# New York's 142nd State Assembly district

New York's 142nd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Patrick B. Burke since 2019.

## Geography

District 142 is in Erie County. It contains South Buffalo, the City of Lackawanna, and the towns of West Seneca, Ellicott and Orchard Park.

### 2010s

District 142 is in Erie County. It contains South Buffalo, the City of Lackawanna, and the towns of West Seneca, Ellicott, Duells Corner and Orchard Park.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 29,192 | 50.6 |
| | Republican | Marc Priore | 23,463 | |
| | Conservative | Marc Priore | 4,912 | |
| | Total | Marc Priore | 28,375 | 49.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 83 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 57,650 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 24,163 | 53.0 |
| | Republican | Sandra Magnano | 16,767 | |
| | Conservative | Sandra Magnano | 4,606 | |
| | Total | Sandra Magnano | 21,373 | 46.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 38 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 45,574 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independence | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 520 | 52.9 |
| | Independence | Matthew Szalkowski | 458 | 46.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 983 | 100 |
| | Working Families | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 46 | 79.3 |
| | Working Families | Madison Klimowicz | 11 | 19.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 1.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 58 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Patrick Burke | 32,296 | |
| | Working Families | Patrick Burke | 3,302 | |
| | Independence | Patrick Burke | 1,160 | |
| | Total | Patrick Burke (incumbent) | 36,758 | 56.0 |
| | Republican | Matthew Szalkowski | 24,081 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Szalkowski | 4,717 | |
| | Total | Matthew Szalkowski | 28,798 | 43.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 51 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 65,607 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 1,454 | 57.1 |
| | Republican | Timothy Nolan | 1,092 | 42.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,546 | 100 |
| | Independence | Michelle Kennedy | 213 | 52.2 |
| | Independence | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 195 | 47.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 408 | 100 |
| | Conservative | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 250 | 75.5 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Mescall Jr. | 81 | 24.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 331 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Patrick Burke | 23,154 | |
| | Working Families | Patrick Burke | 1,415 | |
| | Reform | Patrick Burke | 266 | |
| | Total | Patrick Burke | 25,195 | 51.9 |
| | Republican | Erik Bohen | 17,650 | |
| | Conservative | Erik Bohen | 4,411 | |
| | Total | Erik Bohen (incumbent) | 22,061 | 45.4 |
| | Independence | Michelle Kennedy | 1,308 | 2.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 48,564 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### 2018 special

2018 New York State Assembly special election, District 142 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Erik Bohen | 4,107 | |
| | Conservative | Erik Bohen | 1,229 | |
| | Independence | Erik Bohen | 742 | |
| | Total | Erik Bohen | 6,078 | 51.5 |
| | Democratic | Patrick Burke | 5,157 | |
| | Working Families | Patrick Burke | 432 | |
| | Reform | Patrick Burke | 94 | |
| | Total | Patrick Burke | 5,683 | 48.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 30 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,791 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Michael Kearns | 29,996 | |
| | Republican | Michael Kearns | 18,156 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Kearns | 4,766 | |
| | Independence | Michael Kearns | 2,629 | |
| | Total | Michael Kearns (incumbent) | 55,547 | 100.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 55,547 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Michael Kearns | 16,651 | |
| | Republican | Michael Kearns | 9,840 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Kearns | 3,876 | |
| | Independence | Michael Kearns | 2,082 | |
| | Total | Michael Kearns (incumbent) | 32,449 | 100.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,449 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 142 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Michael Kearns | 30,372 | |
| | Republican | Michael Kearns | 15,848 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Kearns | 3,440 | |
| | Working Families | Michael Kearns | 2,755 | |
| | Total | Michael Kearns (incumbent) | 52,415 | 100.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 52,415 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |