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's 35th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Andrea Stewart-Cousins Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins (née Stewart; born September 2, 1950) is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since ...

, the current

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, since 2007.

Geography

District 35 covers a portion of southern

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, including all of

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and Scarsdale and parts of

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, White Plains, and

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. The district overlaps with New York's

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and 17th congressional districts, and with the 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, and 93rd districts of the

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Geography

Recent election results

2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

Federal results in District 35

References