# New York's 137th State Assembly district

New York's 137th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Demond Meeks since 2020, succeeding David Gantt.

## Geography

District 137 is in Monroe County. It contains most of the city of Rochester and the town of Gates, west of the city.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Demond Meeks (incumbent) | 3,467 | 66.2 |
| | Democratic | Willie Lightfoot | 1,765 | 33.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 2 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,234 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Demond Meeks | 24,629 | |
| | Working Families | Demond Meeks | 2,062 | |
| | Total | Demond Meeks (incumbent) | 26,691 | 71.6 |
| | Republican | Marcus Williams | 9,055 | |
| | Conservative | Marcus Williams | 1,518 | |
| | Total | Marcus Williams | 10,573 | 28.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,281 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Demond Meeks | 15,757 | |
| | Working Families | Demond Meeks | 1,143 | |
| | Total | Demond Meeks (incumbent) | 16,900 | 67.9 |
| | Republican | Marcus Williams | 6,640 | |
| | Conservative | Marcus Williams | 1,350 | |
| | Total | Marcus Williams | 7,990 | 32.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,899 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Demond Meeks | 4,666 | 44.1 |
| | Democratic | Ernest Flagler | 3,516 | 33.2 |
| | Democratic | Ann Lewis | 2,045 | 19.3 |
| | Democratic | Silvano Orsi | 359 | 3.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 2 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,588 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Demond Meeks | 30,410 | |
| | Working Families | Demond Meeks | 3,542 | |
| | Total | Demond Meeks | 33,952 | 99.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 153 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,105 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | David Gantt (incumbent) | 4,752 | 58.3 |
| | Democratic | Ann Lewis | 3,398 | 41.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,150 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | David Gantt (incumbent) | 22,825 | 97.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 700 | 3.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,525 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | David Gantt (incumbent) | 31,738 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 291 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,029 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | David Gantt (incumbent) | 13,288 | 78.3 |
| | Rochester & Gates United Neighbors | Ann Lewis | 3,622 | 21.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 60 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,970 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 137 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | David Gantt (incumbent) | 3,399 | 68.6 |
| | Democratic | Jose Cruz | 992 | 20.0 |
| | Democratic | John Lightfoot | 547 | 11.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 14 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,952 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | David Gantt (incumbent) | 33,081 | 87.9 |
| | Green | Andrew Langdon | 4,498 | 12.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 66 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,645 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |