Politics & Government

(Updated) It's Almost Election Day, Brooklyn: Here Are Your State Senate and Assembly Candidates

Don't let Trump and Clinton distract you: Sept. 13 is primary day in Brooklyn.

Update: Left out of the below post is the fact that several Brooklyn judgeships are also being voted on tomorrow. Here's a rundown, courtesy of the Brooklyn Eagle:

  • Civil Court Judge in the 3rd Municipal Court District: Democrat Edward Irizarry vs. Democrat Susan Quirk
  • Civil Court Judge in the 5th Municipal Court District: Rachel E. Freier vs. Jill Epstein and Morton M. Avigdor
  • Civil Court Judge in the 6th Municipal Court District: Sabrina B. Kraus vs. Susan F. Avery
  • NYC Civil Court judge for Kings County: Odessa Kennedy vs. Consuelo M. Melendez

You can find which judges will be on your ballot by using this online tool put together by the Campaign Finance Board and Map Light.

BROOKLYN, NY — Even though Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are at the center of our political universe, there's another election on Sept. 13, one directly relevant to the lives of New Yorkers.

Find out what's happening in Brooklynfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

This Tuesday is primary day for your State Assembly and State Senate representatives. The winner of each primary race will be on the ballot on Nov. 8 (along with Clinton and Trump).

What's my district? — If you need to figure out which district you live in and who your current Assembly and Senate representatives are, you can plug in your address to this helpful online tool put together by the Board of Elections. And if you need to find out where you go to vote, you can input your address online here.

Find out what's happening in Brooklynfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Who's running? — Senate and Assembly districts in Brooklyn cover multiple neighborhoods, and a single neighborhood is often represented by more than one Senator or Assemblymember. Scroll down for a list of candidates broken down by district number and by (approximate) neighborhood.

As you can see on our list, neighborhoods show up twice when they have multiple representatives. To be sure of who your candidates are, use this online tool to confirm which district you live in.

The list of candidates below was taken from Ballotpedia, which has compiled the candidates running in the city's State Assembly races and in its State Senate races.

Why are some of these candidates members of third parties? —Some candidates running in their district's Democratic or Republican primary are members of another party. For example, multiple Democratic primary candidates are member of the Working Families party. However, these candidates have still chosen to run in the Democratic or Republican primary for their district.

New York has a closed primary system. This means that when voters go to the polls, they'll ask for either a Republican, Democratic or Conservative Party list of candidates — depending on which party they're registered with. Then they'll choose from among the candidates running in that party's primary.

BROOKLYN STATE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES (Click here for a map of Assembly districts)

Greenpoint and Williamsburg - Assembly District 50

  • Incumbent: Joseph Lentol, Democrat; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

Bushwick

Assembly District 53

  • Incumbent: Maritza Davila, Democrat; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

Assembly District 54

Brownsville and Bed-Stuy - Assembly District 55

Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights - Assembly District 56

Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Carroll Gardens, Downtown Brooklyn, Gowanus - Assembly District 52

  • Incumbent: Jo Anne Simon, Working Families and Women's Equality parties; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: Daniel Ramos

Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights - Assembly District 57

  • Incumbent: Walter Mosley, Working Famlies Party; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

East Flatbush and Canarsie - Assembly District 58

  • Incumbent: Nick Perry, Working Families and Women's Equality parties; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

Flatbush and Ditmas Park - Assembly District 42

Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Flatbush, Ditmas Park - Assembly District 44

Red Hook and Sunset Park - Assembly District 51

East New York - Assembly District 60

  • Incumbent: Charles Barron, Democrat; no Democratic primary opponents
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot
  • Conservative Party candidates: Ernest Johnson

BROOKLYN STATE SENATE CANDIDATES (Click here for a map of Senate districts)

Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bushwick

Senate District 18

State Senate District 26 (represents part of Williamsburg and Greenpoint)

  • Incumbent: Daniel Squadron, Working Families party; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

Dumbo, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Cobble Hill - Senate District 26 (see above)

Bed-Stuy, Fort Greene, BoCoCa, Dumbo, Red Hook, Sunset Park - Senate District 25

Crown Heights, Sunset Park - Senate District 20

  • Incumbent: Jesse Hamilton, Working Families and Independence parties; no Democratic primary opponents
  • Republican primary candidates: Menachem Raitport, Conservative Party

East New York - Senate District 19

Flatbush, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Ditmas Park - State Senate District 19

  • Incumbent: Kevin Parker, Working Families party; no Democratic primary opponent
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot
  • Conservative Party candidates: Brian Kelly

Borough Park and Ditmas Park - Senate District 17

  • Incumbent: Simcha Felder, Republican and Conservative Parties; no Democratic primary opponents
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

Sunset Park - Senate District 23

  • Incumbent: Diane Savino, Independence Party; no Democratic primary opponents
  • Republican primary candidates: no candidates on ballot

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