# New York's 18th State Assembly district

New York's 18th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Noah Burroughs since 2025, succeeding Taylor Darling. In 2024, she announced that she would run for a seat in the New York State Senate, and will not run for re-election in the Assembly.

## Geography

District 18 is in Nassau County. It contains parts of the town of Hempstead, including the village of Hempstead, Roosevelt, Freeport, Lakeview, and Uniondale.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Noah Burroughs | 2,918 | 52.6 |
| | Democratic | Lisa Ortiz | 2,615 | 47.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,551 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Noah Burroughs | 32,854 | |
| | Working Families | Noah Burroughs | 553 | |
| | Total | Noah Burroughs | 33,407 | 82.0 |
| | Republican | Danielle Smikle | 6,521 | |
| | Conservative | Danielle Smikle | 749 | |
| | Total | Danielle Smikle | 7,270 | 17.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 40 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 40,717 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Taylor Darling | 20,260 | |
| | Working Families | Taylor Darling | 472 | |
| | Total | Taylor Darling (incumbent) | 20,732 | 84.8 |
| | Republican | LaMont Johnson | 3,300 | |
| | Conservative | LaMont Johnson | 403 | |
| | Total | LaMont Johnson | 3,703 | 15.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 20 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,455 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Taylor Darling (incumbent) | 36,878 | 84.2 |
| | Republican | Cherice Vanderhall | 5,734 | |
| | Conservative | Cherice Vanderhall | 961 | |
| | Total | Cherice Vanderhall | 6,695 | 15.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 244 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,817 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Taylor Raynor | 6,345 | 53.5 |
| | Democratic | Earlene Hooper (incumbent) | 5,523 | 46.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,868 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Taylor Raynor | 29,362 | |
| | Working Families | Taylor Raynor | 379 | |
| | Women's Equality | Taylor Raynor | 200 | |
| | Reform | Taylor Raynor | 48 | |
| | Total | Taylor Raynor | 29,989 | 86.1 |
| | Republican | James Lamarre | 2,893 | |
| | Conservative | James Lamarre | 388 | |
| | Total | James Lamarre | 3,281 | 9.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,569 | 4.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,839 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Earlene Hooper (incumbent) | 2,271 | 60.0 |
| | Democratic | Carmen Pineyro | 1,513 | 40.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,784 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Earlene Hooper | 36,419 | |
| | Women's Equality | Earlene Hooper | 592 | |
| | Total | Earlene Hooper (incumbent) | 37,011 | 88.0 |
| | Republican | Cornelius Smith | 4,227 | |
| | Conservative | Cornelius Smith | 675 | |
| | Reform | Cornelius Smith | 128 | |
| | Total | Cornelius Smith | 5,030 | 12.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 23 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 42,064 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Earlene Hooper | 16,513 | |
| | Independence | Earlene Hooper | 517 | |
| | Total | Earlene Hooper (incumbent) | 17,030 | 84.1 |
| | Republican | Cornelius Smith | 2,686 | |
| | Conservative | Cornelius Smith | 469 | |
| | Tax Revolt Party | Cornelius Smith | 65 | |
| | Total | Cornelius Smith | 3,220 | 15.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 10 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,260 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Earlene Hooper | 35,070 | |
| | Independence | Earlene Hooper | 501 | |
| | Total | Earlene Hooper (incumbent) | 35,571 | 90.2 |
| | Republican | Elton McCabe | 3,247 | |
| | Conservative | Elton McCabe | 601 | |
| | Total | Elton McCabe | 3,848 | 9.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 10 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,429 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Earlene Hooper | 20,169 | |
| | Independence | Earlene Hooper | 497 | |
| | Total | Earlene Hooper (incumbent) | 20,666 | 83.0 |
| | Republican | Derek Partee | 3,662 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Partee | 558 | |
| | Total | Derek Partee | 4,220 | 16.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 13 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,899 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |