New York's 79th State Assembly district

New York's 79th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Chantel Jackson since 2021.^[1]

New York's 79th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Chantel Jackson D–Morrisania

Geography

District 79 is in The Bronx. It comprises the neighborhoods of Morrisania, Melrose, Belmont, Claremont and East Tremont.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chantel Jackson (incumbent)	20,585	80.1
	Republican	Sharon Darby	4,238	16.5
	Conservative	Emmanuel Findlay Jr.	841	3.3
	Write-in		39	0.1
Total votes			25,703	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chantel Jackson (incumbent)	10,957	87.1
	Republican	Gregory Torres	1,616	12.9
	Write-in		12	0.0
Total votes			12,585	100
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[4][5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chantel Jackson	2,944	25.9
	Democratic	Cynthia Cox	2,599	22.9
	Democratic	George Alvarez	2,456	21.6
	Democratic	Elvis Santana	1,536	13.5
	Democratic	Eric Stevenson	1,383	12.2
	Democratic	Dion Powell	410	3.6
	Write-in		25	0.3
Total votes			11,353	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Chantel Jackson	33,008	89.8
	Republican	Donald Skinner	3,014	8.2
	Conservative	Dion Powell	682	1.9
	Write-in		57	0.1
Total votes			36,761	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Blake	23,772
	Working Families	Michael Blake	448
	Total	Michael Blake (incumbent)	24,220	96.4
	Republican	Gregory Torres	752	3.0
	Conservative	Margaret Fasano	145	0.6
	Write-in		6	0.0
Total votes			25,123	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Blake	29,736
	Working Families	Michael Blake	662
	Total	Michael Blake (incumbent)	30,038	98.3
	Conservative	Selsia Evans	512	1.7
	Write-in		14	0.0
Total votes			30,564	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 79^{[8][9][10][11]}

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Blake	1,929	37.2
	Democratic	Marsha Michael	1,300	25.1
	Democratic	George Alvarez	1,173	22.6
	Democratic	Raul Rodriguez	454	8.8
	Democratic	Lanita Jones	251	4.8
	Democratic	Frederick Ricks	67	1.3
	Write-in		10	0.2
Total votes			5,184	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Michael Blake	9,835
	Working Families	Michael Blake	515
	Total	Michael Blake	10,350	96.5
	Republican	Selsia Evans	294
	Conservative	Selsia Evans	78
	Total	Selsia Evans	372	3.5
	Write-in		8	0.0
Total votes			10,730	100
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Stevenson	27,436
	Republican	Eric Stevenson	435
	Working Families	Eric Stevenson	354
	Total	Eric Stevenson (incumbent)	28,225	97.0
	Independence	Jose Padilla Jr.	651	2.2
	Conservative	Selsia Evans	228	0.8
	Write-in		4	0.0
Total votes			29,108	100
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 79^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Stevenson	13,116
	Working Families	Eric Stevenson	542
	Total	Eric Stevenson	13,658	96.1
	Republican	Deborah Benbow	436	3.1
	Conservative	Henry Bonet Jr.	113	0.8
	Write-in		9	0.0
Total votes			14,216	100
	Democratic hold