New York's 65th State Assembly district

New York's 65th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Grace Lee since 2023, succeeding Yuh-Line Niou.

New York's 65th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Grace Lee D–Financial District

Geography

2020s

2022

District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

2012-2022

District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Lee	29,492
	Working Families	Grace Lee	4,138
	Total	Grace Lee (incumbent)	33,630	99.1
	Write-in		302	0.9
Total votes			33,932	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[2][3]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Lee	4,653	48.6
	Democratic	Illapa Sairitupac	3,305	34.5
	Democratic	Denny Salas	1,312	13.7
	Democratic	Alana Sivin	285	3.0
	Write-in		18	0.2
Total votes			9,573	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Grace Lee	20,495	76.0
	Republican	Helen Qiu	6,381	23.7
	Write-in		81	0.3
Total votes			26,957	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[4][5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent)	8,749	64.0
	Democratic	Grace Lee	4,877	35.6
	Write-in		50	0.4
Total votes			13,676	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Yuh-Line Niou	34,480
	Working Families	Yuh-Line Niou	6,074
	Total	Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent)	40,554	99.1
	Write-in		374	0.9
Total votes			40,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yuh-Line Niou	28,755
	Working Families	Yuh-Line Niou	2,206
	Total	Yuh-Line Niou (incumbent)	30,461	97.6
	Write-in		264	2.4
Total votes			31,225	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[7][8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yuh-Line Niou	2,790	31.4
	Democratic	Jenifer Rajkumar	1,701	19.2
	Democratic	Paul Newell	1,425	16.0
	Democratic	Alice Cancel (incumbent)	1,108	12.5
	Democratic	Don Lee	995	11.2
	Democratic	Gigi Li	844	9.5
	Write-in		17	0.2
Total votes			8,880	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Yuh-Line Niou	27,987
	Working Families	Yuh-Line Niou	1,729
	Total	Yuh-Line Niou	29,716	76.1
	Republican	Bryan Jung	5,624
	Reform	Bryan Jung	137
	Total	Bryan Jung	5,761	14.7
	Women's Equality	Alice Cancel (incumbent)	2,171	5.5
	Green	Manny Cavaco	1,348	3.5
	Write-in		64	0.2
Total votes			39,060	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016 special

2016 New York State Assembly special election, District 65^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alice Cancel	7,873	41.3
	Working Families	Yuh-Line Niou	6,654	34.9
	Republican	Lester Chang	2,972
	Independence	Lester Chang	503
	Clean Up The Mess	Lester Chang	155
	Reform	Lester Chang	122
	Total	Lester Chang	3,752	19.7
	Green	Dennis Levy	714	3.7
	Write-in		53	0.4
Total votes			19,046	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheldon Silver	9,978
	Working Families	Sheldon Silver	1,477
	Total	Sheldon Silver (incumbent)	11,455	82.0
	Republican	Maureen Koetz	2,442	17.5
	Write-in		69	0.5
Total votes			13,966	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 65^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheldon Silver	23,886
	Working Families	Sheldon Silver	1,258
	Total	Sheldon Silver (incumbent)	25,144	83.5
	Republican	Wave Chan	4,907	16.3
	Write-in		40	0.1
Total votes			30,099	100.0
	Democratic hold