New York Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Democratic majorityDemocrats 40, Republicans 22, vacant 1. 63 seats; 32 for a majority.

Democrats 40Republicans 22Vacant 1

Vacant: district 12. Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 40Republican 22Vacant 1

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

No majority line: the chamber changed size (57 to 63 seats).

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	42	21	0	63	Democratic majority
2020	43	20	0	63	Democratic majority
2018	39	23	1	63	Democratic majority
2016	32	31	0	63	Democratic majority
2014	31	32	0	63	Republican majority
2012	32	31	0	63	Democratic majority
2010	30	32	0	62	Republican majority
2008	32	30	0	62	Democratic majority
2006	28	34	0	62	Republican majority
2004	27	35	0	62	Republican majority
2002	24	38	0	62	Republican majority
2000	25	36	0	61	Republican majority
1998	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1996	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1994	25	36	0	61	Republican majority
1992	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1990	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1988	27	34	0	61	Republican majority
1986	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1984	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1982	26	35	0	61	Republican majority
1980	25	35	0	60	Republican majority
1978	25	35	0	60	Republican majority
1976	25	35	0	60	Republican majority
1974	26	34	0	60	Republican majority
1972	23	37	0	60	Republican majority
1970	25	32	0	57	Republican majority
1968	24	33	0	57	Republican majority

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 59 contests, 2 not shown

Incomplete in the source: rows with no district (dropped).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
5	STEVEN D RHOADS	Republican	61.3%
6	SIELA A BYNOE	Democrat	60.8%
7	JACK M MARTINS	Republican	55.1%
8	ALEXIS WEIK	Republican	69.2%
9	PATRICIA M CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK	Republican	54.2%
10	JAMES SANDERS JR	Democrat	71.0%
11	TOBY ANN STAVISKY	Democrat	54.1%
12	MICHAEL N GIANARIS	Democrat	67.4%
13	JESSICA RAMOS	Democrat	98.3%
14	LEROY G COMRIE JR	Democrat	99.0%
15	JOSEPH P ADDABBO JR	Democrat	76.5%
16	JOHN C LIU	Democrat	79.4%
17	STEVE CHAN	Republican	54.7%
18	JULIA SALAZAR	Democrat	99.2%
19	ROXANNE J PERSAUD	Democrat	99.6%
20	ZELLNOR Y MYRIE	Democrat	99.3%
21	KEVIN S PARKER	Democrat	98.4%
22	SIMCHA FELDER	Republican	99.1%
23	JESSICA SCARCELLA-SPANTON	Democrat	55.0%
24	ANDREW J LANZA	Republican	98.2%
25	JABARI BRISPORT	Democrat	99.4%
26	ANDREW S GOUNARDES	Democrat	78.5%
27	BRIAN KAVANAGH	Democrat	99.1%
28	LIZ KRUEGER	Democrat	75.9%
29	JOSE M SERRANO	Democrat	81.7%
30	CORDELL CLEARE	Democrat	99.5%
31	ROBERT JACKSON	Democrat	99.3%
32	LUIS R SEPULVEDA	Democrat	79.0%
33	J GUSTAVO RIVERA	Democrat	74.7%
34	NATHALIA FERNANDEZ	Democrat	67.5%
35	ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS	Democrat	66.1%
36	JAMAAL T BAILEY	Democrat	91.5%
37	SHELLEY B MAYER	Democrat	61.7%
38	BILL WEBER	Republican	52.4%
39	ROB ROLISON	Republican	50.7%
40	PETER B HARCKHAM	Democrat	53.6%
41	MICHELLE HINCHEY	Democrat	58.6%
42	JAMES G SKOUFIS	Democrat	54.5%
43	JAKE ASHBY	Republican	51.7%
44	JAMES N TEDISCO	Republican	57.9%
45	DANIEL G STEC	Republican	99.0%
46	PATRICIA A FAHY	Democrat	59.2%
47	BRAD HOYLMAN-SIGAL	Democrat	83.8%
48	RACHEL MAY	Democrat	58.4%
49	MARK C WALCZYK	Republican	99.4%
50	CHRISTOPHER J RYAN	Democrat	50.4%
51	PETER OBERACKER	Republican	58.4%
52	LEA WEBB	Democrat	63.7%
53	JOSEPH A GRIFFO	Republican	70.2%
54	PAMELA A HELMING	Republican	48.0%
55	SAMRA G BROUK	Democrat	63.3%
56	JEREMY A COONEY	Democrat	58.1%
57	Not shown: several seats may be pooled under one label
58	Not shown: several seats may be pooled under one label
59	KRISTEN GONZALEZ	Democrat	98.9%
60	PATRICK M GALLIVAN	Republican	99.0%
61	SEAN M RYAN	Democrat	61.7%
62	ROBERT G ORTT	Republican	99.4%
63	APRIL BASKIN	Democrat	66.3%

2022: 64 contests

Incomplete in the source: rows with no district (dropped).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	ANTHONY H PALUMBO	Republican	56.0%
2	MARIO R MATTERA	Republican	57.9%
3	DEAN MURRAY	Republican	65.1%
4	MONICA R MARTINEZ	Democrat	51.4%
5	STEVEN D RHOADS	Republican	60.8%
6	KEVIN M THOMAS	Democrat	59.2%
7	JACK M MARTINS	Republican	53.2%
8	ALEXIS WEIK	Republican	69.3%
9	PATRICIA M CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK	Republican	56.1%
10	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	53.8%
11	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	46.3%
12	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	53.5%
13	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	52.8%
14	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	49.8%
15	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	47.0%
16	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	45.5%
17	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	47.1%
18	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	51.6%
19	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	50.5%
20	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.7%
21	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	51.0%
22	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	47.2%
23	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	47.4%
24	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	51.4%
25	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.4%
26	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	46.3%
27	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.3%
28	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	43.0%
29	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	50.1%
30	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.7%
31	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.4%
32	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.8%
33	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	51.2%
34	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	41.1%
35	ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS	Democrat	64.8%
36	JAMAAL T BAILEY	Democrat	52.2%
37	SHELLY B MAYER	Democrat	61.1%
38	BILL WEBER	Republican	51.6%
39	ROB ROLISON	Republican	53.1%
40	PETER B HARCKHAM	Democrat	53.4%
41	MICHELLE HINCHEY	Democrat	53.5%
42	DOREY HOULE	Republican	52.4%
43	JACOB C ASHBY	Republican	52.9%
44	JAMES N TEDISCO	Republican	56.5%
45	DANIEL G STEC	Republican	60.2%
46	NEIL D BRESLIN	Democrat	55.1%
47	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	45.5%
48	RACHEL MAY	Democrat	50.2%
49	MARK C WALCZYK	Republican	99.5%
50	JOHN W MANNION	Democrat	50.0%
51	PETER K OBERACKER	Republican	63.1%
52	LEA WEBB	Democrat	51.1%
53	JOSEPH A GRIFFO	Republican	99.3%
54	PAMELA A HELMING	Republican	66.4%
55	SAMRA G BROUK	Democrat	58.4%
56	JEREMY A COONEY	Democrat	61.9%
57	GEORGE M BORRELLO	Republican	72.5%
58	THOMAS F O'MARA	Republican	97.1%
59	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.6%
60	PATRICK M GALLIVAN	Republican	98.7%
61	SEAN M RYAN	Democrat	56.6%
62	ROBERT G ORTT	Republican	99.3%
63	TIMOTHY M KENNEDY	Democrat	82.7%
147	SPECIAL VOTES	not in source	98.0%

2020: 63 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	ANTHONY H PALUMBO	Republican	51.4%
2	MARIO R MATTERA	Republican	56.8%
3	ALEXIS WEIK	Republican	51.9%
4	PHILIP M BOYLE	Republican	55.4%
5	JAMES F GAUGHRAN	Democrat	50.4%
6	KEVIN M THOMAS	Democrat	50.7%
7	ANNA M KAPLAN	Democrat	57.4%
8	JOHN E BROOKS	Democrat	99.3%
9	TODD D KAMINSKY	Democrat	57.7%
10	JAMES SANDERS JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
11	JOHN C LIU	Democrat	63.5%
12	MICHAEL N GIANARIS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
13	JESSICA RAMOS	Democrat	78.6%
14	LEROY G COMRIE JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
15	JOSEPH P ADDABBO JR	Democrat	58.3%
16	TOBY ANN STAVISKY	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	SIMCHA FELDER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
18	JULIA SALAZAR	Democrat	97.7%
19	ROXANNE J PERSAUD	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
20	ZELLNOR Y MYRIE	Democrat	97.5%
21	KEVIN S PARKER	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
22	ANDREW S GOUNARDES	Democrat	51.9%
23	DIANE J SAVINO	Democrat	77.6%
24	ANDREW J LANZA	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
25	JABARI BRISPORT	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
26	BRIAN KAVANAGH	Democrat	79.1%
27	BRAD M HOYLMAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
28	LIZ KRUEGER	Democrat	78.0%
29	JOSE M SERRANO	Democrat	87.9%
30	BRIAN A BENJAMIN	Democrat	93.2%
31	ROBERT JACKSON	Democrat	88.5%
32	LUIS R SEPULVEDA	Democrat	95.5%
33	J GUSTAVO RIVERA	Democrat	88.0%
34	ALESSANDRA BIAGGI	Democrat	73.6%
35	ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS	Democrat	75.6%
36	JAMAAL T BAILEY	Democrat	92.3%
37	SHELLEY B MAYER	Democrat	57.1%
38	ELIJAH REICHLIN-MELNICK	Democrat	53.1%
39	JAMES G SKOUFIS	Democrat	57.0%
40	PETER B HARCKHAM	Democrat	49.9%
41	SUSAN J SERINO	Republican	52.2%
42	MIKE MARTUCCI	Republican	50.5%
43	DAPHNE V JORDAN	Republican	52.6%
44	NEIL D BRESLIN	Democrat	73.0%
45	DANIEL G STEC	Republican	57.7%
46	MICHELLE HINCHEY	Democrat	52.6%
47	JOSEPH A GRIFFO	Republican	94.4%
48	PATRICIA A RITCHIE	Republican	95.2%
49	JAMES N TEDISCO	Republican	63.5%
50	JOHN W MANNION	Democrat	52.6%
51	PETER OBERACKER	Republican	55.4%
52	FREDERICK J AKSHAR II	Republican	86.6%
53	RACHEL MAY	Democrat	54.8%
54	PAMELA A HELMING	Republican	63.3%
55	SAMRA G BROUK	Democrat	54.9%
56	JEREMY A COONEY	Democrat	52.0%
57	GEORGE M BORRELLO	Republican	71.7%
58	THOMAS F O'MARA	Republican	56.3%
59	PATRICK M GALLIVAN	Republican	66.7%
60	SEAN M RYAN	Democrat	60.7%
61	EDWARD A RATH III	Republican	52.8%
62	ROBERT G ORTT	Republican	94.5%
63	TIMOTHY M KENNEDY	Democrat	99.0%

2018: 60 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	KENNETH P LA VALLE	Republican	56.9%
2	JOHN J FLANAGAN	Republican	54.9%
3	MONICA R MARTINEZ	Democrat	51.6%
4	PHILLIP M BOYLE	Republican	51.8%
5	JAMES F GAUGHRAN	Democrat	54.9%
6	KEVIN M THOMAS	Democrat	50.8%
7	ANNA M KAPLAN	Democrat	55.1%
8	JOHN E BROOKS	Democrat	54.8%
9	TODD D KAMINSKY	Democrat	61.7%
10	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	50.1%
11	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.6%
12	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	50.3%
13	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	50.4%
14	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	49.9%
15	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.4%
16	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	51.8%
17	SIMCHA FELDER	Democrat	84.3%
18	JULIA SALAZAR	Democrat	99.2%
19	ROXANNE J PERSAUD	Democrat	89.8%
20	ZELLNOR Y MYRIE	Democrat	92.6%
21	KEVIN S PARKER	Democrat	96.9%
22	ANDREW S GOUNARDES	Democrat	50.9%
23	DIANE J SAVINO	Democrat	68.8%
24	ANDREW J LANZA	Republican	98.5%
25	VELMANETTE MONTGOMERY	Democrat	99.7%
26	BRIAN KAVANAGH	Democrat	87.7%
27	BRAD M HOYLMAN	Democrat	99.2%
28	LIZ KRUEGER	Democrat	81.8%
29	JOSE M SERRANO	Democrat	61.8%
30	BRIAN A BENJAMIN	Democrat	99.6%
31	ROBERT JACKSON	Democrat	88.8%
32	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	48.4%
33	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	47.6%
34	PUBLIC COUNTER	not in source	44.9%
35	ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS	Democrat	99.4%
36	JAMAAL T BAILEY	Democrat	53.3%
37	SHELLEY MAYER	Democrat	99.1%
38	DAVID CARLUCCI	Democrat	65.3%
39	JAMES G SKOUFIS	Democrat	54.0%
40	PETER B HARCKHAM	Democrat	51.7%
41	SUSAN J SERINO	Republican	49.6%
42	JEN METZGER	Democrat	50.3%
43	DAPHNE V JORDAN	Republican	53.0%
44	NEIL D BRESLIN	Democrat	70.6%
45	ELIZABETH O'C LITTLE	Republican	64.3%
47	JOSEPH A GRIFFO	Republican	99.5%
49	JAMES N TEDISCO	Republican	59.3%
50	ROBERT E ANTONACCI II	Republican	50.9%
51	JAMES L SEWARD	Republican	63.5%
53	RACHEL MAY	Democrat	51.2%
54	PAMELA A HELMING	Republican	62.0%
55	RICH FUNKE	Republican	51.2%
56	JOSEPH E ROBACH	Republican	55.5%
57	CATHARINE M YOUNG	Republican	99.6%
58	THOMAS F O'MARA	Republican	59.2%
59	PATRICK M GALLIVAN	Republican	99.5%
60	CHRISTOPHER JACOBS	Republican	55.8%
61	MICHAEL H RANZENHOFER	Republican	54.1%
62	ROBERT G ORTT	Republican	86.7%
63	TIM KENNEDY	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate

2016: 63 contests, 1 not shown

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	Kenneth La Valle	not in source	66.4%	seats not in source
2	John Flanagan	not in source	63.2%	seats not in source
3	Thomas Croci	not in source	58.0%	seats not in source
4	Philip Boyle	not in source	62.8%	seats not in source
5	James Gaughran	not in source	51.2%	seats not in source
6	Kemp Hannon	not in source	53.8%	seats not in source
7	Elaine Phillips	not in source	51.2%	seats not in source
8	John Brooks	not in source	50.1%	seats not in source
9	Todd Kaminsky	not in source	51.7%	seats not in source
10	James Sanders Jr.	not in source	89.2%	seats not in source
11	Tony Avella	not in source	64.8%	seats not in source
12	Michael Gianaris	not in source	79.7%	seats not in source
13	Jose Peralta	not in source	80.6%	seats not in source
14	Leroy Comrie Jr.	not in source	85.4%	seats not in source
15	Joseph Addabbo Jr.	not in source	59.0%	seats not in source
16	Toby Ann Stavisky	not in source	71.4%	seats not in source
17	Simcha Felder	not in source	93.3%	seats not in source
18	Martin Malave Dilan	not in source	93.0%	seats not in source
19	Roxanne Persaud	not in source	93.5%	seats not in source
20	Jesse Hamilton	not in source	87.8%	seats not in source
21	Kevin Parker	not in source	90.3%	seats not in source
22	Martin Golden	not in source	91.4%	seats not in source
23	Diane Savino	not in source	90.8%	seats not in source
24	Andrew Lanza	not in source	92.0%	seats not in source
25	Velmanette Montgomery	not in source	86.2%	seats not in source
26	Daniel Squadron	not in source	89.4%	seats not in source
27	Brad Hoylman	not in source	85.2%	seats not in source
28	Liz Krueger	not in source	67.1%	seats not in source
29	Jose Serrano	not in source	81.2%	seats not in source
30	Bill Perkins	not in source	87.0%	seats not in source
31	Marisol Alcantara	not in source	78.4%	seats not in source
32	Ruben Diaz Sr.	not in source	89.0%	seats not in source
33	J. Gustavo Rivera	not in source	86.8%	seats not in source
34	Jeffrey Klein	not in source	82.9%	seats not in source
35	Andrea Stewart-Cousins	not in source	99.5%	seats not in source
36	Jamaal Bailey	not in source	91.0%	seats not in source
37	George Latimer	not in source	55.6%	seats not in source
38	David Carlucci	not in source	65.0%	seats not in source
39	William Larkin	not in source	57.7%	seats not in source
40	Terrence Murphy	not in source	43.5%	seats not in source
41	Susan Serino	not in source	55.5%	seats not in source
42	John Bonacic	not in source	61.1%	seats not in source
43	Kathleen Marchione	not in source	61.2%	seats not in source
44	Neil Breslin	not in source	68.7%	seats not in source
45	Elizabeth Little	not in source	88.0%	seats not in source
46	George Amedore	not in source	41.6%	seats not in source
47	Joseph Griffo	not in source	88.8%	seats not in source
48	Patricia Ritchie	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
49	Not shown: several seats may be pooled under one label
50	John Defrancisco	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
51	James Seward	not in source	72.6%	seats not in source
52	Frederick Akshar II	not in source	73.2%	seats not in source
53	David Valesky	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
54	Pamela Helming	not in source	60.2%	seats not in source
55	Rich Funke	not in source	99.0%	seats not in source
56	Joseph Robach	not in source	63.2%	seats not in source
57	Catharine Young	not in source	83.0%	seats not in source
58	Thomas O'Mara	not in source	54.4%	seats not in source
59	Patrick Gallivan	not in source	72.7%	seats not in source
60	Christopher Jacobs	not in source	58.9%	seats not in source
61	Michael Ranzenhofer	not in source	48.2%	seats not in source
62	Robert Ortt	not in source	95.2%	seats not in source
63	Timothy Kennedy	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.