New York's 59th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the
New York State Senate. It has been represented by
Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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Kristen Gonzalez since 2023.
Geography
2020s
District 59 was moved as part of the 2020 redistricting to encompass parts of
Queens
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,
Brooklyn
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, and
Manhattan
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.
The district overlaps with New York's
7th
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,
10th
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12th
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, and
14th congressional districts, and with the
34th,
36th,
37th,
50th,
53rd,
73rd, and
74th districts of the
New York State Assembly.
2010s
District 59 stretched from the eastern suburbs of Buffalo to the southwestern suburbs of Rochester, including all of
Wyoming County and parts of
Erie
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,
Livingston, and
Monroe counties. The district overlapped with New York's
25th
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In mathematics
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,
26th, and
27th
27 (twenty-seven; Roman numeral XXVII) is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28.
In mathematics
* Twenty-seven is a cube of 3: 3^3=3\times 3\times 3. 27 is also 23 (see tetration). There are exactly 27 straight lines on a smooth ...
congressional districts, and with the
133rd,
138th,
142nd,
143rd,
144th, and
147th districts of the New York State Assembly.
Recent election results
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
Federal results in District 59
References
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