New York's 18th State Assembly district

New York's 18th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Taylor Darling since 2019, after defeating then 30-year Assemblymember Earlene Hooper in the 2018 Democratic primary.[1] In 2024, she announced that she would run for a seat in the New York State Senate, and will not run for re-election in the Assembly.

New York's 18th
State Assembly district

Assemblymember
  Taylor Darling
DHempstead

Geography

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District 18 is in Nassau County. It contains parts of the town of Hempstead, including the village of Hempstead, Roosevelt, Freeport, Lakeview, and Uniondale.

Recent election results

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2024

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2024 New York State Assembly election, District 18[2][3]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Noah Burroughs 2,918 52.6
Democratic Lisa Ortiz 2,615 47.1
Write-in 18 0.3
Total votes 5,551 100.0
General election
Democratic Noah Burroughs 32,854
Working Families Noah Burroughs 553
Total Noah Burroughs 33,407 82.0
Republican Danielle Smikle 6,521
Conservative Danielle Smikle 749
Total Danielle Smikle 7,270 17.9
Write-in 40 0.1
Total votes 40,717 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

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2022 New York State Assembly election, District 18[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Taylor Darling 20,260
Working Families Taylor Darling 472
Total Taylor Darling (incumbent) 20,732 84.8
Republican LaMont Johnson 3,300
Conservative LaMont Johnson 403
Total LaMont Johnson 3,703 15.1
Write-in 20 0.1
Total votes 24,455 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 New York State Assembly election, District 18[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Taylor Darling (incumbent) 36,878 84.2
Republican Cherice Vanderhall 5,734
Conservative Cherice Vanderhall 961
Total Cherice Vanderhall 6,695 15.2
Write-in 244 0.6
Total votes 43,817 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 New York State Assembly election, District 18[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Taylor Raynor 6,345 53.5
Democratic Earlene Hooper (incumbent) 5,523 46.5
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 11,868 100
General election
Democratic Taylor Raynor 29,362
Working Families Taylor Raynor 379
Women's Equality Taylor Raynor 200
Reform Taylor Raynor 48
Total Taylor Raynor 29,989 86.1
Republican James Lamarre 2,893
Conservative James Lamarre 388
Total James Lamarre 3,281 9.4
Write-in 1,569 4.5
Total votes 34,839 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 New York State Assembly election, District 18[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Earlene Hooper (incumbent) 2,271 60.0
Democratic Carmen Pineyro 1,513 40.0
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 3,784 100
General election
Democratic Earlene Hooper 36,419
Women's Equality Earlene Hooper 592
Total Earlene Hooper (incumbent) 37,011 88.0
Republican Cornelius Smith 4,227
Conservative Cornelius Smith 675
Reform Cornelius Smith 128
Total Cornelius Smith 5,030 12.0
Write-in 23 0.0
Total votes 42,064 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 New York State Assembly election, District 18[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Earlene Hooper 16,513
Independence Earlene Hooper 517
Total Earlene Hooper (incumbent) 17,030 84.1
Republican Cornelius Smith 2,686
Conservative Cornelius Smith 469
Tax Revolt Party Cornelius Smith 65
Total Cornelius Smith 3,220 15.9
Write-in 10 0.0
Total votes 20,260 100.0
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 New York State Assembly election, District 18[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Earlene Hooper 35,070
Independence Earlene Hooper 501
Total Earlene Hooper (incumbent) 35,571 90.2
Republican Elton McCabe 3,247
Conservative Elton McCabe 601
Total Elton McCabe 3,848 9.8
Write-in 10 0.0
Total votes 39,429 100.0
Democratic hold

2010

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2010 New York State Assembly election, District 18[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Earlene Hooper 20,169
Independence Earlene Hooper 497
Total Earlene Hooper (incumbent) 20,666 83.0
Republican Derek Partee 3,662
Conservative Derek Partee 558
Total Derek Partee 4,220 16.9
Write-in 13 0.1
Total votes 24,899 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ Jesse Coburn (September 14, 2018). "Challenger Raynor defeats longtime Assemb. Hooper in battle for 18th district Democratic primary". Newsday. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "2024 Primary Election Results". Nassau County Board of Elections. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "2018 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "2018 State and Local Primary Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "2016 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "2016 State and Local Primary Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "2014 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  12. ^ "2010 Election Results (Recertified)" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 11, 2022.