New York's 57th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Phara Souffrant Forrest since 2020.

Geography

District 57 is located in central and northern Brooklyn, comprising the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford–Stuyvesant.

The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th congressional districts, the 20th, 25th and 26th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 33rd, 35th and 36th districts of the New York City Council.

Representation

District 57 was served by Roger L. Green from 1981 until June 1, 2004, when Green resigned his seat after pleading guilty to petty larceny in connection with $3,000 in false travel reimbursement claims.[3] He was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $2,000, and had to pay $3,000 in restitution.[4] However, he ran for the seat again a few months later and was reelected on November 2, 2004.

Green served one final term from 2005 to 2007, but then announced his retirement from the Assembly to run for Congress, a race that he lost. Hakeem Jeffries, who had challenged Green in the Democratic primary in 2000, won the Democratic primary and the general election in 2006. Jeffries served until 2013, when he retired from the Assembly to serve in Congress.

Walter T. Mosley won the open race for the seat in 2012, and has served since 2013. Mosley has served unopposed since he was first elected, but faced his first primary challenge on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 57[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) 47,424 99.3
Write-in 317 0.7
Total votes 47,741 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 57[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) 9,495 67.3
Democratic Olanike Alabi 4,579 32.4
Write-in 46 0.3
Total votes 14,120 100.0
General election
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 27,116
Working Families Phara Souffrant Forrest 9,116
Total Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) 36,232 99.4
Write-in 223 0.6
Total votes 36,455 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Assemblyman Mosley faced his first contested election since 2012 in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 57[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 15,711 55.4
Democratic Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 12,609 44.5
Write-in 46 0.1
Total votes 28,366 100.0
General election
Democratic Phara Souffrant Forrest 47,347 76.1
Working Families Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 14,794 23.8
Write-in 110 0.1
Total votes 62,251 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 57[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 43,621
Working Families Walter T. Mosley 5,857
Total Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 49,478 99.7
Write-in 137 0.3
Total votes 35,726 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 57[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 49,410
Working Families Walter T. Mosley 5,648
Total Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 55,058 99.7
Write-in 148 0.3
Total votes 55,206 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 57[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) 19,946 99.5
Write-in 95 0.5
Total votes 20,041 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 57[13][14]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 4,565 62.6
Democratic Olanike Alabi 2,168 29.7
Democratic Martine Guerrier 535 7.3
Write-in 23 0.4
Total votes 7,291 100.0
General election
Democratic Walter T. Mosley 46,733 97.6
Republican Francis Voyticky 1,111 2.3
Write-in 44 0.1
Total votes 47,888 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 57[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hakeem Jeffries 21,577
Working Families Hakeem Jeffries 4,322
Total Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) 25,899 97.5
Republican Francis Voyticky 652 2.5
Write-in 9 0.0
Total votes 26,560 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in Assembly District 57

Year Office Results[16][17]
2024 President Harris 89.2 - 7.9%
Senate Gillibrand 92.2 - 6.5%
2022 Senate Schumer 94.4 - 5.0%
2020 President Biden 95.1 - 3.8%
2018 Senate Gillibrand 98.0 - 2.0%
2016 President Clinton 94.7 - 2.2%
Senate Schumer 93.0 - 3.9% [18]
2012 President Obama 96.6 - 1.9%
Senate Gillibrand 96.3 - 1.7%

References

  1. ^ "Assembly District 57, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Assembly District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2020.
  3. ^ "Brooklyn Assemblyman Quits After Admitting False Billing". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Assemblyman Gets Probation In Travel-Expense Fraud Case". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "General Election 2024 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Primary Election 2020 - Democratic Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "General Election 2020 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "Primary Election 2020 - Democratic Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  9. ^ "General Election 2020 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "General Election 2018 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "General Election 2016 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  12. ^ "General Election 2014 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  13. ^ "Primary Election 2012 - Democratic Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  14. ^ "General Election 2012 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  15. ^ "General Election 2010 - Member of the Assembly - 57th Assembly District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  16. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  17. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  18. ^ against the second-placed Green Party candidate.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_57th_State_Assembly_district
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