# New York's 27th State Senate district

New York's 27th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Brian Kavanagh since 2023.

## Geography

District 27 covers much of Lower Manhattan, including some or all of Greenwich Village, the East Village, Tribeca, Little Italy, Chinatown, Soho, and the Financial District.
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 10th, and 12th congressional districts, and with the 65th, 66th, 67th, 73rd, 74th, and 75th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brian Kavanagh | 79,048 | |
| | Working Families | Brian Kavanagh | 9,169 | |
| | Total | Brian Kavanagh (incumbent) | 88,217 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 805 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 89,022 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brian Kavanagh | 14,117 | 58.0 |
| | Democratic | Vittoria Fariello | 7,110 | 29.2 |
| | Democratic | Danyela Egorov | 2,979 | 12.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 147 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,353 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Brian Kavanagh | 62,906 | 95.4 |
| | Medical Freedom | Eric Rassi | 2,684 | 4.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 378 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 65,968 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic win (new boundaries) | Democratic win (new boundaries) | Democratic win (new boundaries) | Democratic win (new boundaries) |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman (incumbent) | 31,926 | 74.2 |
| | Democratic | Elizabeth Glass | 10,959 | 25.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 147 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,032 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman | 110,256 | |
| | Working Families | Brad Hoylman | 17,686 | |
| | Total | Brad Hoylman (incumbent) | 127,942 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,100 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 129,042 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman | 99,229 | |
| | Working Families | Brad Hoylman | 8,004 | |
| | Total | Brad Hoylman (incumbent) | 107,233 | 99.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 878 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 108,111 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman | 110,400 | |
| | Working Families | Brad Hoylman | 7,971 | |
| | Total | Brad Hoylman (incumbent) | 118,371 | 95.4 |
| | Roberts Party | Stephen Roberts | 5,317 | 4.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 381 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 124,069 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman | 36,822 | |
| | Working Families | Brad Hoylman | 9,307 | |
| | Total | Brad Hoylman (incumbent) | 46,129 | 85.4 |
| | Republican | Frank Scala | 7,829 | 14.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 69 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 54,027 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 27 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman | 8,807 | 67.3 |
| | Democratic | Thomas Greco | 3,088 | 23.6 |
| | Democratic | Tanika Inlaw | 1,156 | 8.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 32 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,083 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Brad Hoylman | 87,509 | |
| | Working Families | Brad Hoylman | 6,061 | |
| | Total | Brad Hoylman | 93,570 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 206 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 93,776 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in District 27

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 87.2 – 11.2% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 86.7 – 10.0% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 82.5 – 15.9% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 86.0 – 12.2% |