# New York's 39th State Assembly district

New York's 39th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Catalina Cruz since 2019.

## Geography

District 39 is in Queens. It encompasses the neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights, Queens.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Catalina Cruz (incumbent) | 19,859 | 97.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 525 | 2.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,384 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Catalina Cruz | 9,909 | |
| | Working Families | Catalina Cruz | 2,400 | |
| | Total | Catalina Cruz (incumbent) | 12,309 | 98.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 251 | 2.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,560 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Catalina Cruz (incumbent) | 5,827 | 86.0 |
| | Democratic | Ramon Ramirez | 915 | 13.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 37 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,779 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Catalina Cruz (incumbent) | 21,765 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 171 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,936 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Catalina Cruz | 3,825 | 53.4 |
| | Democratic | Ari Espinal (incumbent) | 3,093 | 43.2 |
| | Democratic | Yonel Sosa | 233 | 3.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 13 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,164 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Catalina Cruz | 13,238 | 87.6 |
| | Working Families | Ari Espinal | 1,321 | |
| | Women's Equality | Ari Espinal | 258 | |
| | Total | Ari Espinal (incumbent) | 1,579 | 10.5 |
| | Reform | Bobby Kalotee | 262 | 1.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 37 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,116 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018 special

2018 New York State Assembly special election, District 39 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ari Espinal | 655 | |
| | Working Families | Ari Espinal | 104 | |
| | Women's Equality | Ari Espinal | 19 | |
| | Total | Ari Espinal | 778 | 92.1 |
| | Write-in | Catalina Cruz | 54 | 6.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 13 | 1.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 845 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Francisco Moya | 18,631 | |
| | Working Families | Francisco Moya | 1,452 | |
| | Total | Francisco Moya (incumbent) | 20,083 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 47 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,130 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Francisco Moya | 5,251 | |
| | Working Families | Francisco Moya | 683 | |
| | Total | Francisco Moya (incumbent) | 5,934 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 35 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,969 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Francisco Moya | 13,958 | |
| | Working Families | Francisco Moya | 705 | |
| | Total | Francisco Moya (incumbent) | 14,663 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 31 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,694 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 39 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Francisco Moya | 2,788 | 66.1 |
| | Democratic | Hiram Monserrate | 1,417 | 33.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,221 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Francisco Moya | 7,086 | |
| | Working Families | Francisco Moya | 760 | |
| | Total | Francisco Moya | 7,846 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 34 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,880 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |