# New York's 18th State Senate district

New York's 18th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Julia Salazar since 2019, following her defeat of incumbent Martin Malavé Dilan in the 2018 primary election.

## Geography

District 18 is located in northern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bushwick, Cypress Hills, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, and East New York.
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, and 12th congressional districts, and with the 50th, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Julia Salazar | 54,800 | |
| | Working Families | Julia Salazar | 13,089 | |
| | Total | Julia Salazar (incumbent) | 67,889 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 585 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 68,474 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Julia Salazar | 33,964 | |
| | Working Families | Julia Salazar | 9,291 | |
| | Total | Julia Salazar (incumbent) | 43,255 | 98.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 599 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,854 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Julia Salazar (incumbent) | 29,435 | 86.8 |
| | Democratic | Andy Marte | 4,399 | 13.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 95 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,929 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Julia Salazar | 77,797 | |
| | Working Families | Julia Salazar | 18,142 | |
| | Total | Julia Salazar (incumbent) | 95,939 | 97.5 |
| | New Moderate | Daniel Christmann | 2,235 | 2.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 258 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 98,432 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Julia Salazar | 21,419 | 58.7 |
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 14,974 | 41.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 114 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,507 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Julia Salazar | 71,329 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 594 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,923 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 5,844 | 59.2 |
| | Democratic | Debbie Medina | 3,988 | 40.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 35 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,867 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan | 84,182 | |
| | Independence | Martin Malavé Dilan | 3,431 | |
| | Total | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 87,613 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 329 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 87,942 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 5,533 | 57.4 |
| | Democratic | Debbie Medina | 4,061 | 42.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 329 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,635 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 21,352 | 81.3 |
| | Working Families | Debbie Medina | 4,028 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Anderson | 861 | 3.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 38 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,279 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 7,245 | 67.0 |
| | Democratic | Jason Otano | 3,526 | 32.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 49 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,820 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent) | 69,749 | 94.5 |
| | Republican | Michael Freeman-Saulsberre | 3,195 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Freeman-Saulsberre | 792 | |
| | Total | Michael Freeman-Saulsberre | 3,987 | 5.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 101 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 73,837 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in District 18

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 86.7 – 11.9% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 91.2 – 6.2% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 93.7 – 5.1% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 94.2 – 4.1% |