 | 99.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 122 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,516 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila (incumbent) | 9,706 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 79 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,785 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2013 special

In special elections for state legislative offices, primaries are usually not held - county committee members for each party select nominees. However, due to its proximity to the 2013 New York City Council election, party-specific primaries were held.
2013 New York State Assembly special election, District 53 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila | 4,137 | 51.9 |
| | Democratic | Jason Otano | 2,519 | 31.6 |
| | Democratic | Charveys Gonzalez | 1,314 | 16.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,971 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Maritza Davila | 9,000 | 85.6 |
| | Working Families | Jason Otano | 1,486 | 14.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 29 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,515 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Vito Lopez (incumbent) | 25,956 | 89.2 |
| | Republican | Richy Garcia | 2,916 | 10.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 229 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,101 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 53 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Vito Lopez (incumbent) | 12,892 | 89.5 |
| | Republican | Byron Orozco | 1,481 | 10.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 39 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,412 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |