# New York's 59th State Senate district

New York's 59th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Kristen Gonzalez since 2023.

## Geography
### 2020s

District 59 was moved as part of the 2020 redistricting to encompass parts of Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 10th 12th, and 14th congressional districts, the 34th, 36th, 37th, 50th, 53rd, 73rd, and 74th districts of the New York State Assembly, and the 2nd, 4th, 22nd, 26th, 33rd and 34th districts of the New York City Council.

### 2010s

District 59 stretched from the eastern suburbs of Buffalo to the southwestern suburbs of Rochester, including all of Wyoming County and parts of Erie, Livingston, and Monroe counties. The district overlapped with New York's 25th, 26th, and 27th congressional districts, and with the 133rd, 138th, 142nd, 143rd, 144th, and 147th districts of the New York State Assembly.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 59 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kristen Gonzalez (incumbent) | 14,870 | 85.1 |
| | Democratic | Gus Lambropoulous | 2,543 | 14.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 58 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,471 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kristen Gonzalez | 84,379 | |
| | Working Families | Kristen Gonzalez | 15,694 | |
| | Total | Kristen Gonzalez (incumbent) | 100,073 | 98.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,141 | 1.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 101,214 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 59 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kristen Gonzalez | 13,770 | 57.8 |
| | Democratic | Elizabeth Crowley | 7,813 | 32.8 |
| | Democratic | Michael Corbett | 1,557 | 6.5 |
| | Democratic | Nomiki Konst | 375 | 1.6 |
| | Democratic | Francoise Olivas | 271 | 1.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 48 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,834 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Kristen Gonzalez | 56,339 | |
| | Working Families | Kristen Gonzalez | 12,711 | |
| | Total | Kristen Gonzalez | 69,050 | 98.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 766 | 1.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 69,816 | 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 59 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Patrick Gallivan | 86,244 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Gallivan | 15,783 | |
| | Independence | Patrick Gallivan | 4,031 | |
| | Total | Patrick Gallivan (incumbent) | 106,058 | 67.4 |
| | Democratic | Jason Klimek | 51,176 | 32.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 86 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 157,320 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 59 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Patrick Gallivan | 67,140 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Gallivan | 14,280 | |
| | Independence | Patrick Gallivan | 8,969 | |
| | Reform | Patrick Gallivan | 1,349 | |
| | Total | Patrick Gallivan (incumbent) | 91,738 | 99.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 438 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 92,176 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 59 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Patrick Gallivan | 78,276 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Gallivan | 15,776 | |
| | Independence | Patrick Gallivan | 5,576 | |
| | Reform | Patrick Gallivan | 665 | |
| | Total | Patrick Gallivan (incumbent) | 100,293 | 72.7 |
| | Democratic | Tom Casey | 37,675 | 27.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 19 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 137,987 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 59 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Patrick Gallivan | 49,409 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Gallivan | 13,300 | |
| | Independence | Patrick Gallivan | 8,920 | |
| | Total | Patrick Gallivan (incumbent) | 71,629 | 99.5 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 346 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,975 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 59 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Patrick Gallivan | 71,907 | |
| | Independence | Patrick Gallivan | 14,158 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Gallivan | 13,404 | |
| | Total | Patrick Gallivan (incumbent) | 99,469 | 99.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 109 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 99,578 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal results in District 59

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 55.2 – 42.7% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 57.8 – 37.1% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 53.2 – 45.0% |
| 2012 | Senate | Gillibrand 58.3 – 40.1% |