# New York's 56th State Assembly district

New York's 56th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Stefani Zinerman since 2021.

## Geography

District 56 is in Brooklyn, encompassing Bedford-Stuyvesant and portions of Crown Heights.
The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts, the 20th and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 36th and 41st districts of the New York City Council.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stefani Zinerman (incumbent) | 4,642 | 52.8 |
| | Democratic | Eon Huntley | 4,126 | 46.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 32 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,800 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Stefani Zinerman (incumbent) | 37,956 | 99.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 371 | 1.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 38,327 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stefani Zinerman (incumbent) | 25,154 | 99.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 135 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,289 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stefani Zinerman | 10,267 | 56.7 |
| | Democratic | Justin Cohen | 7,720 | 42.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 106 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,093 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Stefani Zinerman | 45,103 | 99.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 141 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 45,244 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tremaine Wright | 33,678 | |
| | Working Families | Tremaine Wright | 2,841 | |
| | Total | Tremaine Wright (incumbent) | 36,519 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 78 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,597 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tremaine Wright | 3,876 | 58.8 |
| | Democratic | Karen Cherry | 2,698 | 40.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 19 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,593 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Tremaine Wright | 39,040 | |
| | Working Families | Tremaine Wright | 2,796 | |
| | Total | Tremaine Wright | 41,836 | 99.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 80 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,916 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Annette Robinson (incumbent) | 14,648 | 97.9 |
| | Republican | Garnsey Lee Alston | 306 | 2.0 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 12 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,966 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Annette Robinson (incumbent) | 36,891 | 98.6 |
| | Republican | Francenia Sims-Hall | 510 | 1.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,419 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 56 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Annette Robinson (incumbent) | 17,705 | 97.6 |
| | Republican | Garnsey Lee Alston | 425 | 2.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,137 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal results in Assembly District 57

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2024 | President | Harris 88.5 - 8.3% |
| 2024 | Senate | Gillibrand 91.8 - 6.7% |
| 2022 | Senate | Schumer 94.9 - 4.3% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 94.4 - 4.4% |
| 2018 | Senate | Gillibrand 98.1 - 1.7% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 94.1 - 2.1% |
| 2016 | Senate | Schumer 93.8 - 3.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 98.3 - 1.0% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 98.1 - 1.0% |