New York's 11th State Senate district

New York's 11th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat John Liu since 2019. Liu defeated IDC-aligned incumbent Tony Avella in the 2018 primary election, after previously losing to him in 2014.[3]

New York's 11th
State Senate District
Senator
  John Liu
D–Flushing
Registration55.0% Democratic
17.2% Republican
23.9% No party preference
Demographics38% White
3% Black
16% Hispanic
39% Asian
Population (2017)334,979[1]
Registered voters192,747[2]

Geography

District 11 is located in Northeast Queens, including a large swath of predominantly Asian Flushing, as well as College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston-Little Neck, and parts of Hollis and Bellerose.[1][3]

The district overlaps with New York's 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 14th congressional districts, and with the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 32nd, 33rd, and 40th districts of the New York State Assembly .[4]

Recent election results

2020
2020 New York State Senate election, District 11[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Liu (incumbent) 78,818 63.5
Republican Elisa Nahoum 45,400 36.5
Total votes 124,218 100.0
Democratic hold

2018
2018 New York State Senate election, District 11[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Liu 12,578 52.3
Democratic Tony Avella (incumbent) 11,489 47.7
Total votes 24,067 100.0
Republican Vickie Paladino 1,735 56.7
Republican Simon Minching 1,323 43.3
Total votes 3,058 100.0
General election
Democratic John Liu 42,047 53.6
Republican Vickie Paladino 19,062 24.3
Independence Tony Avella (incumbent) 16,241 20.7
Conservative Simon Minching 1,123 1.4
Total votes 78,514 100.0
Democratic hold

2016
2016 New York State Senate election, District 11[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Avella (incumbent) 72,520 69.5
Republican Mark Cipolla 31,797 30.5
Total votes 104,317 100.0
Democratic hold

2014
2014 New York State Senate election, District 11[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Avella (incumbent) 7,896 53.0
Democratic John Liu 7,002 47.0
Total votes 14,898 100.0
General election
Democratic Tony Avella (incumbent) 29,359 91.3
Green Paul Gilman 2,813 8.7
Total votes 32,172 100.0
Democratic hold

2012
2012 New York State Senate election, District 11[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Avella (incumbent) 64,775 73.3
Republican Joseph R. Concannon 23,550 26.7
Total votes 88,235 100.0
Democratic hold

Federal results in District 11
Year Office Results[7]
2016 President Clinton 61.5 – 35.9%
2012 President Obama 64.4 – 34.5%
Senate Gillibrand 71.4 – 24.5%

References
  1. "State Senate District 11, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
  3. "Our District". John Liu, The New York State Senate. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  5. "New York State Senate District 11". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  6. "State Senator 11th Senate District - General Election - November 3, 2020". New York State Board of Elections. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  7. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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