2024 New York State Senate election


The 2024 New York State Senate election was held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on June 25, 2024. In this election, the Democratic Party retained its State Senate majority, but lost its veto-proof majority after it lost one seat in the election for the 17th Senate district.

Outgoing incumbents

  1. 6th district: Democrat Kevin Thomas did not seek re-election.
  2. 46th district: Democrat Neil Breslin did not seek re-election.
  3. 50th district: Democrat John Mannion did not seek re-election; instead, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Incumbents who vacated office before end of term

  1. 63rd district: Democrat Tim Kennedy resigned on May 6, 2024 after being elected to the United States House of Representatives.

Summary by district

† = incumbent who did not seek re-election
Italics = non-incumbent
Bold = district flipped from one party to the other

Detailed results


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Certified primary results:
Candidate list:

District 1

Results

Incumbent Republican Senator Anthony Palumbo won re-election to a third term.

District 2

Results

Incumbent Republican Senator Mario Mattera won re-election to a third term.

District 3

Results

Incumbent Republican Senator Dean Murray won re-election to a second term.

District 4

Results

Incumbent Democratic Senator Monica Martinez won re-election to a second term. Martinez previously served one term representing the third district from 2019 to 2021, but lost re-election to a second term to Republican Alexis Weik. She ran in the new fourth district in 2022 following redistricting and won.

District 5

Results

Incumbent Republican Senator Steven Rhoads won re-election to a second term.

District 6

Democratic incumbent Kevin Thomas decided not to seek re-election and announced his candidacy for the 4th congressional district in the upcoming House of Representatives elections, although he chose not to run in the end and endorsed Laura Gillen instead. The seat was eventually held by Siela Bynoe who defeated Republican Thomas Montefinise.

District 7

General election

Incumbent Republican Senator Jack Martins won re-election to a second term. Martins previously served three terms from 2011 to 2017.

District 15

District 17

Democratic incumbent Iwen Chu was defeated by Republican candidate Steve Chan, former NYPD sergeant. This was the first time since 2016 that Republicans won a state senate seat based in Brooklyn. It also resulted in the Democrats losing their super-majority in the state senate.

District 25

District 33

District 41

District 46

The 46th district has been represented by Democrat Neil Breslin since 2023. Breslin is retiring at the end of 2024. Democrat Patricia Fahy, a former state assemblymember for the 109th district, won the general election.

District 50

Incumbent Democrat John Mannion announced his candidacy for the 22nd congressional district in the upcoming House of Representatives elections. Fellow Democrat Chris Ryan from Onondaga County won his seat.

District 58

District 63

Incumbent Democrat Tim Kennedy resigned to run for the 26th congressional district. Fellow Democrat April Baskin won his seat in the general election.