New York's 40th State Assembly district

New York's 40th
State Assembly district
Assemblymember
  Ron Kim
D–Flushing

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.[1]

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[2][3]
Primary election
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 15 0.5
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 68 0.3
Total votes 24,363 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 40[4][5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Kim (incumbent) 1,931 50.7
Democratic Kenneth Chiu 1,869 49.0
Write-in 12 0.3
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 18 0.1
Total votes 15,764 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 40[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Kim (incumbent) 3,660 70.2
Democratic Steven Lee 1,534 29.5
Write-in 16 0.3
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 137 0.6
Total votes 21,917 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 40[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform John Scandalios 124 96.1
Write-in 5 3.9
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 59 0.5
Total votes 14,032 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 40[10]
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 17 0.1
Total votes 21,915 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 40[11]
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 35 0.4
Total votes 9,404 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 40[12][13][14]
Primary election
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 6 0.1
Total votes 4,453 100.0
Republican Philip Gim 311 72.0
Republican Sunny Hahn 120 27.8
Write-in 1 0.2
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 35 0.2
Total votes 19,905 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in Assembly District 40

Year Office Results[15][16]
2024 President Trump 50.3 - 48.2%
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%
Senate Schumer 76.6 – 21.1%
2012 President Obama 73.6 – 25.4%
Senate Gillibrand 79.5 – 19.2%

References

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