# New York's 29th State Senate district

New York's 29th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat José M. Serrano since 2005.

## Geography

District 29 stretches across a convoluted section of the South Bronx and upper Manhattan, as well as Randalls Island, Roosevelt Island, and Central Park. The neighborhoods it covers include Mott Haven, Melrose, Highbridge, Morris Heights, East Harlem, Yorkville, and a small part of the Upper West Side.
The district overlaps New York's 10th, 12th, 13th, and 15th congressional districts, and with the 67th, 68th, 69th, 73rd, 76th, 77th, 84th, and 86th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano | 60,984 | |
| | Working Families | José Serrano | 4,733 | |
| | Total | José Serrano (incumbent) | 65,717 | 81.7 |
| | Republican | Tanya Carmichael | 13,242 | |
| | Conservative | Tanya Carmichael | 1,314 | |
| | Total | Tanya Carmichael | 14,556 | 18.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 164 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 80,437 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano | 37,770 | |
| | Working Families | José Serrano | 2,776 | |
| | Total | José Serrano (incumbent) | 40,546 | 99.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 199 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 40,745 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano (incumbent) | 88,643 | 87.8 |
| | Republican | Jose Colon | 12,175 | 12.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 124 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100,942 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano (incumbent) | 68,681 | 92.8 |
| | Republican | Jose Colon | 5,237 | 7.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 75 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 73,993 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano (incumbent) | 80,844 | 89.5 |
| | Republican | Jose Colon | 7,130 | 7.9 |
| | Conservative | Linda Ortiz | 2,241 | 2.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 78 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 90,293 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano | 27,743 | |
| | Working Families | José Serrano | 2,759 | |
| | Total | José Serrano (incumbent) | 30,502 | 89.4 |
| | Republican | Kevin Barrett | 3,111 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Barrett | 478 | |
| | Total | Kevin Barrett | 3,589 | 10.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 43 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,134 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 29 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | José Serrano | 70,892 | |
| | Working Families | José Serrano | 1,759 | |
| | Total | José Serrano (incumbent) | 72,651 | 94.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Goodman | 3,382 | 4.4 |
| | Green | Thomas Siracuse | 1,245 | 1.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 31 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 77,309 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in District 29

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 86.7 – 12.1% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 91.3 – 6.7% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 90.8 – 8.5% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 92.3 – 6.8% |