# New York's 34th State Senate district

New York's 34th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Nathalia Fernandez since 2023, succeeding Alessandra Biaggi.
Alessandra Biaggi ran in 2018 for the Democratic nomination for New York State Senate in District 34. While only 32 years old, she ran against powerful longtime incumbent Jeffrey D. Klein, the number 2 Democrat in the NY Senate and the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, who had held the seat for 14 years. Klein outspent Biaggi by a rate of 9-to-1, spending $2 million to her $200,000. Biaggi said: "The more people told me I couldn’t win, the more obsessed I became."
In a major upset, Biaggi defeated Klein in the primary, 54%-46%. She remarked: "It was a tough fight. And, I should also say, we should thank [Senator Klein] for his service. But his time is up.” Subsequently, on November 6, 2018, she defeated Republican Richard Ribustello 76.0%-14.9%, and was elected to the New York State Senate. At 32 years of age, she became one of the youngest women ever elected to the New York State Senate.

## Geography

District 34 includes parts of the Bronx and southern Westchester County.
The district overlaps with New York's 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th congressional districts, and with the 78th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 84th, 85th, 87th, 88th, and 89th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Nathalia Fernandez (incumbent) | 58,327 | 67.5 |
| | Republican | Edwinna Herrera | 25,395 | |
| | Conservative | Edwinna Herrera | 2,513 | |
| | Total | Edwinna Herrera | 27,908 | 32.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 208 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,443 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Nathalia Fernandez | 5,791 | 62.6 |
| | Democratic | Christian Amato | 2,673 | 28.9 |
| | Democratic | John Perez | 706 | 7.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 87 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,257 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Nathalia Fernandez | 34,378 | 65.2 |
| | Republican | Samantha Zherka | 17,101 | |
| | Conservative | Samantha Zherka | 1,234 | |
| | Total | Samantha Zherka | 18,335 | 34.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 52,731 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Alessandra Biaggi (incumbent) | 28,665 | 87.6 |
| | Democratic | James Gisondi | 3,941 | 12.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 108 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,714 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Alessandra Biaggi | 76,131 | |
| | Working Families | Alessandra Biaggi | 7,600 | |
| | Total | Alessandra Biaggi (incumbent) | 83,731 | 73.9 |
| | Republican | James Gisondi | 25,634 | 22.6 |
| | Conservative | Antonio Vitiello | 3,829 | 3.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 114 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 113,308 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Alessandra Biaggi | 19,318 | 54.3 |
| | Democratic | Jeffrey Klein (incumbent) | 16,290 | 45.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,608 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Alessandra Biaggi | 58,112 | |
| | Working Families | Alessandra Biaggi | 2,470 | |
| | Total | Alessandra Biaggi | 60,582 | 76.0 |
| | Republican | Richard Ribustello | 11,875 | 14.9 |
| | Independence | Jeffrey Klein (incumbent) | 5,736 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | Antonio Vitiello | 1,430 | 1.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 42 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 79,665 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jeffrey Klein | 76,099 | |
| | Women's Equality | Jeffrey Klein | 2,695 | |
| | Independence | Jeffrey Klein | 2,204 | |
| | Total | Jeffrey Klein (incumbent) | 80,998 | 90.1 |
| | Conservative | Aleksander Mici | 6,080 | 6.8 |
| | Green | Carl Lundgren | 2,686 | 3.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 110 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 89,874 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jeffrey Klein (incumbent) | 9,211 | 64.8 |
| | Democratic | G. Oliver Koppell | 5,008 | 35.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,219 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Jeffrey Klein | 29,344 | |
| | Women's Equality | Jeffrey Klein | 1,440 | |
| | Independence | Jeffrey Klein | 511 | |
| | Total | Jeffrey Klein (incumbent) | 31,295 | 76.2 |
| | Republican | Aleksander Mici | 6,103 | 14.9 |
| | Conservative | Frank Dellavelle | 1,957 | 4.8 |
| | Green | Carl Lundgren | 1,638 | 4.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 70 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,063 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 34 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jeffrey Klein | 62,168 | |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Klein | 15,360 | |
| | Working Families | Jeffrey Klein | 2,099 | |
| | Independence | Jeffrey Klein | 795 | |
| | Total | Jeffrey Klein (incumbent) | 80,422 | 93.8 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Perri | 3,940 | 4.6 |
| | Green | Carl Lundgren | 1,348 | 1.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 44 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 85,754 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in District 34

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 71.6 – 27.1% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 73.5 – 23.9% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 74.3 – 24.8% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 80.7 – 18.0% |