# New York's 40th State Assembly district

New York's 40th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Ron Kim since 2013.
Since 2020, the district has trended Republican in state and federal races, voting for Curtis Sliwa in 2021, Lee Zeldin in 2022, and Donald Trump in 2024.

## Geography

District 40 is in Queens. It contains portions of Whitestone, Flushing, College Point, and Murray Hill.
The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 3rd and 6th congressional districts, the 11th and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 19th and 20th districts of the New York City Council.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 1,695 | 53.9 |
| | Democratic | Yi Andy Chen | 1,252 | 39.8 |
| | Democratic | Dao Yin | 185 | 5.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 15 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,147 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 12,499 | |
| | Working Families | Ron Kim | 982 | |
| | Total | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 13,481 | 55.3 |
| | Republican | Philip Wang | 10,007 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Wang | 807 | |
| | Total | Philip Wang | 10,814 | 44.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 68 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,363 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 1,931 | 50.7 |
| | Democratic | Kenneth Chiu | 1,869 | 49.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 12 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,812 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 7,406 | |
| | Working Families | Ron Kim | 645 | |
| | Total | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 8,051 | 51.1 |
| | Republican | Sharon Liao | 7,212 | |
| | Conservative | Sharon Liao | 483 | |
| | Total | Sharon Liao | 7,695 | 48.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,764 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 3,660 | 70.2 |
| | Democratic | Steven Lee | 1,534 | 29.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,210 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 18,214 | 83.1 |
| | Justice and Peace | Steven Lee | 3,566 | 16.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 137 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,917 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Reform | John Scandalios | 124 | 96.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5 | 3.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 129 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 11,550 | |
| | Working Families | Ron Kim | 734 | |
| | Total | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 12,284 | 87.5 |
| | Reform | John Scandalios | 1,689 | 12.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 59 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,032 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 15,697 | |
| | Working Families | Ron Kim | 782 | |
| | Total | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 16,479 | 75.2 |
| | Republican | Miriam Rodriguez | 5,168 | |
| | Reform | Miriam Rodriguez | 251 | |
| | Total | Miriam Rodriguez | 5,419 | 24.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,915 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 5,816 | |
| | Working Families | Ron Kim | 308 | |
| | Independence | Ron Kim | 168 | |
| | Total | Ron Kim (incumbent) | 6,292 | 66.9 |
| | Republican | Philip Gim | 3,077 | 32.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 35 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,404 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 40 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 1,206 | 27.1 |
| | Democratic | Yen Chou | 1,022 | 23.0 |
| | Democratic | Ethel Chen | 993 | 22.3 |
| | Democratic | Myungsuk Lee | 666 | 14.9 |
| | Democratic | Martha Flores-Vazquez | 560 | 12.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 6 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,453 | 100.0 |
| | Republican | Philip Gim | 311 | 72.0 |
| | Republican | Sunny Hahn | 120 | 27.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 432 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ron Kim | 12,928 | |
| | Working Families | Ron Kim | 386 | |
| | Independence | Ron Kim | 147 | |
| | Total | Ron Kim | 13,461 | 67.6 |
| | Republican | Philip Gim | 6,409 | 32.2 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 35 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,905 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in Assembly District 40

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2024 | President | Trump 50.3 - 48.2% |
| 2024 | Senate | Gillibrand 54.0 - 45.1% |
| 2022 | Senate | Schumer 55.6 – 43.5% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 61.5 – 37.5% |
| 2018 | Senate | Gillibrand 72.2 – 27.7% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 66.9 – 30.2% |
| 2016 | Senate | Schumer 76.6 – 21.1% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 73.6 – 25.4% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 79.5 – 19.2% |