New York's 40th State Senate district

New York's 40th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Peter Harckham since 2019, following his defeat of incumbent Republican Terrence Murphy.^[3]

New York's 40th State Senate district
Senator	Peter Harckham D–South Salem
Registration	37.2% Democratic 29.7% Republican 25.8% No party preference
Demographics	73% White 5% Black 17% Hispanic 4% Asian
Population (2017)	309,474[1]
Registered voters	210,879[2]

Geography

District 40 takes in northern Westchester County and eastern Putnam County and Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley. It includes the communities of Yorktown, Cortlandt, Somers, Peekskill, Carmel, Southeast, Patterson, Pawling, and Beekman, among others.^[1][4]

The district overlaps with New York's 17th, 18th, and 19th congressional districts, and with the 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, and 105th districts of the New York State Assembly.^[5]

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Senate election, District 40^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Harckham	84,088
	Working Families	Peter Harckham	4,494
	Total	Peter Harckham (incumbent)	88,582	53.6
	Republican	Gina Arena	69,751
	Conservative	Gina Arena	6,909
	Total	Gina Arena	76,660	46.4
	Write-in		59	0.0
Total votes			165,301	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Senate election, District 40^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Harckham	62,027
	Working Families	Peter Harckham	4,392
	Total	Peter Harckham (incumbent)	66,419	53.4
	Republican	Gina Arena	57,925	46.6
	Write-in		20	0.0
Total votes			124,364	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 40^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Harckham	77,414
	Working Families	Peter Harckham	5,466
	Independence	Peter Harckham	939
	Total	Peter Harckham (incumbent)	83,819	51.9
	Republican	Rob Astorino	69,867
	Conservative	Rob Astorino	7,276
	Rebuild Our State	Rob Astorino	545
	Total	Rob Astorino	77,688	48.1
	Write-in		51	0.0
Total votes			161,588	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 40^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Harckham	11,647	53.5
	Democratic	Robert Kesten	10,119	46.5
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			21,766	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Peter Harckham	59,560
	Working Families	Peter Harckham	1,777
	Women's Equality	Peter Harckham	818
	Total	Peter Harckham	62,155	51.6
	Republican	Terrence Murphy	49,730
	Conservative	Terrence Murphy	6,550
	Independence	Terrence Murphy	1,681
	Reform	Terrence Murphy	360
	Total	Terrence Murphy (incumbent)	58,321	48.4
	Write-in		42	0.0
Total votes			120,518	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 40^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alison Boak	4,344	78.7
	Democratic	Andrew Falk	1,179	21.3
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			5,523	100.0
General election
	Republican	Terrence Murphy	68,393
	Conservative	Terrence Murphy	8,053
	Independence	Terrence Murphy	3,406
	Reform	Terrence Murphy	460
	Total	Terrence Murphy (incumbent)	80,312	57.7
	Democratic	Alison Boak	55,706
	Working Families	Alison Boak	3,031
	Total	Alison Boak	58,737	42.2
	Write-in		45	0.1
Total votes			139,094	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 40^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terrence Murphy	4,566	69.8
	Republican	Robert Castelli	1,976	30.2
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			6,542	100.0
	Green	Terrence Murphy	50	56.8
	Green	Justin Wagner	28	31.8
	Green	Joseph Phillips	10	11.4
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			88	100.0
General election
	Republican	Terrence Murphy	37,210
	Conservative	Terrence Murphy	6,742
	Independence	Terrence Murphy	1,643
	Green	Terrence Murphy	675
	Stop Common Core	Terrence Murphy	614
	Total	Terrence Murphy	46,884	55.3
	Democratic	Justin Wagner	34,327
	Working Families	Justin Wagner	3,638
	Total	Justin Wagner	37,875	44.6
	Write-in		69	0.1
Total votes			84,828	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 40^[8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Justin Wagner	29	65.9
	Green	Greg Ball (incumbent)	8	18.2
	Green	Jeff Green	7	15.9
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			44	100.0
General election
	Republican	Greg Ball	54,651
	Conservative	Greg Ball	7,597
	Independence	Greg Ball	2,743
	Total	Greg Ball (incumbent)	64,991	51.0
	Democratic	Justin Wagner	57,364
	Working Families	Justin Wagner	3,516
	Green	Justin Wagner	1,445
	Total	Justin Wagner	62,325	49.0
	Write-in		45	0.0
Total votes			127,316	100.0
	Republican hold

Federal results in District 40

Year	Office	Results[10]
2020	President	Biden 55.7 – 42.9%
2016	President	Clinton 51.7 – 44.8%
2012	President	Obama 50.6 – 48.1%
	Senate	Gillibrand 62.6 – 36.0%