# New York's 5th State Assembly district

New York's 5th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Republican Assemblyman Douglas M. Smith since 2018.

## Geography

District 5 is in Suffolk County, and includes portions of the towns of Brookhaven and Islip.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Douglas Smith | 36,953 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas Smith | 4,521 | |
| | Total | Douglas Smith (incumbent) | 41,474 | 64.5 |
| | Democratic | Michael Reynolds | 22,783 | 35.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 47 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 64,304 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Douglas Smith | 28,974 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas Smith | 4,269 | |
| | Total | Douglas Smith (incumbent) | 33,243 | 67.1 |
| | Democratic | James Anthony | 16,278 | 32.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,526 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Douglas Smith | 32,737 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas Smith | 3,728 | |
| | Independence | Douglas Smith | 745 | |
| | Total | Douglas Smith (incumbent) | 37,210 | 61.3 |
| | Democratic | Alfred Ianacci | 23,516 | 38.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 60,733 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Douglas Smith | 21,745 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas Smith | 2,551 | |
| | Independence | Douglas Smith | 653 | |
| | Reform | Douglas Smith | 126 | |
| | Total | Douglas Smith (incumbent) | 25,075 | 58.7 |
| | Democratic | Timothy Hall | 17,668 | 41.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 13 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 42,756 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2018 special

2018 New York State Assembly special election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Douglas Smith | 2,212 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas Smith | 621 | |
| | Independence | Douglas Smith | 177 | |
| | Reform | Douglas Smith | 21 | |
| | Total | Douglas Smith | 3,031 | 63.1 |
| | Democratic | Deborah Slinkosky | 1,767 | 36.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,803 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Al Graf | 27,949 | |
| | Conservative | Al Graf | 4,097 | |
| | Independence | Al Graf | 1,190 | |
| | Reform | Al Graf | 148 | |
| | Total | Al Graf (incumbent) | 33,384 | 63.5 |
| | Democratic | Deborah Slinkosky | 18,313 | 34.9 |
| | Libertarian | James Smith | 824 | 1.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 26 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 52,547 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Al Graf | 12,883 | |
| | Conservative | Al Graf | 2,892 | |
| | Independence | Al Graf | 829 | |
| | Stop Common Core | Al Graf | 364 | |
| | Total | Al Graf (incumbent) | 16,968 | 67.0 |
| | Democratic | Deborah Slinkosky | 8,365 | 33.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,336 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Al Graf | 19,265 | |
| | Conservative | Al Graf | 4,007 | |
| | Independence | Al Graf | 1,221 | |
| | Total | Al Graf (incumbent) | 24,493 | 58.7 |
| | Democratic | Victor Salamone | 17,183 | 41.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 29 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,705 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 5 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kenneth Mangan | 1,575 | 50.9 |
| | Democratic | Ginny Fields (incumbent) | 1,519 | 49.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,094 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Al Graf | 14,268 | |
| | Conservative | Al Graf | 3,542 | |
| | Total | Al Graf | 17,810 | 49.5 |
| | Democratic | Kenneth Mangan | 10,588 | 29.4 |
| | Independence | Ginny Fields | 6,041 | |
| | Working Families | Ginny Fields | 1,538 | |
| | Total | Ginny Fields (incumbent) | 7,579 | 21.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 4 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,981 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

## Members

* John Cashmore (1923)