New York's 65th State Assembly district

New York's 65th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Grace Lee since 2023, succeeding Yuh-Line Niou.

New York's 65th
State Assembly district

Assemblymember
 Grace Lee
DFinancial District

Geography

2020s

2022

District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

2012-2022

District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 65
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGrace Lee
Working FamiliesGrace Lee
TotalGrace Lee (incumbent)
RepublicanHelen Qiu
Write-in
Total votes100.0

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 65[1][2]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGrace Lee 4,653 48.6
DemocraticIllapa Sairitupac3,30534.5
DemocraticDenny Salas1,31213.7
DemocraticAlana Sivin2853.0
Write-in180.2
Total votes9,573 100.0
General election
DemocraticGrace Lee 20,495 76.0
RepublicanHelen Qiu6,38123.7
Write-in810.3
Total votes26,957 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 65[3][4]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticYuh-Line Niou (incumbent) 8,749 64.0
DemocraticGrace Lee4,87735.6
Write-in500.4
Total votes13,676 100.0
General election
DemocraticYuh-Line Niou34,480
Working FamiliesYuh-Line Niou6,074
Total Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent) 40,554 99.1
Write-in3740.9
Total votes40,928 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 65[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticYuh-Line Niou28,755
Working FamiliesYuh-Line Niou2,206
Total Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent) 30,461 97.6
Write-in2642.4
Total votes31,225 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 65[6][7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticYuh-Line Niou 2,790 31.4
DemocraticJenifer Rajkumar1,70119.2
DemocraticPaul Newell1,42516.0
DemocraticAlice Cancel (incumbent)1,10812.5
DemocraticDon Lee99511.2
DemocraticGigi Li8449.5
Write-in170.2
Total votes8,880 100.0
General election
DemocraticYuh-Line Niou27,987
Working FamiliesYuh-Line Niou1,729
Total Yuh-Line Niou 29,716 76.1
RepublicanBryan Jung5,624
ReformBryan Jung137
TotalBryan Jung5,76114.7
Women's EqualityAlice Cancel (incumbent)2,1715.5
GreenManny Cavaco1,3483.5
Write-in640.2
Total votes39,060 100.0
Democratic hold

2016 special

2016 New York State Assembly special election, District 65[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAlice Cancel 7,873 41.3
Working FamiliesYuh-Line Niou6,65434.9
RepublicanLester Chang2,972
IndependenceLester Chang503
Clean Up The MessLester Chang155
ReformLester Chang122
TotalLester Chang3,75219.7
GreenDennis Levy7143.7
Write-in530.4
Total votes19,046 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 65[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheldon Silver9,978
Working FamiliesSheldon Silver1,477
Total Sheldon Silver (incumbent) 11,455 82.0
RepublicanMaureen Koetz2,44217.5
Write-in690.5
Total votes13,966 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 65[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSheldon Silver23,886
Working FamiliesSheldon Silver1,258
Total Sheldon Silver (incumbent) 25,144 83.5
RepublicanWave Chan4,90716.3
Write-in400.1
Total votes30,099 100.0
Democratic hold

References