# New York's 19th State Senate district

New York's 19th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Roxanne Persaud since her 2015 victory in a special election to replace indicted incumbent John Sampson.

## Geography
### 2020s

District 19 covers southeastern Brooklyn and a portion of southwestern Queens, including most of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie, East New York and Starrett City, portions of Bergen Beach, Brownsville, Remsen Village, and Cypress Hills, and the Queens neighborhood of Lindenwood.
The district overlaps with New York's 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th congressional districts, the 23rd, 54th, 55th, 58th, 59th and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly, and the 32nd, 37th, 41st, 42nd and 46th districts of the New York City Council.

### 2010s

District 19 is located in southeastern Brooklyn, including some or all of the neighborhoods of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, and Ocean Hill.
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 45th, 54th, 55th, 58th, 59th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 74,011 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 313 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 74,324 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 43,866 | 99.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 131 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,997 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 19,971 | 74.8 |
| | Democratic | Keron Alleyne | 6,642 | 24.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 85 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,698 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 95,755 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 577 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,332 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud | 68,041 | |
| | Working Families | Roxanne Persaud | 1,279 | |
| | Total | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 69,320 | 89.8 |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Ferretti | 7,117 | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Ferretti | 703 | |
| | Total | Jeffrey Ferretti | 7,820 | 10.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 56 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 77,196 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 10,358 | 75.8 |
| | Democratic | Mercedes Narcisse | 3,284 | 24.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 32 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,674 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud | 86,433 | |
| | Working Families | Roxanne Persaud | 3,786 | |
| | Total | Roxanne Persaud (incumbent) | 90,219 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 193 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 90,412 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2015 special

2015 New York State Senate special election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Roxanne Persaud | 7,380 | |
| | Women's Equality | Roxanne Persaud | 94 | |
| | Independence | Roxanne Persaud | 72 | |
| | Total | Roxanne Persaud | 7,546 | 87.6 |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Ferretti | 779 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative | Elias Weir | 278 | 3.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,619 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Sampson (incumbent) | 7,572 | 54.2 |
| | Democratic | Dell Smitherman | 4,123 | 29.5 |
| | Democratic | Sean Henry | 1,732 | 12.4 |
| | Democratic | Elias Weir | 504 | 3.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 37 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,968 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | John Sampson (incumbent) | 29,741 | 86.0 |
| | Conservative | Elias Weir | 2,816 | 8.1 |
| | Working Families | Dell Smitherman | 1,993 | 5.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 28 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,578 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Sampson | 77,618 | |
| | Working Families | John Sampson | 1,356 | |
| | Total | John Sampson (incumbent) | 78,974 | 90.3 |
| | Republican | Jane Neal | 7,226 | 8.3 |
| | Conservative | Elias Weir | 1,196 | 1.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 23 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 87,419 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in District 19

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 83.2 – 16.0% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 85.3 – 13.3% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 88.7 – 11.0% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 91.5 – 8.0% |