New York's 13th State Senate district

New York's 13th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jessica Ramos
D–East Elmhurst
Registration68.4% Democratic
7.9% Republican
20.8% No party preference
Demographics14% White
6% Black
61% Hispanic
18% Asian
Population (2017)311,913[1]
Registered voters142,075[2]

New York's 13th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Jessica Ramos since 2019.[3] Ramos defeated IDC-aligned incumbent José Peralta in the 2018 primary election; Peralta began his own Senate career by ousting Democratic incumbent Hiram Monserrate in a 2010 special election.

Geography

District 13 is centered around the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights, and includes Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and parts of Astoria and Woodside.[1][4] The district office is located in East Elmhurst on Junction Boulevard.

The district overlaps with New York's 6th and 14th congressional districts, and with the 27th, 30th, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 39th districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 13[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jessica Ramos 40,572
Working Families Jessica Ramos 7,795
Total Jessica Ramos (incumbent) 48,367 98.4
Write-in 810 1.6
Total votes 49,177 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 13[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jessica Ramos 23,944
Working Families Jessica Ramos 4,257
Total Jessica Ramos (incumbent) 28,201 98.5
Write-in 427 1.5
Total votes 28,628 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 13[8][9][10]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jessica Ramos (incumbent) 19,525 85.5
Democratic Diana Sanchez 3,257 14.3
Write-in 56 0.2
Total votes 22,838 100
General election
Democratic Jessica Ramos 56,542
Working Families Jessica Ramos 6,343
Total Jessica Ramos (incumbent) 62,885 78.5
Republican Jesus Gonzalez 15,467
Conservative Jesus Gonzalez 1,271
Save Our City Jesus Gonzalez 403
Total Jesus Gonzalez 17,141 21.4
Write-in 63 0.1
Total votes 80,089 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 13[9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jessica Ramos 12,550 54.7
Democratic José Peralta (incumbent) 10,362 45.1
Write-in 45 0.2
Total votes 22,957 100.0
General election
Democratic Jessica Ramos 41,573
Working Families Jessica Ramos 1,886
Total Jessica Ramos 43,459 89.6
Independence José Peralta 3,769
Reform José Peralta 766
Women's Equality José Peralta 404
Total José Peralta (incumbent) 4,939 10.2
Write-in 102 0.2
Total votes 48,500 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 13[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic José Peralta 56,925
Working Families José Peralta 2,971
Total José Peralta (incumbent) 59,896 86.6
Republican Jesus Gonzalez 8,007
Conservative Jesus Gonzalez 891
Reform Jesus Gonzalez 264
Total Jesus Gonzalez 9,162 13.3
Write-in 63 0.1
Total votes 69,121 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 13[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic José Peralta 17,878
Working Families José Peralta 2,090
Total José Peralta (incumbent) 19,968 99.5
Write-in 107 0.5
Total votes 20,075 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 13[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic José Peralta 47,855
Working Families José Peralta 2,038
Total José Peralta (incumbent) 49,893 99.8
Write-in 83 0.2
Total votes 49,976 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 13

Year Office Results[11][12]
2020 President Biden 75.1 – 23.8%
2016 President Clinton 82.5 – 15.0%
2012 President Obama 86.0 – 13.1%
Senate Gillibrand 88.2 – 10.6%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 13, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ^ "New York State Senator Jessica Ramos". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "General Election 2024 - State Senator - 13th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 20th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Certified Results from the June 23, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e "New York State Senate District 13". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "State Senator 13th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.