| New York's 57th State Assembly district | |||
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| Registration | 80.4% Democratic 2.7% Republican 14.2% No party preference | ||
| Demographics | 33% White 42% Black 13% Hispanic 7% Asian 1% Other 4% Multiracial | ||
| Population (2018) | 140,470[1] | ||
| Registered voters | 112,742[2] | ||
New York's 57th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in theNew York State Assembly. It has been represented byDemocratPhara Souffrant Forrest since 2020.
District 57 is located in central and northernBrooklyn, comprising the neighborhoods ofFort Greene,Clinton Hill,Prospect Heights, and parts ofCrown Heights andBedford–Stuyvesant.
The district overlaps (partially) with New York's7th,8th,9th and10th congressional districts, the20th,25th and26th districts of theNew York State Senate, and the33rd,35th and36th districts of theNew York City Council.
District 57 was served byRoger L. Green from 1981 until June 1, 2004, when Green resigned his seat after pleading guilty to petty larceny in connection with $3,000 in false travel reimbursement claims.[3] He was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $2,000, and had to pay $3,000 in restitution.[4] However, he ran for the seat again a few months later and was reelected on November 2, 2004.
Green served one final term from 2005 to 2007, but then announced his retirement from the Assembly to run forCongress, a race that he lost.Hakeem Jeffries, who had challenged Green in the Democratic primary in 2000, won the Democratic primary and the general election in 2006. Jeffries served until 2013, when he retired from the Assembly to serve in Congress.
Walter T. Mosley won the open race for the seat in 2012, and has served since 2013. Mosley has served unopposed since he was first elected, but faced his first primary challenge on June 23, 2020, againstPhara Souffrant Forrest.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) | 47,424 | 99.3 | |
| Write-in | 317 | 0.7 | ||
| Total votes | 47,741 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) | 9,495 | 67.3 | |
| Democratic | Olanike Alabi | 4,579 | 32.4 | |
| Write-in | 46 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 14,120 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest | 27,116 | ||
| Working Families | Phara Souffrant Forrest | 9,116 | ||
| Total | Phara Souffrant Forrest (incumbent) | 36,232 | 99.4 | |
| Write-in | 223 | 0.6 | ||
| Total votes | 36,455 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
Assemblyman Mosley faced his first contested election since 2012 in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020, against Phara Souffrant Forrest.
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest | 15,711 | 55.4 | |
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) | 12,609 | 44.5 | |
| Write-in | 46 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 28,366 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Phara Souffrant Forrest | 47,347 | 76.1 | |
| Working Families | Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) | 14,794 | 23.8 | |
| Write-in | 110 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 62,251 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley | 43,621 | ||
| Working Families | Walter T. Mosley | 5,857 | ||
| Total | Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) | 49,478 | 99.7 | |
| Write-in | 137 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 35,726 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley | 49,410 | ||
| Working Families | Walter T. Mosley | 5,648 | ||
| Total | Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) | 55,058 | 99.7 | |
| Write-in | 148 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 55,206 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley (incumbent) | 19,946 | 99.5 | |
| Write-in | 95 | 0.5 | ||
| Total votes | 20,041 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley | 4,565 | 62.6 | |
| Democratic | Olanike Alabi | 2,168 | 29.7 | |
| Democratic | Martine Guerrier | 535 | 7.3 | |
| Write-in | 23 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 7,291 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Walter T. Mosley | 46,733 | 97.6 | |
| Republican | Francis Voyticky | 1,111 | 2.3 | |
| Write-in | 44 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 47,888 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 21,577 | ||
| Working Families | Hakeem Jeffries | 4,322 | ||
| Total | Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) | 25,899 | 97.5 | |
| Republican | Francis Voyticky | 652 | 2.5 | |
| Write-in | 9 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 26,560 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Year | Office | Results[16][17] |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | President | Harris 89.2 - 7.9% |
| Senate | Gillibrand 92.2 - 6.5% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Schumer 94.4 - 5.0% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 95.1 - 3.8% |
| 2018 | Senate | Gillibrand 98.0 - 2.0% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 94.7 - 2.2% |
| Senate | Schumer 93.0 - 3.9%[18] | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 96.6 - 1.9% |
| Senate | Gillibrand 96.3 - 1.7% |