# New York's 65th State Assembly district

New York's 65th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Grace Lee since 2023, succeeding Yuh-Line Niou.

## Geography
### 2020s
#### 2022

District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

### 2012-2022

District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Grace Lee | 29,492 | |
| | Working Families | Grace Lee | 4,138 | |
| | Total | Grace Lee (incumbent) | 33,630 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 302 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,932 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Grace Lee | 4,653 | 48.6 |
| | Democratic | Illapa Sairitupac | 3,305 | 34.5 |
| | Democratic | Denny Salas | 1,312 | 13.7 |
| | Democratic | Alana Sivin | 285 | 3.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,573 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Grace Lee | 20,495 | 76.0 |
| | Republican | Helen Qiu | 6,381 | 23.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 81 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,957 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent) | 8,749 | 64.0 |
| | Democratic | Grace Lee | 4,877 | 35.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 50 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,676 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou | 34,480 | |
| | Working Families | Yuh-Line Niou | 6,074 | |
| | Total | Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent) | 40,554 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 374 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 40,928 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou | 28,755 | |
| | Working Families | Yuh-Line Niou | 2,206 | |
| | Total | Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent) | 30,461 | 97.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 264 | 2.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 31,225 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou | 2,790 | 31.4 |
| | Democratic | Jenifer Rajkumar | 1,701 | 19.2 |
| | Democratic | Paul Newell | 1,425 | 16.0 |
| | Democratic | Alice Cancel (incumbent) | 1,108 | 12.5 |
| | Democratic | Don Lee | 995 | 11.2 |
| | Democratic | Gigi Li | 844 | 9.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,880 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou | 27,987 | |
| | Working Families | Yuh-Line Niou | 1,729 | |
| | Total | Yuh-Line Niou | 29,716 | 76.1 |
| | Republican | Bryan Jung | 5,624 | |
| | Reform | Bryan Jung | 137 | |
| | Total | Bryan Jung | 5,761 | 14.7 |
| | Women's Equality | Alice Cancel (incumbent) | 2,171 | 5.5 |
| | Green | Manny Cavaco | 1,348 | 3.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 64 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,060 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016 special

2016 New York State Assembly special election, District 65 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Alice Cancel | 7,873 | 41.3 |
| | Working Families | Yuh-Line Niou | 6,654 | 34.9 |
| | Republican | Lester Chang | 2,972 | |
| | Independence | Lester Chang | 503 | |
| | Clean Up The Mess | Lester Chang | 155 | |
| | Reform | Lester Chang | 122 | |
| | Total | Lester Chang | 3,752 | 19.7 |
| | Green | Dennis Levy | 714 | 3.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 53 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,046 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Sheldon Silver | 9,978 | |
| | Working Families | Sheldon Silver | 1,477 | |
| | Total | Sheldon Silver (incumbent) | 11,455 | 82.0 |
| | Republican | Maureen Koetz | 2,442 | 17.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 69 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,966 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 65 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Sheldon Silver | 23,886 | |
| | Working Families | Sheldon Silver | 1,258 | |
| | Total | Sheldon Silver (incumbent) | 25,144 | 83.5 |
| | Republican | Wave Chan | 4,907 | 16.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 40 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,099 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |