New York's 56th State Assembly district

New York's 56th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Stefani Zinerman since 2021.

New York's 56th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Stefani Zinerman D–Bedford-Stuyvesant

Geography

District 56 is in Brooklyn, encompassing Bedford-Stuyvesant and portions of Crown Heights.

The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts, the 20th and 25th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 36th and 41st districts of the New York City Council.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[1][2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stefani Zinerman (incumbent)	4,642	52.8
	Democratic	Eon Huntley	4,126	46.9
	Write-in		32	0.3
Total votes			8,800	100
General election
	Democratic	Stefani Zinerman (incumbent)	37,956	99.0
	Write-in		371	1.0
Total votes			38,327	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 56 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stefani Zinerman (incumbent)	25,154	99.5
	Write-in		135	0.5
Total votes			25,289	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[4][5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stefani Zinerman	10,267	56.7
	Democratic	Justin Cohen	7,720	42.7
	Write-in		106	0.6
Total votes			18,093	100
General election
	Democratic	Stefani Zinerman	45,103	99.7
	Write-in		141	0.3
Total votes			45,244	100
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tremaine Wright	33,678
	Working Families	Tremaine Wright	2,841
	Total	Tremaine Wright (incumbent)	36,519	99.8
	Write-in		78	0.2
Total votes			36,597	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[7][8]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tremaine Wright	3,876	58.8
	Democratic	Karen Cherry	2,698	40.9
	Write-in		19	0.3
Total votes			6,593	100
General election
	Democratic	Tremaine Wright	39,040
	Working Families	Tremaine Wright	2,796
	Total	Tremaine Wright	41,836	99.8
	Write-in		80	0.2
Total votes			41,916	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Robinson (incumbent)	14,648	97.9
	Republican	Garnsey Lee Alston	306	2.0
	Write-in		12	0.1
Total votes			14,966	100
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Robinson (incumbent)	36,891	98.6
	Republican	Francenia Sims-Hall	510	1.3
	Write-in		18	0.1
Total votes			37,419	100
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 56^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Robinson (incumbent)	17,705	97.6
	Republican	Garnsey Lee Alston	425	2.3
	Write-in		7	0.1
Total votes			18,137	100
	Democratic hold

Federal results in Assembly District 57

Year	Office	Results[12][13]
2024	President	Harris 88.5 - 8.3%
	Senate	Gillibrand 91.8 - 6.7%
2022	Senate	Schumer 94.9 - 4.3%
2020	President	Biden 94.4 - 4.4%
2018	Senate	Gillibrand 98.1 - 1.7%
2016	President	Clinton 94.1 - 2.1%
	Senate	Schumer 93.8 - 3.8% [14]
2012	President	Obama 98.3 - 1.0%
	Senate	Gillibrand 98.1 - 1.0%