New York's 30th State Senate district

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New York's 30th
State Senate district

Senator
  Cordell Cleare
DHarlem
Registration79.2% Democratic
4.0% Republican
13.9% No party preference
Demographics21% White
39% Black
31% Hispanic
6% Asian
Population (2017)348,896[1]
Registered voters241,635[2]

New York's 30th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Cordell Cleare since 2021.[3]

Geography[edit]

District 30 is primarily based in Harlem in northern Manhattan, but also includes portions of East Harlem, the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights, and Washington Heights.[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 10th, 12th, and 13th congressional districts, and with the 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd districts of the New York State Assembly.[5]

Recent election results[edit]

2022[edit]

2022 New York State Senate election, District 30[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cordell Cleare (incumbent) 13,686 69.9
Democratic Shana Harmongoff 5,711 29.2
Write-in 185 0.9
Total votes 19,582 100.0
General election
Democratic Cordell Cleare 55,813
Working Families Cordell Cleare 5,936
Total Cordell Cleare (incumbent) 61,749 99.6
Write-in 253 0.4
Total votes 62,002 100.0
Democratic hold

2021 special[edit]

2021 New York State Senate special election, District 30[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cordell Cleare 43,148 88.6
Republican Oz Sultan 2,896 5.9
Hope 4 NY Shana Harmongoff 2,560 5.3
Write-in 106 0.2
Total votes 48,710 100.0
Democratic hold

2020[edit]

2020 New York State Senate election, District 30[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian Benjamin (incumbent) 115,397 93.1
Republican Oz Sultan 8,477 6.8
Write-in 148 0.1
Total votes 124,022 100.0
Democratic hold

2018[edit]

2018 New York State Senate election, District 30[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian Benjamin 55,813
Working Families Brian Benjamin 5,936
Total Brian Benjamin (incumbent) 96,528 99.6
Write-in 362 0.4
Total votes 96,890 100.0
Democratic hold

2017 special[edit]

2017 New York State Senate special election, District 30[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian Benjamin 8,106 91.2
Republican Dawn Simmons 287 3.2
Write-in Joyce Johnson 261 2.9
Reform Ruben Vargas 190 2.1
Write-in 47 0.6
Total votes 8,891 100.0
Democratic hold

2016[edit]

2016 New York State Senate election, District 30[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Perkins 107,425
Working Families Bill Perkins 5,719
Total Bill Perkins (incumbent) 113,144 95.1
Republican Jon Girodes 5,619 4.7
Write-in 269 0.2
Total votes 118,894 100.0
Democratic hold

2014[edit]

2014 New York State Senate election, District 30[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Perkins 39,534
Working Families Bill Perkins 5,437
Total Bill Perkins (incumbent) 44,971 95.0
Republican Jon Girodes 2,338 4.9
Write-in 64 0.1
Total votes 47,373 100.0
Democratic hold

2012[edit]

2012 New York State Senate election, District 30[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Perkins 94,489
Working Families Bill Perkins 3,651
Total Bill Perkins (incumbent) 98,140 99.9
Write-in 141 0.1
Total votes 98,281 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 30[edit]

Year Office Results[10][11]
2020 President Biden 91.9 – 6.9%
2016 President Clinton 93.7 – 4.0%
2012 President Obama 95.3 – 3.8%
Senate Gillibrand 95.5 – 3.4%

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "State Senate District 30, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. ^ "New York State Senator Brian A. Benjamin". The New York State Senate. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Our District". The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  5. ^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Primary Election 2022 - Democratic State Senator - 30th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "General Election 2022 - State Senator - 30th Senatorial District" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "New York State Senate District 30". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "State Senator 30th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  11. ^ "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.