New York's 8th State Senate district

New York's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Alexis Weik
R–Sayville
Registration38.6% Democratic
32.7% Republican
23.6% No party preference
Demographics60% White
15% Black
20% Hispanic
2% Asian
Population (2017)313,696[1]
Registered voters238,467[2]

New York's 8th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Alexis Weik since 2023.[3]

Geography

District 8 covers part of the South Shore of Long Island in Nassau County and Suffolk County.[1][4]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 2 and 4, and with New York State Assembly districts 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, and 21.[5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 8[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alexis Weik 105,939
Conservative Alexis Weik 12,664
Total Alexis Weik (incumbent) 118,603 67.2
Democratic Francis Dolan 57,826 32.8
Write-in 58 0.0
Total votes 176,487 100.0
Republican hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 8[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alexis Weik 83,781
Conservative Alexis Weik 12,481
Total Alexis Weik 96,262 69.3
Democratic John Alberts 42,707 30.7
Write-in 23 0.0
Total votes 138,992 100.0
Republican win (new boundaries)

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 8[7][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Brooks 80,497
Working Families John Brooks 7,578
Independence John Brooks 4,885
Total John Brooks (incumbent) 92,960 99.3
Write-in 621 0.7
Total votes 93,581 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 8[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Brooks 61,784
Working Families John Brooks 1,240
Women's Equality John Brooks 655
Total John Brooks (incumbent) 63,679 54.8
Republican Jeffrey Pravato 46,719
Conservative Jeffrey Pravato 4,831
Independence Jeffrey Pravato 764
Reform Jeffrey Pravato 174
Total Jeffrey Pravato 52,488 45.2
Write-in 38 0.0
Total votes 116,205 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 8[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Brooks 65,277
Working Families John Brooks 2,332
Women's Equality John Brooks 990
Total John Brooks 68,599 50.1
Republican Michael Venditto 59,500
Conservative Michael Venditto 6,617
Independence Michael Venditto 1,437
Tax Revolt Party Michael Venditto 443
Reform Michael Venditto 288
Total Michael Venditto (incumbent) 68,285 49.8
Write-in 84 0.1
Total votes 136,968 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 8[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Venditto 34,732
Conservative Michael Venditto 5,154
Independence Michael Venditto 1,719
Tax Revolt Party Michael Venditto 276
Total Michael Venditto 41,881 59.8
Democratic David Denenberg 25,679
Working Families David Denenberg 1,770
Women's Equality David Denenberg 655
Total David Denenberg 28,104 40.1
Write-in 77 0.1
Total votes 70,062 100.0
Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 8[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Fuschillo 57,648
Conservative Charles Fuschillo 7,443
Independence Charles Fuschillo 3,147
Tax Revolt Party Charles Fuschillo 470
Total Charles Fuschillo (incumbent) 68,708 59.2
Democratic Carol Gordon 47,393 40.8
Write-in 20 0.1
Total votes 116,121 100.0
Republican hold

Federal results in District 8

Year Office Results[10][11]
2020 President Biden 52.1 – 46.5%
2016 President Clinton 50.0 – 47.2%
2012 President Obama 55.7 – 43.3%
Senate Gillibrand 66.1 – 32.9%

References

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 8, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ^ "New York State Senator Alexis Weik". The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "2024 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "New York State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "State Senator 8th Senate District - General Election - November 8, 2022". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  9. ^ "State Senator 8th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.