# New York's 71st State Assembly district

New York's 71st State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Al Taylor since 2017.

## Geography

District 71 is located in Manhattan, comprising portions of Hamilton Heights, Harlem, and Washington Heights.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 4,467 | 70.7 |
| | Democratic | Julien Segura | 1,793 | 28.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 54 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,314 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 37,267 | 86.5 |
| | Republican | Josiel Andujar | 5,621 | 13.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 163 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,051 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 7,185 | 70.7 |
| | Democratic | Luis Tejada | 2,931 | 28.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 44 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,160 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 26,081 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 199 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,280 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 13,124 | 76.9 |
| | Democratic | Guillermo Perez | 3,833 | 22.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 108 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,065 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Al Taylor | 40,141 | |
| | Working Families | Al Taylor | 8,397 | |
| | Total | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 48,538 | 99.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 141 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 48,679 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 9,846 | 47.4 |
| | Democratic | Luis Tejada | 6,991 | 33.7 |
| | Democratic | Guillermo Perez | 3,798 | 18.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 127 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,762 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Al Taylor | 36,311 | |
| | Working Families | Al Taylor | 2,587 | |
| | Total | Al Taylor (incumbent) | 38,898 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 142 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,040 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017 special

2017 New York State Assembly special election, District 71 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Al Taylor | 16,153 | |
| | Working Families | Al Taylor | 1,673 | |
| | Total | Al Taylor | 17,826 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 106 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,932 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Herman D. Farrell, Jr. (incumbent) | 43,183 | 92.3 |
| | Republican | Vanessa Stanback | 2,758 | |
| | Reform | Vanessa Stanback | 758 | |
| | Total | Vanessa Stanback | 3,516 | 7.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 70 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,769 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Herman D. Farrell, Jr. (incumbent) | 5,551 | 70.5 |
| | Democratic | Kelley Boyd | 2,237 | 28.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 83 | 1.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,871 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Herman D. Farrell, Jr. (incumbent) | 16,174 | 93.3 |
| | Republican | Jerome Johnson | 1,131 | 6.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 24 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,329 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 71 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Herman D. Farrell, Jr. (incumbent) | 36,220 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 68 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,288 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |