New York's 31st State Senate district

New York's 31st State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Robert Jackson since 2019.^[3] Jackson defeated IDC-aligned incumbent Marisol Alcántara in the 2018 primary election, following primary losses for the same seat in 2014 and 2016.

New York's 31st State Senate district
Senator	Robert Jackson D–Fort George
Registration	76.4% Democratic 5.6% Republican 15.3% No party preference
Demographics	30% White 8% Black 55% Hispanic 5% Asian
Population (2017)	339,071[1]
Registered voters	231,899[2]

Geography

District 31 is based in the northern Manhattan neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill, also stretching south along the Hudson River to include parts of Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Morningside Heights, the Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, and Chelsea.^[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 10th, 12th, and 13th congressional districts, and with the 67th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, and 75th districts of the New York State Assembly.^[5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 31^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	61,088
	Working Families	Robert Jackson	9,206
	Total	Robert Jackson (incumbent)	70,294	99.3
	Write-in		470	0.7
Total votes			70,764	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 31^[7][8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Jackson (incumbent)	10,478	57.9
	Democratic	Angel Vasquez	5,900	32.7
	Democratic	Francesca Castellanos	896	5.0
	Democratic	Ruben Vargas	733	4.1
	Write-in		61	0.3
Total votes			18,068	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	36,927
	Working Families	Robert Jackson	5,183
	Total	Robert Jackson (incumbent)	42,110	85.1
	Republican	Donald Skinner	7,277	14.7
	Write-in		81	0.2
Total votes			49,468	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 31^[9][10][11]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Jackson (incumbent)	30,443	84.0
	Democratic	Tirso Santiago Pina	5,653	15.6
	Write-in		124	0.4
Total votes			36,224	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	90,090
	Working Families	Robert Jackson	16,982
	Total	Robert Jackson (incumbent)	107,072	88.4
	Republican	Melinda Crump	13,961	11.5
	Write-in		123	0.1
Total votes			121,156	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 31^[10]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	29,140	56.1
	Democratic	Marisol Alcántara (incumbent)	19,885	38.3
	Democratic	Tirso Santiago Pina	2,076	4.0
	Democratic	Thomas Leon	778	1.5
	Write-in		84	0.1
Total votes			51,963	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	81,821
	Working Families	Robert Jackson	5,145
	Total	Robert Jackson	86,966	88.7
	Republican	Melinda Crump	6,067
	Reform	Melinda Crump	168
	Total	Melinda Crump	6,235	6.4
	Independence	Marisol Alcántara (incumbent)	4,660	4.8
	Write-in		74	0.1
Total votes			97,935	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 31^[10]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marisol Alcántara	8,469	32.7
	Democratic	Micah Lasher	8,175	31.5
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	7,936	30.6
	Democratic	Luis Tejada	1,316	5.1
	Write-in		26	0.1
Total votes			25,922	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Marisol Alcántara	97,964	85.3
	Republican	Melinda Crump	8,719	7.6
	Green	Julia Willebrand	6,400	5.6
	Conservative	John Toro	1,368	1.2
	Write-in		331	0.3
Total votes			114,782	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 31^[10]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat (incumbent)	10,439	49.8
	Democratic	Robert Jackson	9,019	43.0
	Democratic	Luis Tejada	1,466	7.0
	Write-in		38	0.2
Total votes			20,962	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat (incumbent)	37,089	98.7
	Write-in		502	1.3
Total votes			37,591	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 31^[10]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat (incumbent)	11,138	61.3
	Democratic	Guillermo Linares	6,927	38.1
	Write-in		107	0.6
Total votes			18,172	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat (incumbent)	85,163	91.1
	Republican	Martin Chicon	8,190	8.8
	Write-in		112	0.1
Total votes			93,465	100.0
	Democratic hold

Federal results in District 31

Year	Office	Results[12][13]
2020	President	Biden 86.4 – 12.3%
2016	President	Clinton 90.5 – 7.0%
2012	President	Obama 90.2 – 8.6%
	Senate	Gillibrand 91.8 – 6.9%