# New York's 72nd State Assembly district

New York's 72nd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Manny De Los Santos since 2022.

## Geography

District 72 is in Manhattan. The district includes portions of Washington Heights, Hudson Heights, Fort George, and Marble Hill.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Manny De Los Santos (incumbent) | 2,937 | 79.4 |
| | Democratic | Francesca Castellanos | 714 | 19.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 48 | 1.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,699 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Manny De Los Santos | 26,275 | |
| | Working Families | Manny De Los Santos | 4,164 | |
| | Total | Manny De Los Santos (incumbent) | 30,439 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 254 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,693 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Manny De Los Santos (incumbent) | 4,696 | 67.1 |
| | Democratic | Nayma Silver-Matos | 1,737 | 24.8 |
| | Democratic | Silvia Smith | 549 | 7.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,000 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Manny De Los Santos (incumbent) | 17,260 | 98.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 232 | 1.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,492 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022 special

2022 New York State Assembly special election, District 72 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Manny De Los Santos | 1,563 | 62.2 |
| | Uptown Rises | Nayma Silver-Matos | 754 | 30.0 |
| | Republican | Edwin De La Cruz | 187 | 7.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,513 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Carmen De La Rosa (incumbent) | 39,405 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 231 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,636 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Carmen De La Rosa (incumbent) | 12,838 | 80.7 |
| | Democratic | Yomaris Smith | 2,150 | 13.5 |
| | Democratic | Sosa Jimenez | 845 | 5.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 75 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,908 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Carmen De La Rosa | 29,346 | |
| | Working Families | Carmen De La Rosa | 1,971 | |
| | Total | Carmen De La Rosa (incumbent) | 31,317 | 94.3 |
| | Republican | Ronny Goodman | 1,841 | 5.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 63 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,221 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Carmen De La Rosa | 4,485 | 52.7 |
| | Democratic | Guillermo Linares (incumbent) | 3,194 | 37.5 |
| | Democratic | George Fernandez | 808 | 9.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 24 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,511 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Carmen De La Rosa | 37,032 | 99.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 185 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,217 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Guillermo Linares | 3,210 | 44.7 |
| | Democratic | Manny De Los Santos | 1,896 | 26.4 |
| | Democratic | Melanie Hidalgo | 1,308 | 18.2 |
| | Democratic | Francesca Castellanos | 542 | 7.5 |
| | Democratic | Mayobanex Villalona | 202 | 2.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 20 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,178 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Guillermo Linares | 12,226 | 91.0 |
| | Republican | Ronnie Cabrera | 1,149 | 8.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 53 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,428 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gabriela Rosa | 3,049 | 43.2 |
| | Democratic | Mayra Linares | 2,425 | 34.4 |
| | Democratic | Melanie Hidalgo | 1,077 | 15.3 |
| | Democratic | Ruben Vargas | 470 | 6.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 35 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,056 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Gabriela Rosa | 28,897 | 93.4 |
| | Republican | Ronnie Cabrera | 2,010 | 6.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 30 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,937 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Guillermo Linares | 3,543 | 48.2 |
| | Democratic | Julissa Gomez | 1,792 | 24.4 |
| | Democratic | Gabriela Rosa | 889 | 12.1 |
| | Democratic | Nelson Antonio Denis | 727 | 9.9 |
| | Democratic | Miguel Estrella | 377 | 5.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 19 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,347 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Guillermo Linares | 13,052 | |
| | Working Families | Guillermo Linares | 1,113 | |
| | Total | Guillermo Linares | 14,165 | 91.0 |
| | Republican | Dan Russo | 1,382 | 8.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 30 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,563 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

2008 New York State Assembly election, District 72 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Adriano Espaillat (incumbent) | 4,542 | 54.1 |
| | Democratic | Miguel Martinez | 3,860 | 45.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,402 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Adriano Espaillat | 25,955 | |
| | Working Families | Adriano Espaillat | 757 | |
| | Total | Adriano Espaillat (incumbent) | 26,712 | 94.1 |
| | Republican | William Buran | 1,661 | 5.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,373 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |