2020 New York State Assembly election

2020 New York Assembly election[1]

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All 150 seats in the New York State Assembly
75 seats needed for a majority
TurnoutIncrease 56.51%[2]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Carl Heastie William Barclay Fred Thiele[b]
Party Democratic Republican Independence
Leader since February 3, 2015 January 7, 2020 October 1, 2009
Leader's seat 83rd 120th 1st
Last election 106 seats, 62.0% 43 seats, 28.3% 1 seat, 1.7%
Seats won 105[a] 43 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,482,999 2,430,174 109,184
Percentage 58.52% 31.72% 1.43%
Swing Decrease 3.49% Increase 3.43% Decrease 0.23%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Independence hold      Independent gain

Speaker before election

Carl Heastie
Democratic

Speaker

Carl Heastie[6]
Democratic

Elections to the New York State Assembly were held on November 3, 2020 in the U.S. state of New York. The elections were part of the biennial elections in the United States, with elections for the State Senate, the U.S. House, and U.S. president being held on the same day.[7] Primary elections were held on June 23.[8]

Assembly Democrats won 105 of the chamber's 150 seats on Election Day, while Republicans won 43 seats and two other seats were won by members of third parties.[1][9]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Rock, Michael (November 4, 2020). "Seawright Re-Elected Despite Initial Challenges". www.newyorkcountypolitics.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Newsday endorses Fred Thiele in 1st Assembly District". Newsday. October 27, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Walsh, Christopher (December 10, 2020). "Suffolk Election Results Finally Official | The East Hampton Star". www.easthamptonstar.com.
  6. ^ "Democrats, Republicans Re-Elect NYS Assembly Leaders". spectrumlocalnews.com. December 1, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "New York 2020 Election Guide | Spectrum News NY1 | New York City". www.ny1.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  8. ^ Lentz, Jon (August 6, 2020). "New York's 2020 state legislative primary results". CSNY. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "New York Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved December 30, 2020.


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