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's 29th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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José M. Serrano José Marco Serrano (born June 19, 1972) is a member of the New York State Senate from the New York's 29th State Senate district, 29th District, representing Mott Haven, Bronx, Mott Haven, Melrose, Bronx, Melrose, Highbridge, Bronx, Highbridge, M ...

since 2005.

Geography

District 29 stretches across a convoluted section of the

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and upper

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, as well as

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, and

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. The neighborhoods it covers include

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, Melrose, Highbridge, Morris Heights,

East Harlem East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or and historically known as Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, roughly encompassing the area north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, F ...

, Yorkville, and a small part of the

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. The district overlaps New York's 10th,

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, 13th, and 15th congressional districts, and with the 67th, 68th, 69th, 73rd, 76th, 77th, 84th, and 86th districts of the

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Geography

Recent election results

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2012

Federal results in District 29

References