# New York's 37th State Senate district

New York's 37th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Shelley Mayer since 2018, following her victory in a competitive special election to succeed fellow Democrat George Latimer, who had recently been elected Westchester County Executive.

## Geography

District 37 covers a swath of Westchester County in the suburbs of New York City, including some or all of Bedford, Eastchester, Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, North Castle, Port Chester, Rye, Rye Brook, White Plains, and Yonkers.
The district overlaps New York's 16th, 17th, and 18th congressional districts, and with the 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, and 93rd districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shelley Mayer | 87,008 | |
| | Working Families | Shelley Mayer | 3,873 | |
| | Total | Shelley Mayer (incumbent) | 90,881 | 61.7 |
| | Republican | Tricia Lindsay | 52,077 | |
| | Conservative | Tricia Lindsay | 4,207 | |
| | Total | Tricia Lindsay | 56,284 | 38.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 59 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 147,224 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shelley Mayer | 63,913 | |
| | Working Families | Shelley Mayer | 3,217 | |
| | Total | Shelley Mayer (incumbent) | 67,130 | 61.1 |
| | Republican | Frank Murtha | 42,767 | 38.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 30 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 109,927 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shelley Mayer | 84,087 | |
| | Working Families | Shelley Mayer | 5,831 | |
| | SAM | Shelley Mayer | 228 | |
| | Total | Shelley Mayer (incumbent) | 90,146 | 62.5 |
| | Republican | Liviu Saimovici | 47,890 | |
| | Conservative | Liviu Saimovici | 6,146 | |
| | Total | Liviu Saimovici | 54,026 | 37.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 39 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 144,221 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shelley Mayer | 70,011 | |
| | Women's Equality | Shelley Mayer | 4,967 | |
| | Working Families | Shelley Mayer | 1,688 | |
| | Independence | Shelley Mayer | 1,516 | |
| | Total | Shelley Mayer (incumbent) | 78,182 | 99.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 682 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 78,864 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018 special

2018 New York State Senate special election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Shelley Mayer | 26,829 | |
| | Working Families | Shelley Mayer | 1,066 | |
| | Women's Equality | Shelley Mayer | 463 | |
| | Total | Shelley Mayer | 28,358 | 57.6 |
| | Republican | Julie Killian | 17,600 | |
| | Conservative | Julie Killian | 2,872 | |
| | Reform | Julie Killian | 404 | |
| | Total | Julie Killian | 20,876 | 42.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 28 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,262 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George Latimer | 69,420 | |
| | Working Families | George Latimer | 2,815 | |
| | Women's Equality | George Latimer | 881 | |
| | Total | George Latimer (incumbent) | 73,116 | 55.7 |
| | Republican | Julie Killian | 50,713 | |
| | Conservative | Julie Killian | 5,216 | |
| | Independence | Julie Killian | 1,809 | |
| | Reform | Julie Killian | 426 | |
| | Total | Julie Killian | 58,164 | 44.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 119 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 131,399 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George Latimer | 34,850 | |
| | Working Families | George Latimer | 3,242 | |
| | Total | George Latimer (incumbent) | 38,092 | 52.2 |
| | Republican | Joseph Dillon | 29,151 | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Dillon | 4,572 | |
| | Independence | Joseph Dillon | 1,190 | |
| | Total | Joseph Dillon | 34,913 | 47.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 28 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 73,005 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 37 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George Latimer | 61,010 | |
| | Working Families | George Latimer | 3,226 | |
| | Total | George Latimer | 64,236 | 54.1 |
| | Republican | Bob Cohen | 48,125 | |
| | Conservative | Bob Cohen | 4,522 | |
| | Independence | Bob Cohen | 1,927 | |
| | Total | Bob Cohen | 54,574 | 45.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 40 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 118,850 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in District 37

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 62.0 – 36.7% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 59.3 – 37.5% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 54.0 – 45.0% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 64.8 – 33.8% |