# New York's 17th State Senate district

New York's 17th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Steve Chan since 2025, defeating Iwen Chu.

## Geography

District 17 is located in Southwestern Brooklyn, including some or all of the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Kensington, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend.
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 41st, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 49th, and 51st districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Steve Chan | 27,938 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Chan | 2,930 | |
| | Total | Steve Chan | 30,868 | 54.7 |
| | Democratic | Iwen Chu | 22,679 | |
| | Working Families | Iwen Chu | 2,685 | |
| | Total | Iwen Chu (incumbent) | 25,364 | 44.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 240 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 56,472 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Iwen Chu | 16,167 | |
| | Working Families | Iwen Chu | 2,195 | |
| | Total | Iwen Chu | 18,362 | 50.7 |
| | Republican | Vito LaBella | 16,659 | |
| | Conservative | Vito LaBella | 1,169 | |
| | Total | Vito LaBella | 17,828 | 49.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 57 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,243 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic win (new boundaries) | Democratic win (new boundaries) | Democratic win (new boundaries) | Democratic win (new boundaries) |

### 2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Simcha Felder | 42,332 | |
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder | 31,476 | |
| | Conservative | Simcha Felder | 4,842 | |
| | Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 78,650 | 97.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,730 | 2.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 80,380 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
As he had done in the past, Felder ran in 2020 on both the Democratic and Republican party lines.

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 15,589 | 65.4 |
| | Democratic | Blake Morris | 8,200 | 34.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 39 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,828 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder | 20,585 | |
| | Republican | Simcha Felder | 18,152 | |
| | Conservative | Simcha Felder | 2,283 | |
| | Independence | Simcha Felder | 733 | |
| | Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 41,544 | 84.3 |
| | Working Families | Jumaane Williams | 6,611 | 13.4 |
| | Reform | Luis Rivera | 733 | 1.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 395 | 0.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,283 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
Jumaane Williams, then a New York City Councilmember, did not actively campaign, and was listed on the ballot to allow the Working Families Party to remove him from consideration for the 2018 lieutenant gubernatorial election, in accordance with complex New York election laws.

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder | 35,432 | |
| | Republican | Simcha Felder | 23,560 | |
| | Conservative | Simcha Felder | 4,010 | |
| | Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 63,002 | 99.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 555 | 0.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 63,557 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
In 2016, Felder ran on both the Democratic and Republican party lines.

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder | 21,384 | |
| | Conservative | Simcha Felder | 8,105 | |
| | Total | Simcha Felder (incumbent) | 29,489 | 98.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 355 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,844 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 17 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder | 6,643 | 81.5 |
| | Democratic | Abraham Tischler | 1,427 | 17.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 82 | 1.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,152 | 100.0 |
| | Conservative | Simcha Felder (write-in) | 113 | 53.6 |
| | Conservative | David Storobin (incumbent) | 98 | 46.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 211 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Simcha Felder | 32,759 | |
| | Conservative | Simcha Felder | 6,135 | |
| | Tax Cuts Now | Simcha Felder | 372 | |
| | Total | Simcha Felder | 39,266 | 66.2 |
| | Republican | David Storobin (incumbent) | 19,338 | 32.6 |
| | School Choice | Abraham Tischler | 528 | 0.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 155 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 59,287 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### Federal results in District 17

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 61 – 38% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 52.8 – 44.7% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 58.3 – 40.8% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 61.2 – 37.5% |