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's 36th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Jamaal Bailey Jamaal T. Bailey (born August 26, 1982) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate from the 36th district. A Democrat, he represents portions of Baychester, Co-op City, Eastchester, Edenwald, Wakefi ...

since 2017; Bailey succeeded fellow Democrat

Ruth Hassell-Thompson Ruth Hassell-Thompson ( Hassell; born November 6, 1942) of Mount Vernon, New York, is a former State Senator who represented the 36th district of New York, which includes the Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Williamsbridge, Co-o ...

after she took a position in the administration of Governor

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Geography

District 36 covers several neighborhoods in the north

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, including Norwood, Bedford Park, Williamsbridge,

Co-op City Co-op City (short for Cooperative City) is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River ...

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, and

Baychester Baychester is a neighborhood geographically located in the northeast part of the Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are East 222nd Street to the northeast, the New England Thruway (I-95) to the east, Gun Hill Road to the southwest, and Boston ...

, as well as the southern

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city of

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. The district overlaps New York's 13th, 14th, and 16th congressional districts, and with the 78th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, and 89th districts of the

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Geography

Recent election results

2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

Federal results in District 36

References