New York's 149th State Assembly district

New York's 149th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Jonathan Rivera since 2021.

New York's 149th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Jonathan Rivera D–Buffalo

Geography

District 149 is in Erie County. It contains parts of the cities of Buffalo and Lackawanna, the town of Hamburg, including the villages of Blasdell and Hamburg, and the hamlet of Lake View.^[1]

The 2nd district overlaps New York's 23rd and 26th congressional districts, as well as the 60th, 61st and 63rd districts of the New York State Senate.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 149^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Rivera	30,507
	Working Families	Jonathan Rivera	7,584
	Total	Jonathan Rivera (incumbent)	38,091	98.8
	Write-in		449	1.2
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 149^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Rivera	20,651
	Working Families	Jonathan Rivera	3,141
	Total	Jonathan Rivera (incumbent)	23,792	59.1
	Republican	Ralph Hernandez	12,983
	Conservative	Ralph Hernandez	3,453
	Total	Ralph Hernandez	16,436	40.8
	Write-in		42	0.1
Total votes			40,270	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 149^[4][5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jonathan Rivera	8,066	52.9
	Democratic	Adam Bojak	4,638	30.4
	Democratic	Robert Quintana	2,432	15.9
	Write-in		118	0.8
Total votes			15,254	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jonathan Rivera	33,144
	Working Families	Jonathan Rivera	4,400
	Independence	Jonathan Rivera	1,067
	Total	Jonathan Rivera	38,611	65.8
	Republican	Joseph Totaro	19,922	34.0
	Write-in		111	0.2
Total votes			58,644	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 149^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Ryan	27,724
	Working Families	Sean Ryan	1,782
	Independence	Sean Ryan	1,056
	Women's Equality	Sean Ryan	671
	Total	Sean Ryan (incumbent)	31,233	72.1
	Republican	Joseph Totaro	12,062	27.9
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			43,295	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 149^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Ryan	32,819
	Working Families	Sean Ryan	3,738
	Independence	Sean Ryan	3,114
	Women's Equality	Sean Ryan	854
	Total	Sean Ryan (incumbent)	40,525	100.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			40,525	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 149^[8][9]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Charley Tarr	3	100.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			3	100
General election
	Democratic	Sean Ryan	15,067
	Working Families	Sean Ryan	2,281
	Independence	Sean Ryan	1,895
	Total	Sean Ryan (incumbent)	19,243	68.0
	Republican	Jacob Bratek	8,216	29.0
	Green	Charley Tarr	852	3.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			28,311	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 146^[10][11]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Ryan (incumbent)	5,135	64.4
	Democratic	Kevin Gaughan	2,274	28.5
	Democratic	Joseph Mascia	563	7.1
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			7,972	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sean Ryan	31,605
	Working Families	Sean Ryan	4,250
	Total	Sean Ryan (incumbent)	35,855	82.8
	Conservative	Joseph Mascia	7,431	17.2
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			43,286	100.0
	Democratic hold