New York's 65th State Assembly district
American legislative district
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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. In 2026, she announced that she would not seek re-election.[1]
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Geography
2020s
District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown and the Lower East Side.
The district is entirely within New York's 10th congressional district and New York's 27th State Senate district, and partially overlaps the 1st and 2nd districts of the New York City Council.
2012-2022
District 65 is located in Manhattan, comprising Chinatown, the Financial District, and the Lower East Side.
Recent election results
2026
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Mariama James | |||
| Democratic | Lilah Mejia | |||
| Democratic | Illapa Sairitupac | |||
| Democratic | Jasmin Sanchez | |||
| Democratic | Wei-Li Tjong | |||
| Democratic | Jay Jacky Wong | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | ||||
| Working Families | ||||
| Republican | Helen Qiu | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
2024
| 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
| 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
| Primary election | ||||
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| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||||